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Elections in Lazio and Lombardia saw record low turnout.
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition has won decisive victories in regional elections held in the regions around Rome and Milan over the past two...
Police identify suspect in relation to Rome murder.
Rome police have launched an investigation into the murder of a member of the Italian army who died on Sunday almost two days after being assaulted on a street in Rome...
Italian government stresses its support for Ukraine.
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is at the centre of a fresh controversy over his stance on Ukraine after saying that if he were still head of government he w...
Mengoni declared Sanremo winner a second time.
Italian singer Marco Mengoni won the 2023 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, Italy's biggest song contest, with his song Due vite.
Mengoni, 34, was declared the winn...
Right tipped to win in Lazio and Lombardia.
The two Italian regions centred around Rome and Milan go to the polls on Sunday and Monday in what is the first electoral test of Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government since...
Road to Rome 2023 events in Rome and Milan.
Italy is organising two special golfing events in Rome and Milan this weekend in preparation for hosting the Ryder Cup later this year for the first time.
The first event i...
Paola Egonu due on stage at Sanremo tonight.
Italian volleyball star Paola Egonu ignited a fresh debate about racism on Thursday by saying that "Italy is a racist country" ahead of her appearance at the Sanremo Music Fe...
Man stabbed and robbed at Rome's central station.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri will reportedly meet with the capital's prefect Bruno Frattasi on Thursday to discuss security at the city's central train station Termini f...
Visitors will be able to see mosaics up close during six-year restoration.
A major restoration is underway of the mediaeval mosaics in the Baptistery of S. Giovanni in Florence, the octagonal landmark opposite the Duomo...
Italy sends help to Turkey as total quake death toll passes 11,000.
Italian firefighters engaged in rescue efforts in Turkey after Monday's devastating earthquake have pulled a 23-year-old man alive from the rubble in A...
Gianni Morandi helped to clean up Sanremo stage.
Italian singer Blanco faced a backlash in Italy on Tuesday night for destroying the floral set on the stage of Sanremo, the nation's biggest music festival, on live telev...
Ribera created the Five Senses series during his four years in Rome.
Three years after Caravaggio’s lonely death on a beach outside Porte Ercole, a Spaniard, still in his early twenties, arrived in Rome via Parma where...
Roberto Benigni to return to Sanremo stage.
Sergio Mattarella will become the first president of Italy to attend Sanremo, the nation's top song contest, when the popular five-night extravaganza kicks off on Tuesday.
Th...
Campaign to raise funds to buy Villa Verdi.
Opera houses across Italy are joining a fund-raising campaign to help the state buy Villa Verdi, the museum and former home of the celebrated Italian opera composer Giuseppe V...
Move comes following row over video appearance.
A planned video appearance by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at Italy's top music festival Sanremo has been withdrawn, following criticism from Italian politicians...
Iranian diaspora in Rome mobilises against regime.ROME: On a Saturday afternoon in late January, a group of plain-clothes officers stand guard in front of the Iranian embassy's high wrought iron gates on Via Nomentana in...
Death toll from earthquake continues to rise.
Italy has offered to send aid in response to the major earthquake that struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, in the early hours of Monday morning.
The comb...
Shopping mall in central Rome touted as site for new Starbucks but for now location remains a secret.
The American multinational coffee chain Starbucks is preparing to open in the centre of Rome, according to reports in...
Egonu recently took time out from sport over racist abuse.
Italian volleyball star Paola Egonu has sparked a racism debate in Italy days before she is to appear as a co-presenter at the Sanremo Music Festival, the natio...
Rome set to open more subway museums.
A rare representation of the goddess Roma on ancient gold glass has emerged during construction works for Rome's third subway line, the city has announced.
Originally the base of...
Azzurri face France, Ireland and Wales in Rome.
Italy will play three home games in the 2023 edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union championship which kicks off on 4 February and end on 18 March.
The Azzurri w...
Thursfield spoke to Wanted in Rome before stepping down after 15 years as director.
On a rainy day in December, Rome's Non-Catholic Cemetery is quiet. This hallowed graveyard in the city's Testaccio district is the fina...
Two MPs from premier Meloni's party face calls to quit over Cospito row.
The Italian government is embroiled in a controversy over the jailed anarchist Alfredo Cospito who has been on hunger strike for more than 100 day...
Shortlist unveiled for Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2025.
Italy's culture ministry has announced the 10 finalists for the 2025 edition of the Italian Capital of Culture.
The shortlisted towns and cities vying for...
Trova promises to get kids learning and laughing their way around Rome's sites.
A new app has been launched with the aim of helping families to explore Rome with a series of self-guided, interactive detective trails....
Controversy mounts in Italy over Zelensky broadcast during nation's main song festival.
A planned appearance by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as a guest at Italy's top music festival Sanremo is attracting criti...
Appian Way makes the news as Italy seeks UNESCO World Heritage status for ancient Roman road.
Rome archaeologists have discovered an ancient statue of a figure in the guise of Hercules during excavation works in Parco S...
Italy's last remaining survivors of the Holocaust, several of whom are well-known figures.
There are believed to be about 10 Holocaust survivors still alive in Italy, according to the Union of Italian Jewish Communities...
Ponte Vecchio bridge dates to 1345.
An American tourist was fined €500 for driving onto Florence's Ponte Vecchio bridge on Thursday, according to Italian news reports.
The man, 34, was stopped by traffic police as he...
Crash occurred in Rome hinterland last night.
Five young people lost their lives in a car crash in the Fonte Nuova area to the north of Rome in the early hours of Friday 27 January.
A sixth person was left seriously...
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