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No injuries or damage in incident. A large pine tree in Rome's central Piazza Venezia fell on Thursday, crashing to the ground into Piazza S. Marco after its roots gave way. Despite the busy location in front of the...
FAO collaborates with Rome to create tree planting project in Villa Pamphilj. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to plant a 2.5-hectare space in Rome's Villa Pamphilj park with trees an...
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Climate protesters turn waters of famed Rome fountain black. Italy's culture minister blasted the "reckless actions" of climate activists who poured diluted charcoal into the waters of Rome's landmark Trevi Fountain on...
Rome mayor slams latest "senseless" stunt. Italian climate activists poured black liquid into the waters of Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Rome's central Piazza Navona on Saturday afternoon. The four activi...
Protesters block traffic in central Rome. Six climate activists linked to the Ultima Generazione group stopped traffic in the centre of Rome on Thursday morning by stripping off and lying down across Via del Tritone....
Rome hosts more than 600 events for Earth Day 2023. Events to mark Earth Day, an annual event to raise awareness about our natural environment and how to conserve it, are being held in Rome and across Italy on Saturday...
Italian culture minister says enough is enough. Italy's government is studying a law to make those who damage cultural landmarks pick up the bill for the work required to restore the monuments they deface, the Italian c...
Rome mayor slams blitz at landmark fountain. Three climate activists linked to the Ultima Generazione group on Saturday poured black liquid into a Baroque fountain at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome. Activists...
Activists sprayed paint over Palazzo Vecchio. Florence mayor Dario Nardella intervened personally to stop climate activists as they sprayed paint over the facade of Palazzo Vecchio, seat of city hall, on Friday morning....
Italy prepares national plan to combat water crisis. The Italian government is preparing a decree to tackle the effects of drought after a winter of little or no rainfall, by creating a special commissioner and task for...
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Environmentalists call on government to act fast. Italy is at risk of a serious drought as its rivers and lakes suffer from a severe lack of water due to little or no rainfall over the winter, the Legambiente environmen...
Lazio region stops over 10 tons of trash from reaching the sea. Italy's central Lazio region around Rome has fished out more than 10 tons of rubbish from its rivers thanks to a series of garbage-catching barriers, the r...
Gualtieri pledges that Rome will be "as clean as a village in Trentino" within a couple of years. Rome will overcome its current rubbish emergency "within a week", the city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri said during an inter...
Kindergartens near fire site ordered to shut over fears of toxic fumes. Rome has been plunged into a fresh rubbish emergency after a fire destroyed a major waste treatment plant at Malagrotta, the city's former dump wes...
Italian capital aims to tackle trash crisis with major new plan. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has unveiled a plan to build a waste-to-energy plant capable of handling 600,000 tonnes of refuse a year as part of efforts t...
Emergency situation in Agrigento province of Sicily. The Agrigento area of Sicily has been hammered by heavy rains leading to widespread flooding and landslides on the southwest coast of the Italian island. The prefe...
Head of Rome's rubbish collection agency AMA steps down. Rome's new mayor Roberto Gualtieri has unveiled a €40 million plan to clean up the capital "in 60 days" in what he said was "the first step in the relaunch" of th...
No reports of injuries or damage in Marche earthquake. A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Italian province of Pesaro and Urbino, in Le Marche, at lunchtime on Friday 29 October. The epicentre of the quake was near...
Italy's civil protection agency issues red alert warnings as Sicily and Calabria hit by extreme weather. The Sicilian city of Catania has been devastated by floods, resulting in the deaths of at least two people, as the...
COP26 must respond to "unprecedented ecological crisis". Pope Francis and dozens of religious leaders issued a joint appeal on Monday calling on the international community to set more ambitious targets and step up clim...
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