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Costanzo was a familiar face on Italian television for decades.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni led tributes to the celebrated journalist, television host and author Maurizio Costanzo who died in Rome on Friday ag...
41-bis protest slammed by government ministers.
Supporters of jailed Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito staged a protest at Rome's Vittoriano monument on Thursday, setting off smoke bombs and unfurling a banner that read...
Sordi died in Rome 20 years ago today.
Rome is to honour the much-loved Roman actor and comedian Alberto Sordi, who died on 24 February 2003, with a statue in the Italian capital.
The statue will reportedly be placed...
Valditara slams principal's letter as "improper".
Italy's education minister Giuseppe Valditara faced calls to resign on Thursday for criticising a Florence high school principal who wrote a letter warning of the risks...
Doctor passed himself off as Italy's head of state.
An Italian doctor faces charges of fraud and impersonation after posing as the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, in a clumsy attempt to land a job at a top hospit...
Image of bear posted on hacked Italian sites.
A Russian hacking group targeted the websites of several Italian institutions and companies on Wednesday following a visit to Ukraine by Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni.
The...
Environmentalists call on government to act fast.
Italy is at risk of a serious drought as its rivers and lakes suffer from a severe lack of water due to little or no rainfall over the winter, the Legambiente environmen...
Starbucks launches Oleato range in Italy.
Italy is famed around the world as the land of coffee and extra virgin olive oil. In a bold move, Starbucks is mixing two of the key staples of the Italian lifestyle into one dr...
Azzurri face Ireland in Rome's Stadio Olimpico.
Italy will face Ireland in the third round of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations rugby union championship at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday 25 February, with the game...
Shindler was a tireless campaigner for British voting rights.
Harry Shindler OBE, a British veteran of the Battle of Anzio and the Liberation of Rome in 1944, has died aged 101 at his home in Italy's Marche region.
B...
Band's only Italian date on world tour.
Guns N' Roses will perform at the Circus Maximus in Rome on Saturday 8 July, the only Italian date on their 2023 five-month world tour, the group announced on Tuesday.
The Amer...
Fondo Ambiente Italiano, The National Trust for Italy, restores and takes care of special places in Italy. The Places of the Heart census promoted by FAI awards this year's winner the little church of San Pietro dei Sam...
La Russa gave interview to Belve TV show.
Italy's senate speaker Ignazio La Russa is under fire after telling the RAI 2 television show Belve that he would be disappointed if his son came out as gay.
La Russa told th...
Meloni visit comes after Berlusconi's criticism of Zelensky.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday morning to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after travelling there overnight by tr...
Pappano has been music director of Rome's Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia since 2005.
Sir Antonio Pappano, the acclaimed English-Italian conductor and pianist, will conduct the orchestra at the coronation of King Char...
Lost in Vittoriano, found at Colosseum.
A search was triggered in Rome on Friday after a five-year-old Spanish boy visiting the Italian capital with his family got lost among the crowds of tourists inside the Vittoriano...
Police seal off area near government buildings.
A suspicious package which triggered a bomb alert near Italy's government buildings in the centre of Rome turned out to be part of a treasure hunt game organised for touri...
Each winner scoops about €4 million.
Italy's record lottery jackpot of €371 million was finally won on Thursday and was shared among 90 winners who placed €5 bets through a combination system.
The Superenalotto jackp...
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday appealed to his Chinese counterpart, who was on a visit to Rome, to put pressure on Russia to find a "just peace" in Ukraine.
"China has to play a fundamenta...
Rome to host final stage of Giro d'Italia for first time since 2018.
The final stage of the 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia, the cycling world's second-biggest annual stage race after the Tour de France, will conclud...
Where to go jogging in Rome.
For all those interested in staying fit and doing so while breathing the fresh air of the eternal city while surrounding yourself with the history it has to offer, whether you are from the a...
La Sapienza presents major library project.
Rome's La Sapienza University is to build a mega-library that will house more than two million volumes, combining the vast book collections of its faculties of humanities and...
Strikes to affect public transport in Rome and Milan.
Commuters in Italy face disruption to local public transport services on Friday 17 February as part of a nationwide 24-hour strike called by the USB trade union....
Treno della Neve runs at weekends until 8 April.
A new rail service will connect Rome with the Dolomites in Italy's northern Trentino-Alto Adige region in a move designed to promote ecological tourism among skiiers and...
Who was Lidia Poët?Lidia Poët endured humiliation and sacrifice to pursue her desire to be a lawyer, and she ultimately succeeded.
From Turin, she was the first woman in Italy to register as a lawyer. She was disbarr...
Berlusconi had been accused of bribing witnesses in Bunga Bunga case.
A court in Milan on Wednesday acquitted former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi in a high-profile case in which he was accused of bribing witnesses...
Once a sleek newcomer in Rome’s five star hotel market, Rocco Forte’s Hotel de Russie is facing growing competition as a wave of luxury hotel brands move into the city. But the iconic hotel off Piazza del Popolo still be...
Valentine's Day blood donation drive in Rome.
Italian Serie A football club AS Roma held a Valentine's Day blood donation drive in Rome on Tuesday, rewarding donors with free tickets for an upcoming home game at the Sta...
Valentine became the patron saint of lovers, but first he was a martyr.
He was from Terni, Italy, but is recognised around the world through gifts and kisses. Also, February 14th isn’t the only date for love in the wo...
Rocca was backed by Italy's right-wing coalition.
Francesco Rocca has been elected the new president of Italy's central Lazio region, which is centred around Rome, after winning in the regional elections by a large marg...
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