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Italy creates tourism ministry as the country seeks to rebuild a vital industry left reeling by covid-19.
Amid the drama surrounding the recent formation of Italy's new government, led by Mario Draghi, a significant cha...
Our ultimate guide to Rome in March.
Rome sees a rise in visitors in March, who take advantage of the warming weather to explore archaeological sites at length and make a trip to the beach. March is not yet high season...
A list of the best walking and trekking trails near Rome you must experience.
Walking, hiking, and trekking routes at just "a stone's throw" from Rome, all in the Lazio Region.
With its numerous paths and trails, It...
Rome struggles to keep up with demand from visitors keen to step inside the newly-reopened Mausoleum of Augustus.
Tickets to visit the Mausoleum of Augustus - the tomb of Rome's first emperor - have sold out for a secon...
Italy's latest emergency decree, signed by premier Mario Draghi, extends most of the existing covid-19 restrictions and closes all schools in red zones or areas with high infection rates.Italy has issued a new emergency...
Rome plants new roses in the city's rose garden on Aventine Hill.Rome has added 340 new rose plants to the Roseto Comunale, the city's rose garden on the Aventine Hill, mayor Virginia Raggi has announced.
"Such a purcha...
Free coronavirus screening for students of La Sapienza University in Rome.
Rome university La Sapienza is offering free covid-19 screening tests to its students, thanks to the collaboration of the Lazio region and Polic...
Fiumicino airport in Rome makes history with its latest award, after one of the most difficult years ever for the air travel sector.
Rome's Fiumicino airport, known officially as Leonardo da Vinci, has been rated Europe...
Mayor Virginia Raggi attends reopening of the tomb of Rome's first emperor.
Rome reopened the Mausoleum of Augustus, the largest circular tomb of the ancient world, in the presence of the city's mayor Virginia Raggi on...
Italy's first mural, authorised by public body, of two women kissing.
Rome has unveiled a mural of two women kissing in what is the first lesbian street art to be authorised by a public body in Italy.
The pixel art mur...
Milan returns to orange zone while Sardinia becomes Italy's first white zone.
Italy has tightened restrictions in five regions under the nation's colour-coded system of coronavirus measures, amid warnings from scientist...
Full immersion in Italian village life is the philosophy of the “Albergo Diffuso” holiday formula.
On a balmy summer evening in the late 1990s, Daniel Elow Kilhgren, a young philosophy graduate of Italian-Swedish descen...
Pausini pays tribute to Sophia Loren and dedicates win to Italy.
Italian singer Laura Pausini is celebrating after winning a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song - Motion Picture during a ceremony streamed from Los...
Discovery of almost intact carriage hailed as unique in Italy.
The Pompeii archaeological park has announced the discovery of an ancient four-wheeled processional carriage, believed to have been used for an "artistocrat...
Museums to reopen at weekends in Italy's yellow zones next month.
Cinemas and theatres are set to reopen on 27 March in Italian regions classified as 'yellow zones' under the country's covid-19 restrictions, Italy's cul...
Retakes of traditional Italian recipes provoke reaction from Italy.
First there was the Smoky Tomato Carbonara, with the addition of cherry tomatoes for a "bright tang," that led to an outcry among Italians around the w...
Ancient hunting scene fresco in Pompeii's Casa dei Ceii comes back to life with help of laser technology.
Pompeii has completed a major restoration on a large fresco in the garden of the House of the Ceii, bringing back...
Singer-actress comes to Rome to begin filming Gucci movie directed by Ridley Scott.
Lady Gaga has arrived in Rome to start filming the new Ridley Scott movie about the Gucci 'Black Widow' Patrizia Reggiani who was jaile...
Paul Sellers sues over allegations of sexual harassment in Rome.
The former head of the British Council in Italy has been accused of drunkenly groping a staff member of the British embassy in Rome, reports The Times....
La Nuvola in Rome has capacity for more than 3,000 vaccinations a day.
The Nuvola Convention Center in the EUR district of Rome has been transformed into the largest covid-19 vaccination centre in Italy.
The vaccine...
The public transport network in Rome often makes headlines for the wrong reasons
Depending on how long you have to wait - it can be the quickest, and certainly the cheapest, way to get across Rome.
How can I get aro...
It has been one of the biggest mysteries of road safety until now: why are women at greater risk in road accidents? Why are there more deaths and injuries among female drivers?
The answer comes, as outlined by La Re...
Italy to honour Attanasio and Iacovacci with state funeral.
The bodies of Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and a carabiniere military police officer arrived in Rome late last night, the day after t...
"Shameful discrimination by ATAC against the disabled."
Rome's public transport company ATAC has apologised after a commuter in a wheelchair was left stranded on a subway platform at the capital's central train station...
One of Rome's most magnificent palaces reopens with new visiting hours.
Galleria Colonna, temporarily closed to visitors on Saturdays due Italy's covid-19 restrictions, is now open for private visits on request between...
Poetry readings at Keats' grave 200 years after his death in Rome.
It was a perfect morning in Rome's Non-Catholic Cemetery as flowers were laid on the grave of Romantic poet John Keats who died in the city 200 years ag...
The Death of KeatsBy Luke Wright
What better way to start a journey thanwith friends? I’m sure yours tried their best: a backslap,a bon voyage or two beside the Thames.But later, as you listened to the salt-splashon t...
Keats made the arduous journey to Rome hoping that the milder winter climate would cure his consumption, but within three months he was dead.
Mary Wilsey
This is a tale of two young men who travelled to Rome and took...
Travel between Italy's regions remains prohibited until the spring.
Italy has banned inter-regional travel until 27 March after the government of premier Mario Draghi extended an existing ban that was due to expire this...
Raggi says electric scooters are good for Rome but not everyone agrees.
In just seven months, more than 2.2 million journeys were made in Rome with electric scooters and bicycles operated under the city's sharing scheme...
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