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Fiumicino among a handful of airports in the world to be awarded Skytrax global benchmark of Airport Excellence.
Rome's Fiumicino airport has been awarded the highest 5-Star Airport Rating from Skytrax, the principal ra...
Italy remembers the horrors of the Holocaust 78 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.
Italy marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday with hundreds of commemorative events on the 78th anniversary of the...
Incident occurs ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has slammed as "an unacceptable disfigurement" the appearance of stickers around the city showing Adolf Hitler wearing a jersey of the AS...
Italy gets two nominations in 2023 Oscars.
Oscar season has arrived. Yet Italy’s pared back representation in this year’s nominations - which were announced on Tuesday - does little to deter from the fact that Italian c...
Italy among top countries in Europe for organ donations.
2022 was a record year for organ, tissue and hematopoietic stem cell donations in Italy, according to a new report presented by the national transplant centre (CN...
Giuseppe Cimarosa has firsthand knowledge of the Sicilian Mafia and its intimidation tactics as the son of a mafioso turned state witness and the cousin of captured Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro.
While many i...
Cheers, or 'salute"' in Italian, is a common expression used to make a toast when raising a glass. It is a simple phrase that is easy to learn and use, and it is an excellent way to express gratitude and goodwill to thos...
Arena to remain shut to visitors until 30 January.
Verona's Arena is closed to the public after the landmark site was damaged when the base of a huge steel star fell into the Roman amphitheatre on Monday.
An investig...
Juan Carrito was famous for playful nature and raids in search of food.
A wild bear known affectionately as Juan Carrito died after being struck by a car in Italy's central Abruzzo region on Monday night.
News of the...
60 precious antiquities returned to Italy.
The New York County district attorney's office has returned 60 antiquities stolen from Italy, including a first-century fresco from Herculaneum, in a repatriation valued at $20...
Smoke detected in cockpit. No injuries reported.
A British Airways flight from London was forced to make an emergency landing at Verona Airport on Monday after the cockpit started to fill up with smoke, according to Ita...
Fiat Uno was European Car of the Year 1984.
When the Fiat Uno was launched at Cape Canaveral in Florida on 19 January 1983, the Italian automobile giant marketed the car as "comfortable", "chic" and "economical".
Des...
Italy's economy will develop slowly in 2023, according to the central bank.
The country's economic expansion is expected to quicken up after 2023, according to an upwardly revised prediction from the central bank of Ita...
Police officer among those injured in clashes.
Italy's interior ministry on Sunday called for "exemplary sanctions" after hardcore 'ultra' football fans clashed in the southern town of Pagani near Naples ahead of a Seri...
Tragedy at the Pertini hospital in Rome.
It was just after midnight when a desperate cry shook the gynaecology department of the hospital. A 30-year-old Italian woman, who had been the mother of a baby boy for three da...
Direct rail link between Rome Tiburtina and Milan Rogoredo.
A new high-speed Frecciarossa train service linking Rome and Milan will offer a journey time of two hours and 45 minutes, Italy's state railway company has ann...
Move comes amid surge in petrol and diesel prices.
Italy's petrol stations are to hold a strike on 25 and 26 January in protest over claims of speculative price increases at the pumps after Giorgia Meloni's government f...
Måneskin wedding coincided with album launch.
Rome rockers Måneskin surprised their fans by staging a "not so holy" wedding, officiated by former Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, in the Italian capital on Thu...
Villa Borghese is a beautiful and historic park located in the heart of Rome, Italy. The park is situated on the Pincian Hill, and offers stunning views of the city and the surrounding areas.
Exploring Rome's parks...
Rome ranked fourth most popular destination in world.
The Italian capital has come first in the Best Food Destinations in the World in the 2023 Travelers' Choice Best of the Best Destination Awards, an annual list compi...
Meloni ranked fourth in Global Leader Approval Tracker.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has an approval rating of 48 per cent, the fourth-highest among the 22 world leaders monitored by Morning Consult, a US-based...
Procida concludes term as Italy's culture capital.
The northern Italian cities of Bergamo and Brescia take up their joint status as Italy's Capital of Culture 2023 with a year-long programme of cultural events kicking o...
Gina Lollobrigida died in Rome aged 95.
The funeral of Italian cinema legend Gina Lollobrigida, who died on Monday aged 95, will be held in Rome on Thursday 19 January.
Lollobrigida's coffin will lie in state in city...
Mafia boss had been on the run for 30 years.
Police in Sicily located the hideout of Italy's most wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro on Monday night following his arrest in Palermo after 30 years on the run.
The...
Lollobrigida was a star of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian actress who gained international fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema, died in Rome on Monday aged 95.
Born in Subiaco near...
Matteo Messina Denaro arrested after 30 years on the run.
Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, has been arrested in Sicily after being in hiding since 1993.
Messina Denaro, 60, is alleged to be a b...
Sanremo is Italy's answer to Eurovision.
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky will make an appearance via video link during the final night of Sanremo, Italy's biggest music contest, which takes place from 7-11 February...
Martina Scialdone was shot on Rome street.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has called for a debate on gun control after a woman was shot dead outside a restaurant by her former partner on Friday night.
The woman, 34-yea...
Father of the Italian language is also founder of Italian right-wing thinking, claims Sangiuliano.
Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano caused a stir on Saturday by claiming that the mediaeval poet and philosoph...
Casino dell'Aurora fails to sell a fifth time.
An American-born princess faces eviction from a Rome villa with the world's only ceiling painting by Caravaggio after the historic property failed to sell at a court-ordere...
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