Topic: Campania

Why Italy's trash wars are still smoldering

Italy's garbage woes are resurfacing as one town near historic Pompeii protests a new trash dump and rubbish piles return to Naples.

'Ndrangheta Mafia undone: Italy arrests 300 in huge crackdown

The 'Ndrangheta mafia, Italy's most powerful crime syndicate, was dealt a major blow by Italian police Tuesday. Police arrested 300, including the 'Ndrangheta mafia boss, Domenico Oppedisano. The group is allegedly involved in the health-care industry, cocaine distribution, and arms trafficking.

Voracious tree-eating beetles invade Italy

The relatively large red palm weevil of Asia arrived in southern Italy about five years ago. Conservationists are calling the tree-eating beetle infestation a national emergency.

Review: 'Gomorrah'

True to the bloody, mundane realities of Mafia gangsters' lives, this film often devolves into incomprehensibility.

In Naples, artists use irony to tackle festering trash crisis

The EU announced Tuesday it would take Italy to the European Court of Justice. The overflow of rubbish has inspired an artistic movement to effect change.

In Naples, artists use irony to tackle festering trash crisis

In Naples, artists use irony to tackle festering trash crisis

The EU announced Tuesday it would take Italy to the European Court of Justice. The overflow of rubbish has inspired an artistic movement to effect change.

Italian government nears collapse after key Prodi ally defects

Prime Minister Romano Prodi may resign in the wake of a defection by a key parliamentary ally.