Lazio Region announces human trials of 'Made in Italy' covid-19 vaccine.
Human trials of an Italian-developed covid-19 vaccine will begin at Rome's Spallanzani hospital from 24 August, reports Italian news agency ANSA....
The Archaeological Park of Pompeii, open again after a three-month lockdown due to covid-19, has seen a remarkable reversal of fortunes over the last decade.
Pompeii was the first Italian archaeological site to reopen t...
WHO director-general retweets post by Italy's health minister.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that other countries are learning from Italy's efforts in tack...
Italy's obligation to wear masks in enclosed public spaces and engage in social distancing is set to continue.
Italy is set to extend the obligation to wear protective facemasks in enclosed public spaces, including shop...
Researchers recreate 3D computerised reconstruction of Raphael's face.
Could this be what Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino - better known internationally as Raphael - actually looked like?
In the year of the 500th annivers...
Rome introduces Waidy app to help people discover the location and history of the city's fountains, nasoni and aqueducts.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has launched Waidy, a new app that highlights the location and history...
Preliminary contract signed last night by new owner of AS Roma football team.
James Pallotta, the current owner of AS Roma, has signed the preliminary contracts to sell the football club to Texas billionaire Dan Friedki...
Tourists caught inside Roman Forum by Parco Colosseo security guards.
Four young English tourists were caught in the Roman Forum after they scaled the gates at the Arch of Titus, near the Colosseum, in the early hours o...
Ryanair faces suspension in Italy over alleged “repeated violations” of covid-19 regulations.
Italy's civil aviation authority ENAC has threatened to suspend Ryanair's permit to fly in the country for allegedly not resp...
Conte echoes call from Italian president to respect the rules in place to contain the spread of covid-19.
Italy's prime minister Giuseppe Conte has again stressed that respecting the "minimal but necessary" covid-19 pre...
Forest fire approaches the village of Pettino near L'Aquila.
Firefighters, soldiers and civil protection volunteers are working around the clock in an effort to combat a wildfire that is approaching the village of Petti...
The two friends perform Italian version of Sting hit Fields of Gold.
Italian singer-songwriter and musician Zucchero "Sugar" Fornaciari has published a short video clip of himself singing an impromptu duet with English...
Lazio Region links nightlife for covid-19 clusters at beach resorts.
Lazio regional health authorities have linked nightlife with covid-19 clusters at Sabaudia and Fregene, popular beach resorts near Rome.
Establishm...
Mayor of Rome says Italian capital is an "anti-Fascist city."
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has ruled out categorically a proposal to create a museum dedicated to Fascism in the Italian capital, reports news agency ANSA....
Wild boar seek refreshment from nasone in Rome suburb.
Three wild boar have been immortalised in a photograph showing them slumped under a nasone water fountain in the south Rome suburb of Torrino on the first weekend o...
Rome stages 2020 Shakespearean festival in Villa Borghese.
Rome’s Shakespearean festival at the Silvano Toti Globe Theatre returns to Villa Borghese for its 17th edition this summer.
The festival devoted to Shakespea...
Tiberis returns to Rome river bank for summer 2020.
Tiberis, Rome's artificial beach on the banks of the river Tiber, has reopened this weekend, announced the mayor Virginia Raggi.
This is the third summer that Rome...
Trastevere restaurant offers tubs of takeaway carbonara and amatriciana this summer.
Rome's restaurants are busy reinventing themselves this summer while struggling with the constraints of the covid-19 health regulation...
96-year-old university student in Sicily graduates with top honours.
Giuseppe Paternò, aged almost 97, has graduated with an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and History, receiving top honours from the University of P...
The UK Government has launched a public information campaign across Europe to help UK nationals prepare for the end of the UK’s transition period on 31 December.
UK nationals living in Italy will receive information abo...
"Freedom is not the right to make others sick" said Mattarella.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella has warned people in Italy not to lower their guard amid a slight rise in coronavirus cases in recent days, reports Ita...
Security escort given to president of Rome's Piccolo Cinema America association.
Valerio Carocci, president of the Piccolo Cinema America association in Rome, has been assigned a police escort following a series of rece...
Self-defence instruction for ATAC drivers to help them enforce covid-19 rules in Rome.
Rome bus drivers are being trained in self-defence, including martial arts, as they continue to face aggression for attempting to en...
Lazio Region conducts coronavirus tests on passengers arriving in Rome from Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine.The Lazio Region has increased the number of places where those travelling from 'at-risk' countries Romania, Bulga...
Italian senate revokes Salvini's immunity from trial over migrant detention in Open Arms case.
Italy's senate has voted to allow the prosecution of former interior minister Matteo Salvini for blocking a migrant ship off...
The story of Keith Haring's long-lost murals in Rome.
Rome once boasted two murals by Keith Haring - the celebrated American artist whose pop art and graffiti-like work originated in the New York City street culture of...
Andrea Bocelli extends "sincere apology" for expressing doubts about the seriousness of the covid-19 crisis in Italy.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has apologised for the controversial and widely-reported remarks he made...
Rome's municipal museums are free to all visitors on 2 August.Rome's city-run museums, which reopened earlier this summer after being closed for almost three months due to the covid-19 lockdown, will be open for free to...
10 cities including Rome on Level 3 alert for heatwave on 31 July.
With Italy set to experience an intense heatwave later this week the Italian health ministry has issued a heat warning for 10 cities, with temperatures...
Italy extends state of emergency over the covid-19 crisis until 15 October 2020.
The Italian government has extended the country's existing state of emergency, which expands the government’s powers in tackling the coron...
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