Actress Salma Hayek and her husband are celebrating their recent wedding with a star-studded, weekend-long party in Venice.

An archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws _ evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire.

Director Ang Lee, who twice won the Venice Film Festival’s prestigious Golden Lion award, will head its jury this year.

The mayor of Venice on Monday defended a plan to allow Coca-Cola to install vending machines in the city, despite protests by bar owners and claims the move would sell out the city.

City workers in the small southern Illinois community of Venice got an unpleasant surprise instead of their paychecks this week.

Lance Armstrong’s first Giro d’Italia will begin with a team time trial in Venice and finish with an individual race against the clock alongside Rome’s ancient ruins.

Italy’s biggest union says a general strike Friday will not affect public transportation in Rome and Venice, which have been hit by heavy rains.

Water in Venice has risen to its highest level in more than 20 years, leaving much of the Italian city under floods and forcing residents and tourists to wade through knee-high water.

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” has won the top award at the Venice Film Festival.

Italian director Ermanno Olmi received the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement on Friday.