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Row comes ahead of Italy's upcoming general election.
The popular children's cartoon series Peppa Pig is at the centre of a political row in Italy over the show's inclusion of two co-parenting lesbian polar bears.
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Books of condolences at British embassy in Rome, British Consulate General in Milan, and All Saints' Anglican church in Rome.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the British embassy to Italy has opened a book of...
The Queen first visited Italy as Princess Elizabeth in 1951.
Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, visited Italy on five occasions, four of which were state visits during her 70-year reign.
Her f...
Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96.
Italian president Sergio Mattarella has offered his condolences on behalf of Italy on the death of Queen Elizabeth II who died in Balmoral on Thursday afternoon at the age of 96.
“A f...
Incident comes a few weeks after tourists surfed on Grand Canal.
Venice police arrested a Belgian tourist who stole a water taxi from the city's Marco Polo airport and took it for a high-speed joy ride down the Grand Ca...
Heating to be cut by 1°C as Italy aims to save energy.
Italy is to turn down the heating in homes and businesses this winter as part of energy-saving plans to cut gas consumption and reduce the risks linked to a "potent...
Authorities had deemed the wild bear "problematic".
A female brown bear known as F43 died in a trap in the north Italian region of Trentino during a "routine intervention" to replace the wild animal's GPS collar.
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Tourist said he did not know about Rome's "urban decorum" rules.
A 55-year-old American tourist was fined €450 for sitting at an historic fountain in Rome's central Monti quarter to enjoy a gelato and a beer.
The inc...
US soldier lost his dog tag in Italy 78 years ago.
Two metal detector enthusiasts in Italy discovered a missing identity tag belonging to a World War II-era American soldier on a beach near Rome.
The unexpected disco...
Italy chooses talks with Certares-led group over MSC-Luthansa bid.
Italy's treasury has chosen to enter exclusive talks for the sale of a majority stake in ITA Airways with a consortium led by US private equity fund Cer...
Italian politicians embrace TikTok during election campaign.
Silvio Berlusconi, the 85-year-old leader of Italy's centre-right Forza Italia party and former Italian premier, made his debut on TikTok on Thursday ahead of...
Rome activates phone number to report hornet sightings.
After the seagulls and wild boar, Rome is grappling with its latest "invasion" from the animal world: the Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis).
The large insects...
Italy's bars and restaurants face crippling energy bills.
An historic pizzeria in Naples has published a "provocative" receipt charging customers a nominal contribution towards its gas bills as energy prices in Italy co...
Blasphemy is an administrative offence in Italy.
Italian police fined a businessman from Florence for using blasphemous language at a food festival in the Grosseto area of Tuscany, according to news reports in Italy....
Incident north of Rome was caught on camera.
A motorist has been fined €8,000 by Italian police after making a U-turn on the A1 motorway north of Rome.
The driver, described in Italian news reports as "foreign", was ca...
"Pancetta or Guanciale" tweet becomes an instant meme in Italy.
Enrico Letta, leader of Italy's centre-left Partito Democratico and former Italian premier, on Friday posted an ironic image on Twitter evoking the great I...
Move comes amid surging gas prices elsewhere in Italy and Europe.
The Basilicata region in southern Italy is to make gas free for all residents thanks to an agreement between regional authorities and energy companies ac...
Italian business owners say they are forced to either up their prices or shut down.
Bars and restaurants in Italy are putting their "monster" gas and electricity bills on public display as part of efforts to highlight t...
Jovanotti's beach concerts widely criticised by ecologists.
Italian singer Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, faces accusations from environmentalists that his Jova Beach Party concert tour is damaging the fr...
15-year-old boy was killed after being hit by car near Pordenone.
An American soldier is under house arrest at the Aviano US air force base in Italy's northern Fruili-Venezia region where she faces accusations of fatall...
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