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Capaci bombing took place on this day 32 years ago.
Italy marks the 32nd anniversary of the murder of the anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone who was assassinated by the Corleonesi mafia in a bombing in Sicily on 23 May 1...
Campi Flegrei schools closed on Tuesday amid seismic storm.
The Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields, a highly seismic area in Italy's southern Campania region near Naples, was shaken by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake on Mond...
Tragic incident occurred near Ponte Sisto.
A 29-year-old Swedish tourist died after falling off the high embankment walls along Rome's river Tiber early on Wednesday morning, according to local media.
The incident oc...
Viterbo gets ready for "Bomba Day" after discovery of massive bomb buried for 80 years.
Around 36,000 people will be evacuated from their homes in the central Italian town of Viterbo on Tuesday while army experts defuse...
Workers' Day falls on a Wednesday in 2024.
Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a national public holiday every year on 1 May.
This year the Primo Maggio holiday...
Jubilee 2025 works underway at usual concert venue.
Italy's annual May Day concert leaves behind its traditional venue outside Rome's Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano and moves to the Circus Maximus this year.
The...
Rome marks 79th Festa della Liberazione in 2024.
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.
A pu...
Alfa Romeo renames new Milano model Junior' after Made in Italy clash with Italian government.
Italian luxury car maker Alfa Romeo has decided to change the name of its new 'Milano' SUV model to 'Junior' after coming un...
National day to promote excellence of Italian creativity.Italy's trade ministry on Monday launched the first Made in Italy Day, with a nationwide programme of events in celebration of Italian creativity, quality and inno...
Concert-goer dies in hospital in Florence.
A police investigation is underway after a 47-year-old man died following an altercation at the end of a concert by Italian rock band Subsonica in Florence on Thursday night....
Italian trade unions to stage protest on Thursday over workplace deaths.
At least three people were killed and four are missing following an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant on Lake Suviana in northern Italy on...
L'Aquila holds torchlight procession to mark 15 years since earthquake.
Italy marks the 15th anniversary of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila in the early hours of 6 April 2009, killing 309 p...
Nobody injured in sinkhole incident.
Two parked cars were swallowed by a large sinkhole - 10 metres deep and 10 metres wide - which opened up in the Quadraro district of Rome in the early hours of Thursday.
Police an...
Bomb squad assisted by robotic dog Saetta.
Italy's culture ministry in the historic centre of Rome was evacuated on Tuesday morning following a bomb alert.
Around 400 people were evacuated from the building, just of...
Fire broke out in apartment in outskirts of Bologna.
Italian authorities have opened an investigation into a fire that caused the deaths of three children and their mother in the northern city of Bologna on Thursday nig...
Genoa launches three new flavours of ice cream dedicated to women.
As Italy prepares to mark International Women's Day on Friday, a controversy has broken out over an initiative in Genoa offering women three new flavour...
Eustachio baby bonus sparks debate in Matera.
A citizens association in the southern Italian city of Matera is offering a financial reward to parents who name their babies after the city's patron saint Eustachio.
The...
Rescuers find body of last missing person.
The final death toll from last Friday's collapse of a supermarket building site in Florence rose to five after rescuers located the body of the last missing construction worker...
IT-Alert system will be used to warn public of potential emergencies or disaster situations.
Italy's new IT-Alert system is designed to alert the public in the event of "a major emergency or an imminent or ongoing catas...
Vittorio Emanuele was only son of King Umberto II.
Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, son of Italy's last king, Umberto II, died in Geneva on Saturday aged 86.
"At 7.05 this morning, 3 February 2024, His Royal Highne...
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