Tight security in Rome for Vance visit.
US vice president JD Vance attended the Vatican's Good Friday liturgy in St Peter's Basilica on the afternoon of 18 April on the first day of a three-day Easter visit to Italy....
Way of the Cross at the Colosseum in 2025.
The annual Via Crucis or Way of the Cross ceremony will take place at the Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday, 18 April, at 21.15.
The torchlit procession - which dates to the...
Rome boosts security measures for Easter.
Rome is stepping up security ahead of the three-day visit of US vice president JD Vance who arrived on Friday and will stay in the Italian capital over the Easter weekend.
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Italy's main news headlines from 12-18 April 2025.
Meloni meets Trump in Washington: Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni became the first European leader to meet with US preside...
Meloni tells Trump she wants to “make the West great again”.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni met with US president Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday to discuss US tariffs on EU imports amid efforts to ea...
Tragedy on the Faito Cable Car: Cabin Falls, Four Dead and One Seriously Injured
Four people were killed and one was critically injured in a cable car disaster on the Monte Faito cableway near Sorrento in Italy's southe...
Rose garden opens on Easter Monday.
Rome will reopen the Roseto Comunale, the municipal rose garden on the Aventine Hill, on Monday 21 April, which falls on Easter Monday or Pasquetta in 2025.
The reopening is part o...
Rome commemorates 81 years since Nazi raid.
Rome on Thursday will mark the 81st anniversary of the Nazi raid on the Quadraro district during the German occupation of the city in world war two.
A procession to commemo...
Pontiff continues Holy Thursday tradition of visiting prisons.
Pope Francis is expected to visit Rome's Regina Coeli prison on the afternoon of 17 April to mark Holy Thursday, according to Vatican sources cited by Itali...
Mattarella returns to Quirinale Palace in Rome.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella was discharged from Rome's Santo Spirito hospital on Thursday morning after undergoing pacemaker surgery on Tuesday night.
Mattarell...
Vance's visit to Rome will coincide with Easter.
US vice president JD Vance is to meet the Vatican's secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin during his upcoming visit to Italy, the White House confirmed on Wednesday....
Radical new look for Via di San Gregorio as GRAB project moves up a gear.
Rome has unveiled a large new pedestrian path and cycle lane along Via di San Gregorio, the street between the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus....
Italy Fines Ticket Sellers €20M Over Colosseum Booking ScamThe Italian Antitrust Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €20 million fine on six ticketing operators and one cooperative for engaging in unfair competition related t...
Mattarella undergoes pacemaker surgery in Rome.
Italy's political leaders have wished President Sergio Mattarella a speedy recovery after the Italian head of state underwent pacemaker surgery in Rome's Santo Spirito Hos...
On April 15, 2025, Italian President Sergio Mattarella was admitted to Rome's Santo Spirito Hospital for the implantation of a pacemaker. The procedure was deemed necessary following medical evaluations. The President i...
Fiumicino scoops top 5-Star Skytrax ranking for third year in a row.
Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, better known as Fiumicino, has been included among the Skytrax World's Top 10 Airports ranking for the...
Italy celebrates Pasqua with traditions, food and public holidays.
Rome retains its place as the most sought-after Easter destination in Italy for international tourists, followed by Milan, Venice, Florence and Naples,...
Race for the Cure raises awareness and funds for breast cancer.
The 2025 edition of the Komen Race for the Cure will take place on the streets of central Rome on Sunday 11 May to raise funds and awareness for breast can...
"Sfigato": More Than Just "Loser" — The Layers Behind a Classic Italian InsultIf you’ve spent any time in Italy or around Italians, chances are you’ve heard the word “sfigato”. It's one of those quintessential slang term...
Rome marks 80th edition of Liberation Day in 2025.
Italy on 25 April celebrates the Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war two.
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Rome unveils second mural as part of art project in Piazza Venezia.
Marinella Senatore has become the second artist to transform the giant silos at the Metro C construction site in Piazza Venezia as part of the Murales...
New study spaces open in Rome museums and city libraries.
Rome continues to expand its network of study rooms in municipal museums and libraries to provide students with "accessible and welcoming" public spaces for stud...
Meloni to fly to US for tariff talks with Trump before meeting Vance in Rome.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni is scheduled to meet US president Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday 17 April to discuss US tariffs...
Italy's interior minister slams Rome violence.
The highly-anticipated derby between rivals AS Roma and Lazio at Rome's Olympic Stadium on Sunday afternoon ended in a 1-1 draw but was marred by pre-match violence.
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