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How to celebrate New Year Italian style.Staying in Rome for New Year's Eve? Well, the Italians may not have Auld Lang Syne or New Year's resolutions, but they have plenty of other peculiar traditions to make up for it. A...
Winter sales begin in Rome and Milan on 4 January.
Italy's post-Christmas sales begin in most regions on 4 January 2025, apart from Valle d'Aosta and Alto Adige where winter sales start on 2 January and 8 January respec...
The Ancient Civilization's Echoes in Italy's Greek Temples.
Known for its Roman history, Italy is home to some of the most impressive Greek temples outside of Greece.
They provide a unique window into the ancient Gre...
Cardinal Baldo Reina, vicar of Rome, opens Holy Door at Lateran Basilica.
Rome unveiled the new-look piazza in front of the papal Archbasilica of St John Lateran on Saturday as part of works for the Vatican's Jubilee Ye...
Rome bans firecrackers and bangers over New Year.
Rome has banned the use of firecrackers, bangers, rockets and other explosive material from 00.01 on 31 December until midnight on 6 January 2025.
Those who fail to c...
Cecilia Sala detained at Evin prison in Tehran.
Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Saturday that the case of the Italian journalist Cecilia Sala imprisoned in Iran is "complicated" but said he hoped she wou...
City reveals new concert line-up to ring in 2025 after Tony Effe fiasco.
Rome has announced a new line-up for a free New Year's Eve concert at the Circus Maximus after the original headline acts walked out amid a contro...
Daredevil divers to plunge into Rome's river Tiber on 1 January 2025.
For almost 80 years, daredevil divers have thrilled crowds in Rome with a peculiar New Year's Day tradition known as the Tuffo nel Tevere.
Each ye...
Public transport timetable in Rome on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 2025.
Rome's buses and trams will run until 21.00 on New Year's Eve, with all metro services operating until 02.30 (early hours of 1 January 2025)....
Pontiff brings message of hope to prisoners at Rebibbia.
Pope Francis opened a Holy Door at Rome's Rebibbia prison on Thursday as part of ceremonies to mark the Vatican's Jubilee Year which the pontiff launched on Chris...
Christmas blessing at St Peter's follows launch of Jubilee Year in Rome.
Pope Francis on Christmas Day will impart his traditional blessing Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) at midday from the balcony above St Pe...
Holy Year ceremony to take place at St Peter's.
Pope Francis will inaugurate the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025 by opening the Holy Door at St Peter's Basilica on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, at 19.00 Rome time.
The solemn e...
It wouldn't be Christmas in Italy without Una Poltrona per Due on tv.
Italy is home to some of the world's oldest and most spectacular Christmas traditions that have illuminated and enriched the Italian festive season f...
English-language religious services in Rome for the 2024 Christmas season.
A quick guide with the times of Christmas religious services and Masses in English in Rome for 2024. For the programme of Pope Francis' Christma...
Passetto del Borgo reopens on the eve of Jubilee Year.
A centuries-old fortified passage between the Vatican and Castel Sant'Angelo reopened to the public on Monday with a new programme of special guided tours.
The P...
The spectacle of bagpipe-playing shepherds still exists in Naples and Rome.
Dressed in traditional sheepskin and woollen cloaks with peaked hats, the zampognari pipers come into the city from their mountain homes, perfo...
Meloni joins Gualtieri at opening of Piazza Pia on eve of Jubilee Year.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni inaugurated a newly-pedestrianised square and underpass near the Vatican on Monday as Rome completed its bigg...
Controversy surrounds fans’ celebration of Floriani Mussolini's goal.
Italy's football federation on Monday launched an investigation after supporters of Serie B club Juve Stabia celebrated a goal scored by Benito Musso...
What Italians Eat for Christmas: A Feast of Tradition and Regional Delights
Italy is a country where food serves as more than sustenance — it’s a vital part of cultural identity, a symbol of togetherness and a source of...
Works conclude at Trevi Fountain in time for the Vatican's Jubilee Year.
Rome refilled the Trevi Fountain with water on Sunday, after completing maintenance works, with new limited access for visitors.
Under the tria...
Fertitta owns Houston Rockets and Landry’s.
US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he will nominate billionaire Tilman Fertitta as Washington's new ambassador to Italy.
Fertitta, 67, owns the Houston Rocke...
Italian culture minister inaugurates landmark.
The Vasari Corridor in Florence opens to the general public, for the first time, on Saturday 21 December after eight years of major renovation works.
The Florentine land...
Rome exhibition delves into world of Nutella.
A new exhibition in Rome celebrates the 60th anniversary of Nutella, tracing the history of the Italian chocolate-hazelnut spread and its most famous advertising campaigns o...
Salvini had risked six years in jail.
A court in Sicily on Friday acquitted Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini of preventing the landing of 147 migrants on the island of Lampedusa five years ago.
Salvini, leader o...
Bernini masterpiece restored in time for Jubilee Year.
Rome's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, the work of Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was unveiled on Thursday after a seven-month restoration.
R...
Italy likely to be Biden's last overseas trip in office.
US President Joe Biden will travel to Italy in January to meet Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, President Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis, the White Hous...
Pepper and spice warehouse was built during the reign of Emperor Domitian.
Rome's Horrea Piperataria, an ancient warehouse in the Roman Forum used to store pepper and spice in the imperial period, will open to the publi...
Mahmood and Mara Sattei pull out of Rome concert in solidarity with rapper Tony Effe amid claims of censorship.
Rome's plans for a major New Year's Eve concert at the Circus Maximus were left in disarray on Wednesday af...
Assisi celebrates Canticle of the Creatures.
The pilgrimage town of Assisi in Italy's central Umbria region lights up at Christmas to mark the 800th anniversary of St Francis's best-known text, the Canticle of the Creat...
Verdi lived and composed in the villa for 50 years.
The Italian state has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Villa Verdi, home of the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, Italy's culture ministry announced on Monday....
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