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Return to school coincides with rise in covid cases.
Seven million students will return to the classroom in Italy this week as schools across the country start to reopen after the long summer holidays.
The return to...
Italian culture minister says visitor numbers confirm decision to introduce entry free.
The Pantheon generated €1 million in ticket sales in August, following the launch of an entry fee at the Rome landmark this summer,...
Park gives update on welfare of bear cubs.
Two rare Marsican bear cubs orphaned after their mother Amarena was shot dead in Italy's central Abruzzo region were seen together on Friday night, amid ongoing concerns about...
Time for Change concert in Rome on 10 September
Scottish singer Annie Lennox is to perform in a charity concert against the backdrop of Rome's Colosseum on Sunday to raise funds for various non-profits including Rotary...
Hollywood star met Pope Francis on Friday.
Sylvester Stallone received a hero's welcome in the southern Puglia region of Italy this week after travelling there to embrace his family's Italian heritage.
The Hollywood...
Move follows spate of 'baby gang' crimes in Italy.
The Italian government on Thursday unveiled new measures to tackle juvenile crime following a series of high-profile crimes by "baby gangs" in Italy this summer.
The...
Tourists hit by car on Via Cristoforo Colombo.
Two Irish tourists were killed in a traffic accident in Rome on Thursday after being struck by a car as they crossed the busy Via Cristoforo Colombo road to the south of th...
Guerritore to direct and star in Magnani biopic.
Italian actress Monica Guerritore is to direct and star in a new film about Anna Magnani, the Oscar-winning cinema icon who died in Rome 50 years ago this month.
Guerr...
Discount travel pass available from today.
Rome residents aged between 11 and 19 can avail of an annual travel pass for the capital's entire local public transport network at the discounted price of €50, the city said....
ITA Airways cancels 30 flights on Friday.
Air travellers in Italy face significant disruption on Friday 8 September due to a nationwide 24-hour strike by airport ground staff and baggage handlers.
The industrial acti...
Tourist filmed climbing on statue of Neptune.
A 22-year-old German tourist caused €5,000 worth of damage to a historic statue of Neptune in the centre of Florence after climbing on to the monument to have his photograph...
Search continues for orphaned bear cubs.
A 56-year-old Italian man accused of killing a rare Marsican bear, popularly known in the central Abruzzo region as Amarena, has been placed under police protection due to death...
Outrage in Italy after rare bear killed.
Italian park rangers on Friday night spotted the two Marsican bear cubs missing after the animals' mother, popularly known as Amarena, was shot dead in the central Abruzzo region...
Rome rental e-scooters operated by Bird, Dott and Lime.
The number of electric rental scooters on the streets of Rome will drop from 14,500 to 9,000 on Friday 1 September as part of a major overhaul of the sector in the...
Killing of mother bear is disaster for Italy's critically endangered Marsican bears.
An investigation is underway after a female Marsican bear known as Amarena was shot dead in Italy's central Abruzzo region on Thursday...
Italy's president travelled to scene of tragedy at Brandizzo.
Italian trade unions representing rail workers have called a four-hour nationwide strike after five maintenance workers were killed while fixing railway tra...
Guide to Rome cinemas screening English-language films.
There are numerous cinemas in Rome showing movies in their original English-language versions, with subtitles in Italian. Here is a guide of where to find cinemas...
Train was travelling at speed of 160km/h.
An investigation is underway after a train hit and killed five railway workers on tracks in the Turin area of northern Italy at around midnight on Wednesday 30 August.
Two ot...
Police shot and wounded man who attempted to run over Don Coluccia.
An Italian priest known for taking a stand against organised crime was almost run down deliberately by a motorcyclist during a candle-lit rally against...
Influencer Venus disappears from social media.
Italy's much-criticised tourism marketing campaign featuring Botticelli's Venus as a "virtual influencer" is the subject of an investigation by the audit court of Lazio, re...
Rome tourism councillor hits back at Italian culture minister.
Video footage of rats running around amid rubbish near the Colosseum has sparked a row between Rome officials and Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiulia...
First concert at Circus Maximus since Travis Scott controversy.
Italian singer-songwriter Max Pezzali will perform at the Circus Maximus in Rome on Saturday 2 September in the final concert of the summer at the landmark...
City says Rome is home to seven million rats.
Rome's city administration has moved to tackle a rat infestation after a viral video on social media of rats roaming around amid rubbish near the Colosseum made world headli...
The strikes in the U.S. film industry have given the independent Italian production Comandante a chance in the spotlight.
Selected to open the 80th Venice International Film Festival, it is the revolutionary way that t...
Markell will be 39th US ambassador to Italy.
The new US ambassador to Italy and the Republic of San Marino, Jack Markell, arrived in Rome on Saturday accompanied by his wife Carla.
A former governor of Delaware, Mark...
Storms to replace heatwave in Italy in the last days of August.Italy's northern and central regions will face storms, high winds and heavy rainfall in the coming days as a late-summer heatwave comes to an end, weather fo...
Lollobrigida comments slammed on social media in Italy.
Italian agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida has sparked outrage for claiming that in Italy "the poor often eat better than the rich" because they buy high-...
Underground line was partially closed for works.
Rome's Metro A subway reopened fully on Friday after being partially closed for two weeks in August to facilitate major maintenance works on the line's tracks.
The cit...
Heatwave in Italy to be replaced by storms and sharp drop in temperatures next week.
Italy's health ministry has issued a red alert warning for 19 major cities on Friday as the current 'Nerone' heatwave draws to an end,...
No peace for Italy's heritage landmarks.
A video has surfaced on social media showing two people, described in Italian news reports as tourists, illegally entering the Colosseum at night.
The footage, published by In...
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