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Termini-Battistini section of Metro A reopens on 26 August.
Rome reopened its Metro A subway line between Termini and Battistini on Monday, which had been closed to commuters since 10 August to carry out works on the ra...
Mike Lynch's daughter Hannah was last person missing after Bayesian sank on Monday.
Divers have found the body of the sixth and final person missing after a superyacht sank off Sicily on Monday, believed to be 18-year-o...
Rome wildfire may have been caused by arson.
The head of Rome's civil protection department has urged residents to donate blood after four emergency responders were seriously injured in a vast wildfire in the city's sub...
Agrigento outlaws souvenirs that glorify Mafia.
The mayor of the Sicilian city of Agrigento has banned the sale of Mafia-themed souvenirs in an effort to promote legality and avoid negative stereotypes of the Italian is...
Rome police investigate cause of wildfire.
One firefighter and three civil protection volunteers were hospitalised with severe burns sustained while battling a vast wildfire in the eastern outskirts of Rome on Wednesday...
Search continues for final missing body on Bayesian
Divers searching for six missing people following the sinking of a superyacht off Sicily's coast have recovered five bodies, Italian authorities said on Thursday.
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Italian friar seeks to attract young people to Mass.
A Franciscan friar has sparked controversy in Italy over his "2 for 1" offer of a free spritz after Mass to churchgoers in Urbino on Sunday evenings.
A poster adve...
Burglar in Rome got distracted by book.
A burglar who broke into an apartment in Rome on Tuesday night was arrested after stopping in the middle of the robbery to read a book about Greek mythology.
The man, a 38-year...
Soldiers hidden under ice for more than a century.
The remains of two World War One soldiers, trapped under a mountain glacier in the Italian Alps for more than a century, have emerged after the summer heat thawed the i...
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and Morgan Stanley boss Jonathan Bloomer among those missing after Bayesian sank off Sicily.
Rescuers continued their search on Tuesday for six people missing after a luxury superyacht san...
The story of Rome's main airport, from the 1960 Olympic Games to its modern-day success.
Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, better known as Fiumicino, opened to air traffic on 20 August 1960, five days befo...
One dead and six missing in Bayesian yacht sinking.
One man died and six other people were missing, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm earl...
Rome carries out major works on Metro A amid push to complete projects in time for Jubilee Year 2025.
Rome has closed the Furio Camillo subway station on the Metro A line for renovation works, from 19 August until 7 Nov...
Rome is enjoying a luxury hotel boom.
Bulgari Hotel Roma has been crowned the best hotel in the world by Virtuoso Travel, a leading global network of agencies specialising in luxury travel, in its 2024 rankings.
The...
Rome mayor slams vandalism at Colosseum.
A Ukrainian tourist was cited by Rome police on Friday for carving his name into the Colosseum, in the latest act of vandalism against Italy's historic landmarks this summer....
Italy has seen a spate of tourists behaving badly this summer.
Two German tourists who scrawled their names on Italy's landmark Ponte Vecchio bridge risk being fined up to €40,000, the city of Florence said in a stateme...
La Sapienza ranked among top 150 universities in the world.
Rome's Università La Sapienza is the top university in Italy according to the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of Shanghai Ranking Consultanc...
Matteotti was a staunch critic of Mussolini's Fascist regime.
Italy this summer marks 100 years since Italian socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti was assassinated by Fascists in a killing that shook Benito Mussolini'...
Siena holds Palio on two dates each summer.
The historic Palio di Siena horse race returns on Friday 16 August, with bareback riders battling it out in the mediaeval heart of the Tuscan city.
The Palio dates back to...
Sensational discovery made headlines around the world.
The famed Riace Bronzes, two ancient Greek warrior statues, were found by chance in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Italy's southern Calabria region on this day 52...
How Ferragosto is celebrated in Italian films.
Italy marks the Ferragosto holiday on 15 August when many Italians swap the city for the beach to escape the summer heat, in a tradition dating back to Roman times. Here is...
What are the origins of the Ferragosto summer holiday?
Italy marks the national holiday of Ferragosto each year on 15 August, the feast of the Assumption, the day when Catholics believe the Virgin Mary ascended to heave...
Vandalism of Rome mural sparks wave of cross-party support for Egonu.
Politicians in Italy across the spectrum united in solidarity with Paola Egonu on Tuesday after a mural of the Italian volleyball star was defaced on...
There are only about 50 Marsican bears left in Italy.
A Marsican bear, a critically endangered subspecies of the alpine brown bear, died in Italy's central Abruzzo region on Tuesday after being hit by a car the night be...
Incident filmed at fountain near the Vatican.
A man, reportedly a tourist, was filmed belly flopping into a historic fountain in the park at Castel Sant'Angelo near the Vatican in Rome.
The video footage, published b...
Bioparco in Rome will be open for Ferragosto.
Rome's zoo is helping the animals cope with the summer heat by giving them refreshing chunks of watermelon, a traditional treat for Italy's Ferragosto holiday.
The Biopar...
Vandals change skin colour in mural of Egonu.
A mural in Rome depicting the Italian Olympic volleyball champion Paola Egonu was vandalised on Monday night, just one day after it was unveiled by street artist Laika.
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Rumours of alleged party for Madonna had sparked controversy in Italy.
The Pompeii archaeological park has dismissed media reports that popstar Madonna would be holding a private birthday party with 500 guests at the an...
22 cities across Italy on maximum red alert for heat on Wednesday.
Italy continues to experience scorching hot temperatures from north to south in the days leading up to Ferragosto, the national summer holiday on Thursd...
A brief history of Rome's talking statues.
The tradition of Rome's talking statues dates back to the 16th century when the city's resident began to show their discontent against the oppressive power of the papacy with a...
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