From the Sanremo Music Festival to the start of carnival celebrations in Venice and local public transport strikes in Milan ...

Venice Carnival, celebrating 300 years of Giacomo Casanova, will take place from February 22 to March 4. Find out how to make ...

Italy's carnival season brings some much needed colour, fun and festive spirit into the dreary month of February – and it's ...

Carnival season at 18 amazing destinations. Whether you're after a party or a traditional Catholic Lenten festival, you'll ...

Gilbert and Sullivan's light opera sets the tone for the Carnival celebration of the Caliphs of Cairo at the Royal Tent ...

Carnival season is upon us, and many countries worldwide are putting on incredibly vibrant celebrations well worth attending. These are the best of the best.

Trump kicked off the Monday night celebration at the end of Inauguration Day, gliding up on stage with first lady Melania, in his first dance as the 47th president at the Commander in Chief Ball.

I've been to Italy a few times, so on a recent trip to Venice, I decided to play things by ear. I thought it would be a better use of my time to concentrate on other parts of the trip, which ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. A plague of bizarre and disgusting balls that have washed up along popular beaches in Australia have been found to contain fecal ...

Winter is also a great time for shopping in Venice with Christmas markets in December and many shops selling elaborate masks in the weeks leading up to the city's world-famous Carnival celebrations.

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria. Nine beaches in Sydney were closed by ...