Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opened on Friday with a glittering ceremony at the San Siro stadium echoed by festivities at Games venues across the snow-capped Italian Alps. The extravaganza reflected the most geographically widespread Olympics in history.

Record 13 deaths in Italian Alps as Winter Olympics take place nearby - Fresh snowfall has created hazardous conditions in the area

Snow has fallen in the Italian Alps just in time for the start of the Winter Olympics, dispelling fears of artificially-covered tracks winding through lush green mountainsides. But with snow cover in the Italian Alps down by half in the past 100 years as the climate warms,

A BRITISH pensioner has died after getting into difficulty while scaling a wall of ice in the Italian Alps. Stephen Lismore, 72, was descending the ice-covered rock face with a friend when the

As the 2026 Winter Olympics get underway, imagery from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission offers a striking satellite view of northern Italy, bringing several Olympic locations into focus from orbit. Known as the Milano Cortina Games,