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Italian tourists ran off without paying in Albanian restaurant.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni settled an unpaid restaurant bill in Albania after a group of Italian tourists did a runner without paying for their...
Rome police investigate major jewellery heist.
The central Rome penthouse of an Italian princess was broken into on Wednesday by thieves who escaped with a trove of jewellery and valuables worth an estimated €2 million....
Musk responds to Italian culture minister.
Tesla and X boss Elon Musk said on Thursday that the proposed cage fight in Italy with fellow tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg would not take place as the Facebook founder had...
Italy issues red alert heatwave warning for five cities on Friday, rising to nine on Saturday, including Rome.
Italy faces another heatwave in the coming days, after the mid-August Ferragosto holiday, with temperatures...
MIC Card gives Rome residents unlimited access to municipal museums for one year.
Rome's MIC Card, which costs €5, entitles the capital's residents to unlimited access to city-run museums for 12 months from the date of...
Discount coffee for customers who bring own cup, spoon and sugar.
In a summer of negative headlines in Italy about diners being ripped off, a bar in the northern Liguria region is making the news for its low price for c...
Mattarella calls for justice and responsibility amid protracted trial into bridge's fatal collapse in 2018.
Italy on Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in the north-west city of Gen...
Sicily's main airport suspends flights on Monday.
Catania airport on the Italian island of Sicily has suspended all departures and arrivals until 06.00 on Tuesday 15 August due to the eruption of the nearby Mount Etna v...
Pompeii rumours grow as Colosseum is ruled out.
When Elon Musk confirmed on Friday that he would fight Mark Zuckerberg at an "epic location" in Italy with an ancient Roman backdrop, many assumed the venue would be the C...
Rumours persist about Colosseum as potential fight venue.
Elon Musk on Friday confirmed media reports that he is to fight Mark Zuckerberg at an "epic location" in Italy, following months of rumours.
Musk, who owns Tw...
Travis Scott show sparked calls for no more concerts at Circus Maximus.
Rome is to continue staging concerts at the Circus Maximus after authorities reached an agreement following the controversy over the recent show by...
Murgia died in Rome after battle with cancer.
Michela Murgia, the award-winning Italian writer, intellectual and rights activist, died in Rome on Thursday aged 51, a few months after announcing that she had stage four k...
Sangiuliano says Circus Maximus was not suitable venue for Travis Scott concert.
Italy's culture minister has waded into the debate over the concert by American rapper Travis Scott at the Circus Maximus on Monday night,...
Calabria region deploys drones to catch 32 suspected arsonists in the act in past two weeks.
A 10-year-old boy was surprised by a drone as he set fire to vegetation in the Calabrian countryside in southern Italy, the pr...
Sora Lella (1915-1993) has a special place in Romans' hearts.
Elena Fabrizi, popularly known as Sora Lella, was an Italian actress, cook, restaurateur, television personality and legendary Roman character.
Born in th...
Rome subway works scheduled from 11-24 August.
Rome's Metro A subway is to close partially over 14 days in August to allow for major maintenance works to be carried out on the line's tracks, the city said.
The closur...
Rome landmark is "not stadium or concert hall".
Rome's Circus Maximus is being put at risk by rock concerts held in the ancient Roman venue, according to the director of the Colosseum archaeological park.
"The Circus...
Scott performed Utopia album in Circus Maximus.
A flurry of people in Rome rushed to Twitter on Monday night to ask if there had been an earthquake, with the city's fire brigade reportedly receiving dozens of calls from...
Rome cat shelter appeals for donations and distance adoptions.
Rome's Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary, located among the ruins of the Largo Argentina archaeological area, has provided shelter, food and love to cats in the...
Tourists continue to deface historic landmarks in Italy.
Italian police on Monday detained a 19-year-old French tourist after she carved a love heart with her initials and those of her boyfriend into the façade of the L...
Temperatures in Italy to rise ahead of Ferragosto.
Italy can expect "intense but not extreme heat" in the days around the mid-August holiday of Ferragosto, according to the latest weather forecasts.
Temperatures in I...
Airport fully operational again after fire in mid-July.
Catania airport on the Italian island of Sicily resumed full services this weekend after three weeks of travel chaos caused by a major fire that broke out in the b...
Italian culture minister says numbers "exceed all expectations".
The Pantheon has taken in more than €865,000 in ticket sales since the launch of a new ticketing system at the Rome landmark a month ago, Italy's culture...
UrbanV partners with AWS to develop vertiports in Rome.
The prospect of tourists being transported across Rome in electric flying taxis is set to become a reality by the end of 2024, the company behind the venture, Urba...
Skipper of speed boat results positive in toxicology test.
Italian authorities have opened an investigation into the death of a 45-year-old American tourist who was killed after the chartered motorboat she was travellin...
High-speed service to run four times a month.
Italy's newly unveiled direct train service between Rome and Pompeii is to run every Sunday, starting from 6 August, the culture ministry has announced.
The high-speed Fr...
Six night clubs in Italy sign up to pilot project for drivers over alcohol limit.
Italy's transport ministry is to introduce trial measures to provide free taxis to drivers who, after undergoing alcohol tests on leaving...
Traffic restrictions in Circo Massimo at weekend.
Imagine Dragons, the American pop rock group, will perform a concert at the Circus Maximus in Rome on Saturday 5 August.
The band is the latest big-name act to play...
ITA Airways defends use of tape in repairs to plane.
A video of a Rome-bound passenger plane patched with adhesive tape went viral in Italy on Thursday, sparking a safety debate on social media.
The footage was share...
Travis Scott concert in Rome announced at last minute.
American rapper and record producer Travis Scott is to perform his new live show Utopia at the Circus Maximus in Rome on Monday 7 August.
The Rome event was anno...
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