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Italy launches Open to Meraviglia campaign.
Italy's tourism authorities on Thursday launched a promotional campaign with Venus by Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli as the country's new tourism ambassador.
The inte...
Casino dell'Aurora is at the centre of a bitter inheritance dispute.
An American-born princess was evicted on Thursday from a historic Rome villa, her home for the last 20 years, as a bitter inheritance battle with her...
Nobody injured in train accident.
Rail commuters in Italy faced major disruption on Thursday after the wagon of a freight train derailed in Tuscany, leading to the suspension of trains between Firenze Castello and Bolog...
Eternal City marks Natale di Roma with display of rare gold glass found during recent subway works.
Rome celebrates its 2,776th birthday by opening city-run museums for free on Friday 21 April 2023.
The free opening...
Meloni recently unveiled plan for Made in Italy high school.
The Italian government is preparing to open the nation's first Made in Italy high schools in 2025, the minister for Business and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso sai...
Schlein said Lollobrigida's words had air of "white supremacism".
Italy's agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida caused controversy on Tuesday by warning against the "ethnic replacement" of Italians as the country'...
Jonathan was one of Rome's colourful characters.
Nino Medros, best known as the owner of the extravagant Jonathan's Angels bar in the historic centre of Rome, died on Monday at the age of 83.
Synonymous with Roman n...
JJ4 won stay of execution in recent days.
A female bear that killed a jogger in a mountain area of Italy's northern Trentino province on 5 April was captured in a culvert trap by forestry officials on Monday night.
T...
How does Italy's public transport voucher work?
Italy has relaunched a public transport voucher - valued at up to €60 - for students, workers and pensioners, with effect from Monday 17 April 2023.
The scheme, first i...
Drugs had market value of €400 million.
Italian customs police on Monday announced the seizure of two tonnes of cocaine found floating off the eastern coast of Sicily, after being spotted during an aeronautical patrol....
Lazio captain unharmed in Rome crash.
Italian footballer Ciro Immobile, the captain of Serie A club Lazio, was involved in a traffic accident in Rome on Sunday morning when his car collided with a tram.
Immobile, 33,...
Bocelli will be the only Italian artist to perform at the prestigious event.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is among the artists scheduled to perform at King Charles III's Coronation Concert in the grounds of Windsor Cast...
Late visits to Vatican Museums on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Vatican Museums will stay open late every Friday and Saturday evening from 14 April until 28 October 2023, the Vatican has announced.
The opening hours at...
News welcomed by animal rights groups.
An order to kill a bear responsible for killing a man in a mountain area of Italy's northern Trentino province has been suspended by the regional administrative court of Trento....
Italy adds three new dates to Free Museum Sundays.
Italy is to open state museums and archaeological parks for free on three new "symbolic" dates, culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said on Italian television on Thurs...
Trenitalia workers to stage eight-hour strike.
Italy is braced for a nationwide rail strike by Trenitalia staff on Friday 14 April, from 09.00 to 17.00, with major disruption expected to train services across the countr...
Garbatella hosts Festa della Resistenza from 23-25 April.
Rome will stage a festival dedicated to the Italian Resistance movement with a three-day programme of cultural and historical events to be held in the city's Gar...
"Extraordinary opportunity" for Italy says Gravina.
Italy has formally submitted a bid to host the 2032 European Championship, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced on Wednesday.
The dossier was sent to Eu...
Same bear attacked two people in 2020.
Forest rangers are hunting down a bear that killed a 26-year-old jogger in the autonomous north Italian province of Trentino last week, after DNA tests confirmed the animal's ident...
Move follows spate of protests in Italy by climate activists.
The Italian government on Tuesday unveiled measures to crack down on those who damage or deface monuments and heritage sites, proposing fines of up to €60,00...
Italy's state of emergency over migrants will last six months.
Italy's right-wing government on Tuesday declared a national state of emergency to cope with a surge in migrants arriving on the country's shores.
The s...
Vatican Museums hosts Pietà sculptures until 6 January.
Plaster casts of the three Pietà sculptures by Renaissance master Michelangelo are on display together in the Pinacoteca at the Vatican Museums from 7 April until...
Italy set for a chilly Easter holiday weekend.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Thursday signed an order allowing the city's residents to keep the heating on until 11 April, given the sudden drop in temperatures in the I...
Vintage train takes a slow journey through the landscapes of Tuscany and Emilia Romagna.
This spring Italy relaunches Dante's Train, a special route tracing the journey of the Father of the Italian Language from Florenc...
Casa Balla home reopens due to popular demand.
The former Rome residence of the Italian painter and Futurist master Giacomo Balla will reopen to the public on 6 April and stay open until 15 July.
The news was announc...
Italy faces cold snap at Easter, forecasters say.
Easter in Italy is set to be "colder than Christmas" due to the north-easterly Bora winds bringing a wave of "Polar air" from Norway, according to weather forecast site...
Meloni visits Vinitaly wine fair in Verona.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday said the government is working on establishing a Made in Italy high school to underline "the deep bond that exists between our...
Italian culture minister says enough is enough.
Italy's government is studying a law to make those who damage cultural landmarks pick up the bill for the work required to restore the monuments they deface, the Italian c...
Italy bans ChatGPT temporarily over privacy concerns.
Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini has criticised the decision by the Italian data protection authority to temporarily block the chatbot ChatGPT over privacy conc...
Bill takes aim at use of non-Italian terms.
Italy's public and private entities could face fines of up to €100,000 for using foreign terms in official communications, under a draft bill launched by a member of the right...
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