
A long-running battle over a finder's fee for Italy's famous Iceman mummy has been settled.

Italy's famed Iceman will get company this week as mummies from all over the world arrive for a major show in this northern Italian city.

An Italian local politician on hunger strike over a sculpture of a crucified frog fell ill and was admitted to hospital on Thursday.

An ongoing row over a sculpture of a crucified frog on show in a Bolzano museum gained momentum on Wednesday when a Catholic politician reported the work to the police for public obscenity.

Pope Benedict XVI left Castel Gandolofo Monday for his summer holiday in the mountain town of Bressanone in Italy's northern Alto Adige region.

A sculpture of a crucified frog that went on show in a Bolzano museum this weekend has sparked a backlash from local clerics and politicians who want the work removed.

A school in the northern town of Bolzano is bringing dogs into the classroom in an experimental campaign to crack down on bullying.