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Works conclude at Trevi Fountain in time for the Vatican's Jubilee Year.
Rome refilled the Trevi Fountain with water on Sunday, after completing maintenance works, with new limited access for visitors.
Under the tria...
Fertitta owns Houston Rockets and Landry’s.
US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he will nominate billionaire Tilman Fertitta as Washington's new ambassador to Italy.
Fertitta, 67, owns the Houston Rocke...
Italian culture minister inaugurates landmark.
The Vasari Corridor in Florence opens to the general public, for the first time, on Saturday 21 December after eight years of major renovation works.
The Florentine land...
Rome exhibition delves into world of Nutella.
A new exhibition in Rome celebrates the 60th anniversary of Nutella, tracing the history of the Italian chocolate-hazelnut spread and its most famous advertising campaigns o...
Salvini had risked six years in jail.
A court in Sicily on Friday acquitted Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini of preventing the landing of 147 migrants on the island of Lampedusa five years ago.
Salvini, leader o...
Bernini masterpiece restored in time for Jubilee Year.
Rome's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, the work of Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was unveiled on Thursday after a seven-month restoration.
R...
Top news stories from Italy this week.
Italy's main news headlines from 14-20 December 2024.
Open Arms: Matteo Salvini, the leader of the right-wing Lega and deputy prime minister, awaits a court ruling on charges of k...
Italy likely to be Biden's last overseas trip in office.
US President Joe Biden will travel to Italy in January to meet Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, President Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis, the White Hous...
Pepper and spice warehouse was built during the reign of Emperor Domitian.
Rome's Horrea Piperataria, an ancient warehouse in the Roman Forum used to store pepper and spice in the imperial period, will open to the publi...
Mahmood and Mara Sattei pull out of Rome concert in solidarity with rapper Tony Effe amid claims of censorship.
Rome's plans for a major New Year's Eve concert at the Circus Maximus were left in disarray on Wednesday af...
Assisi celebrates Canticle of the Creatures.
The pilgrimage town of Assisi in Italy's central Umbria region lights up at Christmas to mark the 800th anniversary of St Francis's best-known text, the Canticle of the Creat...
Celebrating New Year in Rome: events, parties and traditions.
Rome will ring in 2025 with a free New Year's concert at the Circus Maximus with a line-up featuring Mahmood and Mara Sattei.
The All you need is Roma co...
A local's guide to what's on in Rome in January.
January is traditionally a quieter time to visit Rome however this time around it promises to be much busier than usual as the Vatican's Jubilee Year gets underway.
Th...
Verdi lived and composed in the villa for 50 years.
The Italian state has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Villa Verdi, home of the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, Italy's culture ministry announced on Monday....
Etruscans for Eternity on display in Terminal 1.
Travellers arriving into Rome's Fiumicino airport will be greeted with three Etruscan sculptures on loan from the National Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia.
The exhibit...
'Miracle' occurs in Napoli on feast of San Gennaro.
The dried blood of Naples' third-century patron saint Gennaro liquefied at the city's cathedral on Monday, in a recurring 'miracle' 17 centuries after the martyr's dea...
City launches Murales project in Piazza Venezia.
Rome has transformed the giant silos at the Metro C construction site in Piazza Venezia into an open-air art gallery as part of the Murales project launched on Monday....
American marching bands, cheerleaders and folk musicians celebrate New Year's Day 2025 with a major parade in Rome.
Thousands of performers including some of America's best-known high school marching bands will stage a...
Rome drops Tony Effe from New Year's Eve concert amid calls for Sanremo to do the same.
Italian rapper Tony Effe has been dropped from the line-up of Rome's New Year's Eve concert following a controversy over the singer...
Strike action to affect airports in Italy on Sunday.
Air travellers in Italy face disruption on Sunday 15 December due to strike action by air traffic controllers and baggage handlers at airports around the country....
Milei can trace his Italian roots to Calabria.Argentina's president Javier Milei has been awarded Italian citizenship by the right-wing government of Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni, according to news reports in It...
English-language religious services in Rome for the 2024 Christmas season.
A quick guide with the times of Christmas religious services and Masses in English in Rome for 2024. For the programme of Pope Francis' Christma...
Rome to ring in 2025 with free concert by Mahmood, Mara Sattei and Tony Effe.
Rome will ring in the New Year with a free concert in the Circus Maximus featuring Mahmood, Mara Sattei and Tony Effe on the night of 31 Dece...
Friday strike reverts to original timetable after transport minister sought to limit protest.
An Italian court has overturned a government order reducing to four hours a planned 24-hour public transport strike on Friday...
Salvini says he will table new rules on strikes at next cabinet meeting.
A planned 24-hour general strike affecting public transport in Italy on Friday 13 December has been reduced to four hours following a government o...
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