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Italy pins Palme d'Or hopes on Nanni Moretti's new movie Tre piani. Tre piani (Three floors) by Italian director Nanni Moretti has been nominated for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organisers announ...
Wanted in Rome interviews Antonio Barreca, director general of Federturismo, one of the key figures in Italy's travel and tourism industry. by Marco Venturini What is the current situation of tourism in Italy? The h...
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Cinema in Piazza festival returns to Rome this summer with free films, big names and a new location. Rome film fans can look forward to watching movies on the big screen under the stars again this summer with the return...
Italian regions get green light to extend covid-19 vaccine appointments to everybody aged over 16 from today. Italy's regions can make covid-19 vaccination appointments available to all people aged over 16 from Thursday...
Festa della Repubblica military parade in Rome cancelled for second year due to covid-19. Italy celebrates Festa della Repubblica, Italy's Republic Day, with a national public holiday on Wednesday 2 June 2021. This y...
Ciampi's name spelt wrong on city plaque. A ceremony in Rome to name part of the capital after former Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi did not go according to plan this morning over a misspelling on the plaque....
Italy takes another step towards normality as people can once again drink coffee at the bar. Italy's restaurants and bars can open for indoor service as well as outdoors from 1 June, in another step towards normality as...
Mafia turncoat who revealed secrets of Cosa Nostra has been freed from Rome prison. There was anger and disbelief in Italy last night at the news that one of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra's most infamous killers has walked f...
AIFA gives green light for covid-19 vaccine to be used on 12 to 15-year olds. The Italian drug regulator (AIFA) has approved the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine for 12 to 15-year olds, according to a statement relea...
Italy's streaming platform for Italian culture becomes a reality. Italy launched ITsART - an ambitious streaming project known as the 'Netflix of Italian Culture' - on 31 May. The online platform gives access to Ital...
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Acorn P H3 - 1920 x 190
Acorn P H3 - 1920 x 190
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Two brown bears from the Whipsnade zoo were shot after escaping from their enclosure.  Whipsnade Zoo Chief described the break away as an “immediate threat to human life” that forced the keepers to shoot them dead amid...
Italy reports lowest daily tally of covid-19 fatalities since mid-October as pressure on hospitals continues to drop. Italy registered 44 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday 30 May, down from 83 the day before, the hea...
Rome bus and metro strike day before national public holiday. Rome commuters face disruption to public transport services on Tuesday 1 June due to a 24-hour strike called by numerous trade unions representing workers in...
Three Italian regions move from moderate-risk yellow zones to lowest-risk white zones. The Italian regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Molise and Sardinia will become 'white zones' - the lowest-risk category under Italy's...
Rome airport greets US tourists with welcome gifts. Rome's Fiumicino airport welcomed around 300 tourists and travellers from the USA who landed in the Italian capital on 28 May after taking covid-tested flights from Ne...
New Primark outlet to be located in large shopping centre to the east of the capital. Primark, the low-cost Irish fashion chain, has announced that it will open a second store in Rome, at the RomaEst shopping mall, on 1...
Where to get tested and what kind of test to receive are two important questions that may not have obvious answers.Covid has been an all too familiar part of our lives for close to a year now. While the rollout of vaccin...
Weekly number of covid-19 cases in Italy drops for 10th week in a row. Italy has seen a sharp decline in the number of hospital and intensive care admissions for covid-19 over the last 50 days, according to a report fro...
Apple Via del Corso will be one of the company's most important stores globally. The Apple flagship store on Via del Corso in central Rome will open on Thursday 27 May at 10.00, the American technology giant has announc...
Florence museum expected to reopen as soon as possible after evacuation. An evacuation was underway at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence on the morning of 26 May due to the dense smoke from a chimney on the museum's roof,...
All you need to know about Carlo Calenda, front runner for Mayor of Rome.  Rome will vote on its next mayor in October 2021. The field currently includes incumbent Rome mayor Virginia Raggi, who will look to secure a se...
Lazio region launches drive to attract visitors as Italy attempts to kickstart its covid-hit tourism industry this summer. The Lazio region around Rome has launched a tourism campaign to entice holidaymakers into stayin...
Rome hosts one of the most beautiful horse shows in the world.  The 2021 Piazza di Siena horse show-jumping competition returns to Rome after being cancelled last year due to the covid-19 pandemic. The prestigious eq...
MAXXI to launch contemporary art museum in L'Aquila this weekend. MAXXI L'Aquila, the long-awaited contemporary art museum in the Abruzzo capital, will be inaugurated by Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini on Fr...
Nobody injured in incident in Rome's Torpignattara suburb. Two cars ended up inside a large chasm after part of a street collapsed in the Torpignattara suburb of Rome. There was nobody injured in the incident which t...
Lyceum academic programme to be named after retired Classics teacher at St Stephen's School. St Stephen’s in Rome has received a major donation in support of the school's Lyceum programme which offers students Internati...
"We want Rome to become the Wimbledon of skateboarding." Rome will host the Street Skateboarding World Championships at the Foro Italico sporting complex from 30 May until 6 June. The international event will act as...
The American University of Rome (AUR) is pleased to announce the conferral of an honorary doctorate degree on Stanley Tucci, the Italian-American actor, writer, and film producer, known for his roles in The Devil Wears P...
What does Nationalism mean to Italy? Italy has a complicated history with nationalism. The post-World War II Italian Constitution lays out strong protections against the revival of fascism, a measure that strives to pre...
Italian cities vie to host Eurovision 2022 after Italy's win in Rotterdam. Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has proposed the Eternal City as the "perfect stage" to host the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, following Italy's trium...
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia