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American tourist handed €470 traffic ticket.
Florence police fined an American tourist €470 for driving a Ferrari in the city's famed Piazza della Signoria in the historic centre on Monday, Italian media reports.
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Works on Museo della Shoah could start this spring.
Italy's right-wing government has approved plans to build a Holocaust Museum in Rome, allocating €10 million for the project which was first proposed two decades ago....
Top things to do in the Italian capital when it’s raining.
Rome is a vast treasure trove of archaeological wonders and cultural heritage, much of it in the open-air and best explored by foot.
However despite the impr...
Manufactured and distributed in every region of Italy, the wine production business is quite significant.
Here is a list of some the top wine producers in Italy that you should look out for when buying your next bottle!...
Anarchists claim Italian postal van blaze.
A fire destroyed 16 postal vans at a depot in Rome's suburbs on Friday night in an alleged act of arson claimed by supporters of jailed Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito.
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Saturday train from Vatican City to the Pontifical Villas at Castel Gandolfo.
The Vatican has resumed train trips to the Pontifical Gardens at Castel Gandolfo, the historic papal retreat in the hills about 25 km south-e...
Rome marathon to be held on 19 March.
The 2023 edition of the Maratona di Roma will be launched on Sunday 19 March with a tenor singing the national anthem followed by a flypast over the Colosseum by Italy's Frecce Tric...
Match is day before Expo 2030 visitation.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has asked Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi to ban supporters of Dutch football club Feyenoord from attending a Europa League quarter-fina...
Activists sprayed paint over Palazzo Vecchio.
Florence mayor Dario Nardella intervened personally to stop climate activists as they sprayed paint over the facade of Palazzo Vecchio, seat of city hall, on Friday morning....
Bridge plan dates back to ancient Romans.
The cabinet of Italian premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday approved a decree reviving a contentious plan to build a bridge across the Strait of Messina, linking Sicily to the mai...
A little more than a year ago, on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia officially invaded Ukraine and the world was forever changed. At the time, experts predicted that the war could be the largest conflict in the West since World War...
Pantheon will continue to be free for Rome residents.
Visiting the Pantheon in Rome will no longer be free to tourists who will be required to pay a €5 entry fee, following an agreement reached between Italy's culture m...
Court upholds murder sentence for Finnegan Lee Elder.
Two American tourists convicted of stabbing a policeman to death in Rome in 2019 will face a new trial following a ruling on Wednesday night by Italy's highest court...
Italian police car torched during Naples clashes.
Naples mayor Gaetano Manfredi blasted the "unacceptable scenes of devastation" caused by fans of the German football club Eintracht Frankfurt who rioted in the southern...
Incident comes as Rome prepares for Jubilee 2025.
Rome police carried an American tourist with disabilities from Largo Gaetano Agnesi down the steps to the Colosseum as the escalator at the subway station was broken....
ViVi Piazza Venezia opens on 16 March.
ViVi, the group of bistros and restaurants in some of Rome's most unique locations, will launch a new branch at Palazzo Bonaparte in the heart of the city centre on Thursday 16 Mar...
Research claims that da Vinci was only half-Italian.
Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a slave who was trafficked to Italy from her home in the Caucasus, according to new research presented in Florence...
Universal Gestures by Giuseppe Penone from 14 March to 9 July.
Galleria Borghese - home to masterpieces by Bernini, Canova and Caravaggio -presents the works of acclaimed Italian sculptor Giuseppe Penone.
Titled Univ...
Mayor calls for urgent action to tackle organised crime.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has voiced his concern over the recent spate of murders in the Italian capital after a man was shot dead at a petrol station on Monda...
Mayor slams incident and backs disciplinary action by ATAC.
Rome's municipal public transport company ATAC apologised on Friday for announcements warning commuters of "gypsies" on the city's subway system.
The incide...
Meloni and Berlusconi guests at Salvini's birthday bash.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni and deputy premier Matteo Salvini on Friday night united in an impassioned karaoke rendition of Canzone di Marinella by Ital...
Puri Purini will be the first Italian to serve as Andrew Heiskell Arts Director.
The American Academy in Rome has appointed the Italian art historian, curator and scholar Ilaria Puri Purini to a three-year term as Andre...
Teatro Valle has been closed for almost a decade.
Rome's historic Teatro Valle, described by the city as Europe's oldest modern theatre, is set to reopen at the start of 2025 following a €6.7 million restoration project...
From unassuming trattorias to gourmet establishments, here is a directory of divine locations for indulging in the staple dish of Roman cuisine.Carbonara, along with gricia, amatriciana and cacio e pepe, is among the fun...
Government set to stiffen penalties for traffickers.
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni will hold a cabinet meeting on Thursday afternoon in Cutro, near the site of a migrant shipwreck in which dozens of people lost their l...
Azzurri take on Wales in Rome's Stadio Olimpico.
Italy will face Wales in the penultimate round of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations rugby union championship at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday 11 March, with kick of...
Health minister to "follow science, not ideology".Smoking could soon be banned in Italy's outdoor bar areas and at bus stops, according to the contents of a draft bill published by Italian newspaper La Stampa on Sunday....
Military aircraft collide in mid-air near Rome.
Two Italian air force pilots were killed when the military planes they were flying collided over Guidonia Montecelio, about 35 km north-east of Rome, at midday on Tuesday...
Harding to succeed Sir Antonio Pappano in Rome.
British conductor Daniel Harding has been named the next music director of Rome's prestigious Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, one of the world's oldest music institu...
When you hear the name Leonardo Da Vinci, the first places that come to mind are Florence, Milan, or France.
Not everyone knows that Bologna also welcomed him for a short time. It was 1515 when the artist, in the corte...
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