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Accademia di S. Cecilia has announced that Antonio Pappano, the present music director, will become its music director emeritus at the end of his contract in October 2023.
The announcement of this new position comes soo...
Draghi slams Erdoğan for humiliating von der Leyen in Ankara.
Italy's prime minister Mario Draghi has sparked a diplomatic spat with Turkey after referring to the country's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a "dictator....
The strange, multi-layered story of Rocca Sinibalda, located 50 km north of Rome.
The 12th-century Rocca Sinibalda sits on a spur of rock dominating the Turano Valley, a 40-minute drive north of Rome, on what was once a...
AstraZeneca vaccine benefits outweigh risks says EMA.
From now on Italy will recommend the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine only for people aged over 60, the head of the nation's Superior Health Institute (ISS) Franco Locat...
As more people seek a quieter pace of life outside Rome, Judith Harris writes about living in nearby Trevignano Romano.
By Mary Jane CryanThe publication of Judith Harris’s latest book is very timely as real estate brok...
A hilltop village 110 km north of Rome has been proposed officially for UNESCO honour.
Civita di Bagnoregio, a clifftop village surging out of a valley in Italy's central Lazio region, has been proposed for World Herita...
Ponte Vecchio is the most famous bridge in Florence.
It earned its name, "Old Bridge," by surviving a long and exciting history. It's possible that the bridge existed in some form during the Roman Empire, but it was fi...
Two police officers injured after Rome lockdown protest turned violent.
A demonstration by restaurant and bar owners against Italy's covid-19 lockdown restrictions saw protesters clash with police outside parliament in...
ANZAC Day memorial service in Rome will be online on 25 April.
The New Zealand and Australian embassies in Italy will commemorate ANZAC Day this year with a virtual memorial service from the Rome War Cemetery.
The 20...
Regarded as one of the world's most dangerous sports, Calcio Storico Fiorentino, or 'historic Florentine football," dates back to 16th century Florence.
A combination of football and rugby, it was a pastime for wealth...
L'Aquila beams blue light into sky to mark 12 years since earthquake.
Italy is marking the 12th anniversary of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila in the early hours of 6 April 2009, killing 30...
Classic Roman dish celebrated in the largest "spaghetti social in the world."
Carbonara, one of the signature dishes of Roman cuisine, is being celebrated in Italy and around the world with the annual #CarbonaraDay on T...
Plan is part of the GRAB cycle path around Rome.
The Colosseum linked to the Circus Maximus with a wide cycle and pedestrian path, in a radical redesign of Via di S. Gregorio.
The plan, currently being drawn up by Ro...
Italy split into red and orange coronavirus zones from 6 April.
Italy returns to the colour-coded system of covid-19 restrictions on 6 April, after the nationwide Easter red zone lockdown, with the country split again b...
Vatican changes schedule of 2021 Holy Week ceremonies due to Italy's covid-19 restrictions.
The Holy Week and Easter ceremonies presided over by Pope Francis have been changed in line with covid-19 restrictions, for the...
Train cables catch fire on "Italy's worst rail track" in Rome.
Passengers fled a Rome train after the overhead electric cables became disconnected, falling onto the carriages and exploding into flames.
The incident t...
Italy puts 70,000 police on patrol over Easter weekend.Italy will be placed under nationwide red zone restrictions for three days over the Easter holiday weekend, from 3-5 April, with around 70,000 police officers patrol...
Italy retains colour-coded system with country divided into red and orange zones, with no yellow zones, from 7-30 April.
Italy's current system of covid-19 restrictions and closures is to be extended for the duration of...
Health workers who refuse covid-19 vaccine could face suspension without pay.
The Italian government has made covid-19 vaccines mandatory for all healthcare workers, including pharmacists, in a move that has sparked con...
It remains unclear if Pappano will remain as musical director of Rome's Accademia S. Cecilia.
Sir Antonio Pappano is to replace Sir Simon Rattle as the chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.
His new job, w...
Italy expels two Russian officials after Italian foreign minister Luigi Di Maio summons Russian ambassador.
An Italian navy captain and a Russian diplomat have been arrested on charges of "serious crimes related to spyi...
When talking about traveling to Rome, it is almost impossible to avoid discussing the city’s magnificent churches.
Understandably, churches such as St. Peter’s Basilica, The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and the Pa...
Italy's new quarantine measures come amid controversy over Easter travel restrictions.
Italy will require travellers arriving from all EU countries to spend five days in quarantine on arrival, following an order signed...
Draghi and wife receive vaccine at Termini station in Rome.
Italian premier Mario Draghi has received his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Rome this morning, 30 March, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
D...
Italy gives green light to covid-19 vaccinations in pharmacies.
Johnson & Johnson has said it will begin delivery of its coronavirus vaccine in Europe on 19 April, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The 27-natio...
Schools in Rome reopen on 30 March as the Lazio region goes from red to orange under Italy's system of coronavirus restrictions.
The Lazio region around Rome will be reclassified from a high-risk red zone to a medium-ri...
Raphael attributed officially as artist behind putto fresco fragment in collection of Rome academy.
A fragment of fresco in the collection of Rome's Academy of S. Luca has been confirmed as the work of High Renaissance...
City takes advantage of lack of tourists to repave Piazza della Rotonda.
Rome is undertaking works to repave the cobblestones, or sampietrini, at Piazza della Rotonda in front of the Pantheon.
News of the 'redevelopm...
Penone tribute to Dante gets mixed reaction in Florence.
When Florence unveiled a large sculpture inspired by Dante on the 700th anniversary of his death, it triggered a sea of ironic comments on social media, critical...
Cristina Corbucci becomes first female traffic conductor in Rome's Piazza Venezia.
When Rome recently reintroduced the traffic conductor's podium in the central Piazza Venezia it was welcomed back by nostalgic Romans, h...
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