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Race for the Cure raises awareness and funds for breast cancer.
The 2024 edition of the Komen Race for the Cure will take place on the streets of central Rome on Sunday 12 May to raise funds and awareness for breast can...
A quick guide on how to get to Rome's Foro Italico.
Rome is currently hosting the 2024 edition of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia or Italian Open, the prestigious annual tennis tournament also known as the Rome Masters....
Toti under house arrest on accusations of corruption.
Giovanni Toti, the centre-right governor of Italy's north-west Liguria region, was placed under house arrest on Tuesday morning over allegations of corruption.
Th...
Mango won Sanremo with her song La noia.
Italian pop singer Angelina Mango will represent Italy in this year's Eurovision Song Contest which takes place in the Swedish city of Malmö from 7-11 May.
Mango, 23, goes int...
Spate of workplace accidents continues in Italy.
Five workers died while carrying out sewage works near Palermo on the Italian island of Sicily on Monday, with a sixth transported to hospital in critical condition.
T...
Viterbo gets ready for "Bomba Day" after discovery of massive bomb buried for 80 years.
Around 36,000 people will be evacuated from their homes in the central Italian town of Viterbo on Tuesday while army experts defuse...
Swiss Guards have protected popes for more than 500 years.
Each year on 6 May the Vatican holds a pomp-filled ceremony to swear in new recruits into the Pontifical Swiss Guards, among the oldest standing armies in the w...
RAI strike follows Scurati controversy in April.
Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI are staging a 24-hour strike on Monday in protest against the "suffocating control" over their work by Giorgia Meloni's right...
Strike to affect local public transport services in Italy.
Commuters in Rome, Milan and other cities across Italy face disruption to local public transport services on Monday 6 May due to a nationwide 24-hour strike....
Swiss Guards celebrate 518 years in 2024.
The Vatican will hold its annual ceremony to swear in new recruits into the Swiss Guards, the world's smallest army, on Monday 6 May.
The pomp-filled event, held in the S. Da...
Sinner bows out of Italian Open in Rome.
Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the 2024 Internazionali BNL d'Italia due to a hip injury, causing widespread disappointment among tennis fans who had hoped to see him play in Rom...
Strike to affect Trenitalia, Italo and Trenord services.
Italy faces a national 24-hour rail strike this weekend, from 21.00 on Saturday 4 May until 21.00 on Sunday 5 May, affecting train services across the country....
Io Capitano won 7 awards and C'è ancora domani took home six.
Matteo Garrone's migration-themed film Io Capitano and Paola Cortellesi’s feminist dramedy C'è ancora domani were the big winners at the 69th David di Donate...
Bike trips offer a solution to over toursim in RomeWhile the eternal city is preparing for the great event of the Jubilee 2025, the Sabina region of Lazio dedicates their beautiful journey for cyclists, from Assisi to Sa...
Baubeach in Maccarese is open from the start of May to the end of September.
Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners reopens for the 2024 summer season on Saturday 4 May and will stay open until th...
Venice takes in more than €700,000 in eight days of entry fees.
In the eight days since Venice introduced a €5 entry fee for day-trippers, the Italian canal city has generated the same amount expected for the three-mont...
Italy culture minister welcomes court ruling.
A European court on Thursday upheld Italy's right to claim an ancient Greek bronze statue from the Getty Villa Museum in California.
The European Court of Human Rights (E...
Emily in Paris takes a Roman Holiday.
Lily Collins is currently in Rome to film scenes for Season 4 of the hit Netflix series Emily in Paris after filming concluded in the French capital last week.
After posting on I...
The American University of Rome Awards Honorary Degree to Mark Getty for Contributions to Art and Philanthropy.
The President and Board of Trustees of The American University of Rome today announced that businessman a...
A local's guide to the best events and things to do in Rome in May.
May is one of the best times to visit Rome as spring is in full bloom and temperatures become warmer (despite a rainy start to the month), with many ev...
Rome gets ready for Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
Rome is preparing for the Internazionali BNL d'Italia tennis tournament, also known as the Italian Open, by setting up a red clay court in the central Piazza del Popolo....
Workers' Day falls on a Wednesday in 2024.
Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a national public holiday every year on 1 May.
This year the Primo Maggio holiday...
Jubilee 2025 works underway at usual concert venue.
Italy's annual May Day concert leaves behind its traditional venue outside Rome's Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano and moves to the Circus Maximus this year.
The...
Tree project in Villa Pamphilj highlights biodiversity and sustainability.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the city of Rome have expanded an ambitious tree planting project in Villa...
Elections for European Parliament take place in June.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday said she would stand in June's European elections as the lead candidate in her ruling right-wing Fratelli d'Italia (F...
Rome unveils a series of projects that offer a glimpse of ancient glory.
Rome's recent historic re-enactments for its annual birthday - celebrated on 21 April in an annual tradition called Natale di Roma - attracted rec...
Italy marks Festa della Liberazione on 25 April.
Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano visited the Historic Museum of the Liberation of Rome on Thursday to mark Liberation Day, a national public holiday in Italy....
Italy celebrates global legacy of Marconi.
Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor and electrical engineer who pioneered the science of radio communication, was born in Bologna on this day in 1874.
Known as the fathe...
Rome marks 79th Festa della Liberazione in 2024.
Italy on 25 April celebrates the Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war two.
A pu...
Venice tackles mass tourism with day-tripper entry fee.
Venice will charge day-trippers a €5 entry fee to visit the Italian canal city on select dates in 2024, with the new system coming into effect on 25 April, a publi...
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