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Operation in Naples was first of its kind in Italy.
A young girl in Naples has recovered her hearing thanks to complex surgery involving an implant of a middle ear temporal bone created using 3D-printing technology....
Rome remembers the much-loved Roman actor Alberto Sordi with an exhibition to mark his centenary.
Alberto Sordi, an icon of Italian cinema, was born in Rome on 15 June 1920.
Sordi played mainly comic roles, enlivened...
Electric scooter user in Bologna dies after crash.
A pedestrian was taken to hospital after being hit by an electric scooter on Via del Corso, in central Rome, in the early hours of 13 June.
The 30-year-old man, who...
Italy enters third phase of coronavirus emergency on 15 June.
Italy will begin to lift more restrictions on Monday 15 June when it enters the third phase of its emergency plan in dealing with the covid-19 pandemic.
T...
Baubeach returns with social distancing for dog owners.
Baubeach, Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners has reopened for the summer season, with new safety measures in place, including social dis...
Italian cinemas have lost €30 million due to the covid-19 crisis.
Italy's coronavirus lockdown for cinemas comes to an end on Monday 15 June however it appears that the majority of the country's movie theatres will not...
Booking is now mandatory to visit the Baths of Caracalla.
Rome's Baths of Caracalla reopen to the public on 13 June following a closure of more than three months due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The archaeological site...
Pesticides may be the reason for the death of Rome's fish.
Rome authorities continue to investigate the cause behind the mysterious death of hundreds of fish in the city's river Tiber on 30 May.
Initial tests have pr...
Uber Jump bikes are disappearing quietly from the streets of Rome.
Why are Uber Jump bikes nowhere to be found in Rome?
This is the question being asked by users of the capital's electric bike-sharing scheme who in r...
McCartney calls for Italian fans to be reimbursed over cancelled Italy concerts.
Paul McCartney has issued a strongly-worded statement against the Italian government over his fans not receiving a ticket refund for his t...
The tragic death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is making history.
Never before police violence in the US (sadly frequent against black American citizens) had been followed by such a global movement of anti-racism pro...
Greece and Austria prepare to lift restrictions for Italian tourists.
Austria will reopen its border with Italy from 16 June as the country relaxes its coronavirus restrictions, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
The...
Banksy's painted door was stolen from Paris almost year and a half ago.
Police in central Italy have found an artwork by anonymous British street artist Banksy that was stolen from the Bataclan music hall in Paris last...
Britain's three biggest airlines initiate legal action over UK quarantine.
Ryanair, the low-cost Irish airline, says it has been a "surge" of British and Irish people booking flights to holiday destinations including It...
Rome's mayor answers pontiff's call for funds to help those in Rome in financial difficulty due to the covid-19 crisis.
Pope Francis has established a special support fund for Rome individuals and families struggling fi...
Italian woman prepares olive ascolane during operation to remove brain tumour.
A 60-year-old Italian woman prepared stuffed olives while having an operation to remove a brain tumour at an Ancona hospital on 9 June, repo...
Out-of-work tourist guides protest outside the Pantheon in Rome.
"Without tourism Italy dies, tourism is not here but tour guides are."
With this slogan, Rome tour guides staged a flash mob protest in front of the Pa...
I fell in love with Naples when I was 18. I had taken a gap year and saved up some money, and much to the dismay of my mother, I wanted to go to Europe.
There was no logical reason to go to Naples. I had never heard of...
Cuban medical team returns home after helping Italy in fight against covid-19.
Cuba's 52-member medical team has completed its mission to help Italy's northern Lombardy region combat the coronavirus pandemic, returning...
E-scooter incident occurred near Spanish Steps in Rome.
A 15-year-old boy on an electric scooter knocked down a woman in Rome's Piazza di Spagna on 7 June, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
The 48-year-old woman, who...
Pantheon joins the Colosseum and Vatican Museums in reopening to visitors after the covid-19 lockdown in Rome.
The Pantheon in Rome reopens to the public on Tuesday 9 June following a closure of three months due to Ital...
La Sapienza rises in CWUR world university rankings.
Rome's Università La Sapienza is the top university in Italy according to the 2020-21 ranking by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), a leading consulting...
More than two million people have downloaded contact-tracing app in Italy.
Italy begins testing the Immuni contact-tracing app, designed to help contain fresh outbreaks of covid-19, begins on Monday 8 June after getting...
Italy classifies electric scooter in same category as bicycle, with specific rules.
Italian cities have welcomed fleets of new electric scooters in recent days, with thousands of app-based rental scooters now available...
Vatican cardinal leads Rome prayer service in solidarity with Floyd protests.
The highest-ranking US cardinal at the Vatican, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, has deplored the “unjust” killing of George Floyd, praying for Floyd...
Rome demonstration on 7 June to protest against racism.
Rome will host a Black Lives Matter demonstration on Sunday 7 June in the central Piazza del Popolo at 11.00.
Organisers, Women's March Rome and Denise Fuja Ber...
A vast majority of Italians have understood and approved the decision to cancel the traditional military parade at the Fori Imperiali on this past 2 June.
The French have just decided to do the same on Bastille Day,...
George Floyd mural by street artist Jorit appears on Naples rooftop.
George Floyd's face appears in the centre of a mural on a rooftop in Naples alongside Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Angela Davis and Lenin.
The fi...
Rome marks World Environment Day with new installation at Botanic Gardens.
Rome's Orto Botanico, or Botanic Gardens, will inaugurate an installation called The Living Chapel to mark World Environment Day at 17.00 on Fri...
Vatican offers token of gratitude to Italy's healthcare staff for their role in the covid-19 crisis.
The Vatican Museums will be free for Italy's public and private doctors, nurses and medical staff for a week as a mark...
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