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Exploring Jewish history on an Adriatic cruise - review

Join a seven-night luxury cruise uncovering Jewish history in Greek caves, Game of Thrones sets, and Europe's oldest active Sephardi synagogue.

THE PARTHENON TEMPLE on the Acropolis in Athens. Exterior scaffolding was removed in 2025, improving the view.
Pro Israel protest in Milan, Italy.

Milan Jewish woman describes what it's like to be Jewish amid rising antisemitism - interview

Photograph of Rome taken by the writer.

'Light, not fight': How Rome's Chabad prepares for Rosh Hashanah in the shadows of antiquity

The future of UX design is not just about making technology easier to use, but making it more understandable, transparent and human-centered.

Italian tech group Autistici/Inventati shuts down after US terrorist designation


Britain, Italy among countries eyed to send troops to Lebanon to verify Hezbollah disarmament

The countries could help define the mechanism's scope, provide personnel to oversee its implementation, or contribute troops to observe or take part in inspections verifying disarmament, sources said.

People and journalists stand at a site hit by Israeli strikes that occurred in the early hours of Thursday, according to Lebanon’s state news agency NNA, in Burj al-Shamali, southern Lebanon, August 6, 2026.

Blue Bird Airways expands Italy network with four direct routes from Tel Aviv

The expansion will make Italy one of Blue Bird Airways’ main markets from Ben-Gurion Airport, with some routes operating daily and others several times a week.

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, July 16, 2026.

Israeli airline opens flights to four destinations in Italy

Bluebird, the Israeli-owned Greek airline, is expanding operations from Ben-Gurion Airport and starting in September will operate direct flights to Rome, Bologna, Naples, and Bergamo.

They're from Greece, but they'll fly you to Italy. Bluebird flight attendants

Mount Etna volcano ash cloud halts arrivals at Sicily's Catania airport

Etna, which towers over Sicily's east coast, is one of the world's most active volcanoes and frequently disrupts air traffic at Catania, the island's main airport and Italy's fifth busiest.

A plum of ashes rises from a crater of the Mount Etna volcano during an eruption on July 30, 2026.

Italian teenager arrested for ISIS association, antisemitic and neo-Nazi propaganda

This arrest therefore marks an unusual case of a minor with no previous extremist ties being detained for offenses related to international terrorism.

Closeup of arrested hands with handcuffs.

Spain checks 200 Italian arrivals as countries clash over Moroccan migrant crisis at Ceuta border

Spain's Interior Ministry carried out checks on a total of 199 people on 12 flights from Italy to airports in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao, Alicante and Valencia, it said late on Saturday.

Spanish national police officers check the documents of travellers arriving from Italy, after Spain's government said it would establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy, from midnight on Saturday until September 7, in a dispute over irregular migration, at Madrid-Barajas Airport

Hotel La Perla: A wonderful way to visit the Dolomites - review

From private mountain trails to a 35,000-bottle wine collection, La Perla offers a blend of Alpine adventure, family tradition and luxury.

LA PERLA was established in 1956, when Ernesto and Anni Costa opened a small guesthouse in this well-known ski area just opposite the family’s traditional home.

Spain to establish border controls on travelers from Italy amid migration dispute

Passport, nationality, visa checks would be conducted for Italian passengers and visitors from other countries arriving from Italy "amid the persistent irregular migratory pressure" from the country.

Migrants wait in line to receive food and beverage from the Red Cross, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 3, 2026.

Spain hopes to transfer migrant minors to mainland within weeks

Youth Minister Rego said the profile of child migrants had changed in the past five years since the last major border rush on Ceuta in 2021, when 8,000 people crossed the border. 

Migrants, some of them minors, queue to receive food staples from local NGO Media Luna Blanca in an industrial area where they are sleeping amid recent mass crossings by migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into the Spanish territory, Migrants, some of them minorsin Ceuta, Spain, August 6, 2026.

Italy removes Israeli companies, including Rafael, from Rome airport's counter-drone project

According to the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, the ruling effectively removes two Israeli defense companies from one of Italy’s most strategically important civilian infrastructure projects.

An aircraft takes off near a no-entry sign at Rome's Fiumicino airport, as European airlines monitor higher jet fuel costs and supply concerns amid the Iran war, in Fiumicino, Italy, June 6, 2026