Italy

He was originally hired at a hotel in the town in Cervia in north-eastern Italy.

Police are investigating whether other similar incidents have occured.

A heatwave is currently extending across the continent, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees in some areas.

The western route is becoming more popular – and Italy's new plans to curb migrant flow may make Spain even more attractive.

The deal is the second of its kind in the past 12 months.

Italy plans to send warships to Libyan waters and has drawn up rules that must be followed by NGOs that rescue migrants.

Authorities arrested the suspects in Piemonte region after tracking them for months.

PM takes first long break since disastrous election result.

The 80-year-old Spanish man's wife reportedly kept watch while he went to the bathroom.

From football legend to tech CEO, Vialli talks up crowdfunding platform Tifosy at Rise conference in Hong Kong.

In the six months of 2017 so far, nearly 85,000 migrants have arrived on the shores of Italy.

The cow was rescued by the fire service in Verona after dropping into a gully.

Sabrina de Sousa has denied involvement in the abduction of radical cleric Abu Omar.

Known as columelle, the stelae shed light on the identity of Italians in a newly unified peninsula.

More than 73,000 migrants have landed in Italy this year, an increase of 14% over last year's figures.

36-year-old Simone Scheuer Souza was reported missing from the ship after it left Venice.

Once upon a time... a young American was acquitted of murder.

A 40-man brawl ensued 15 minutes into the game between La Santa Croce Azzurri (Blue) and Santo Spirito Bianchi (White) when a player punched the referee and refused to leave the pitch.

Crognaleto's two existing schools had been rendered inaccessible.

The Italian banking system is weighed down by €360bn of bad loans.

Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni has blamed a decrease in vaccinations in part on a 'spread of anti-scientific theories'.

Critics have accused NGOs that rescue people in the Mediterranean of acting as a "ferry service" that encourages smugglers.

The new law will make it illegal for anyone to subject a child to cyber harassment.

Italy's boar population soared to roughly 1 million after a fast breeding species was brought in for hunters.

The man argued that carrying the knife was an important expression of his religious duty.

Money was allegedly siphoned off and spent on luxury cars, boats and apartments.

The monasteries and castles won't cost anything to buy – but there is a catch.

Government-appointed commissions will take over council duties.

Fake Captagon tablets may have been destined for Islamist fighters like Boko Haram.

IBTimes UK presents a preview of the works on show in some of the 85 national pavilions at the 57th Venice Biennale.