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"Every book is a journey" on Rome's subway.
Rome has unveiled a subway train decorated with literary quotations and messages urging passengers to spend their journey reading a book instead of looking at their phones....
Apollo Belvedere back on display after five years.
The Vatican Museums on Tuesday unveiled the newly restored Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo dating from the second century.
Th...
Nazis deported more than 1,000 Jews from Rome to Auschwitz in October 1943.
Rome's Jewish community on Wednesday commemorated the 81st anniversary of the deportation of more than 1,000 of the city’s Jews to the Nazi ext...
Festa del Cinema di Roma celebrates 19 years in Rome.
The 2024 Rome Film Festival offers cinema fans 12 days of movie premieres, screenings, masterclasses and special guests in the Italian capital from 16-27 October....
Times of public transport strike in Italy on Friday vary from city to city.
Commuters in Milan and other cities across Italy face disruption to local public transport services on Friday 18 October due to a nationwide 24...
Rome's billion-euro incinerator set to be ready by 2027.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Monday outlined plans to build a giant new waste-to-energy incinerator to tackle garbage disposal problems in the Italian capital....
Viale Francis Ford Coppola unveiled ahead of Rome Film Festival.
Francis Ford Coppola, the celebrated Italian-American director best known for The Godfather trilogy, was honoured at Rome's legendary Cinecittà film studi...
Meloni responds to criticism from Sea Watch.
Italy has opened two migrant reception centres in Albania to process male migrants intercepted at sea by Italian authorities, amid strong criticism from human rights groups....
Pro-Palestinian rally to take place in Udine before match.
A Nations League football match between Italy and Israel will be held on Monday amid tight security in the north Italian city of Udine, against the backdrop of...
Experts largely dismiss claim due to lack of concrete evidence.
A new Spanish documentary has reignited the debate about the origins of Christopher Columbus, suggesting that the famed explorer was born in Spain, not Ita...
Rally to result in street closures in Rome.
A pro-Palestinian rally is to take place in Rome on Saturday 12 October, with thousands of people expected to march through the streets of the capital.
The demonstration is...
FAI opens historic sites in Italy on 12-13 October.
More than 700 noted Italian buildings and historic sites open to the public for free on the weekend of 12-13 October as part of the annual Giornate FAI d'Autunno event...
Walkout by railway workers is one of a series of strikes in Italy in October.
Train passengers in Italy face disruption to rail services on the weekend of 12-13 October due to a 24-hour strike by railway staff, affectin...
Crosetto summons Israeli ambassador to Italy over attacks on United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
Italy's government on Thursday formally protested to Israel after the headquarters of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission...
Campania region of Italy schedules IT-alert test.
Italy will test its new IT-alert system in the southern Campania region around Naples on Friday 11 October at 17.00 when members of the public will receive a "TEST" mess...
Gaetano Pesce artwork sparks controversy in Naples.
A monumental art installation in Naples by the late Italian artist and designer Gaetano Pesce is at the centre of a controversy in the city over its "phallic" appearan...
Air traffic controllers to strike in Bari, Brindisi, Milan and Palermo airports.
Air travellers in Italy face disruption to flights on Friday 11 October due to strike action by air traffic controllers at several airport...
Zelensky to meet Pope Francis in Vatican.
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to arrive in Rome on Thursday for talks with Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni, according to Italian news reports.
The Uk...
Macron wants Netflix show to stay in Paris.
French president Emmanuel Macron voiced his opposition to the hit Netflix show Emily in Paris moving to Rome, arguing that it "doesn't make sense" for the Italian capital to h...
Giuli's lofty speech termed "supercazzola" on social media.
Italy's culture minister Alessandro Giuli sparked bewilderment and irony on social media over an obscure speech that he delivered in parliament on Tuesday....
On 26 September, Temple University Rome inaugurated its new campus at Via di San Sebastianello.Close to the iconic Piazza di Spagna. This location, in the heart of Rome's historic "Tridente" area, offers students unpara...
Vajont Dam disaster occurred 61 years ago today.
The Vajont Dam disaster claimed the lives of almost 2,000 people, including 487 children, in the Piave valley of northern Italy on the night of 9 October 1963.
The di...
Italy's foreign minister slams Russia’s move to target Italian reporters.
A Russian court has issued arrest warrants for two Italian journalists, Stefania Battistini and Simone Traini, accused of illegally crossing the...
Maintenance work gets underway at Rome landmark.
Rome will limit access to the Trevi Fountain during the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025, the city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri said on Monday, ahead of the possible introduction...
Azzurri to face Wales, France and Ireland in Rome.
Italy will play three home games in the 2025 edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union championship which kicks off on 31 January and ends on 15 March.
The Azzur...
Rome holds sixth edition of Tevere Day.
The 2024 edition of Tevere Day, a week-long festival of free events in celebration of Rome's river Tiber, will take place from 7-13 October.
Now in its sixth year, Tevere Day w...
Italy's museums open for free on first Sunday of each month.
State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will open their doors for free on Sunday 6 October as part of the monthly Domenica al Museo in...
7,000 people defy ban to join pro-Palestinian rally in Rome.
Rome riot police on Saturday fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters at a pro-Palestinian rally that Italian authorities had banned from taking...
La Russa says "the time has come" to welcome pets in the senate.
Italy's senators could soon be permitted to bring their pets with them to work at Palazzo Madama in Rome, senate leader Ignazio La Russa said on Friday....
Strike to affect local public transport services in Italy.
Commuters in Rome and other cities across Italy face disruption to local public transport services on Saturday 5 October due to a nationwide 24-hour strike....
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