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Blasphemy is an administrative offence in Italy.
Italian police fined a businessman from Florence for using blasphemous language at a food festival in the Grosseto area of Tuscany, according to news reports in Italy....
Incident north of Rome was caught on camera.
A motorist has been fined €8,000 by Italian police after making a U-turn on the A1 motorway north of Rome.
The driver, described in Italian news reports as "foreign", was ca...
Italy will no longer require masks in schools as new academic year begins.Italy's health minister Roberto Speranza has confirmed that students will not be obliged to wear masks in the classroom when schools reopen in Sep...
"Pancetta or Guanciale" tweet becomes an instant meme in Italy.
Enrico Letta, leader of Italy's centre-left Partito Democratico and former Italian premier, on Friday posted an ironic image on Twitter evoking the great I...
Capital to cut number of scooters on streets in major overhaul.
Rome's city administration has published the tenders for the selection of three electric scooter companies which will begin operating in the capital under...
Ferrovie dello Stato connects its high-speed rail network to 4G and plans to upgrade and extend internet coverage across all regional trains.
Italy's national state-owned railway holding company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS...
Move comes amid surging gas prices elsewhere in Italy and Europe.
The Basilicata region in southern Italy is to make gas free for all residents thanks to an agreement between regional authorities and energy companies ac...
Italian business owners say they are forced to either up their prices or shut down.
Bars and restaurants in Italy are putting their "monster" gas and electricity bills on public display as part of efforts to highlight t...
Jovanotti's beach concerts widely criticised by ecologists.
Italian singer Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, faces accusations from environmentalists that his Jova Beach Party concert tour is damaging the fr...
15-year-old boy was killed after being hit by car near Pordenone.
An American soldier is under house arrest at the Aviano US air force base in Italy's northern Fruili-Venezia region where she faces accusations of fatall...
Ukrainian woman raped on Piacenza street by man from Guinea.
Giorgia Meloni, leader of Italy's far-right Fratelli d'Italia party, has faced harsh criticism for sharing video footage of a woman being raped on a street in...
Masks to only be required for "at-risk" students.Italy's schools have been issued with new covid guidelines by the education ministry as they prepare to reopen in September for the 2022-23 academic year, according to Ita...
Earthquake struck about 80 km south of Palermo.
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 06.52 on the morning of Sunday 21 August in western Sicily, about 80 km south of Palermo.The epicentre of the earthquake, which...
Move follows years of controversy.
An Italian winemaker has announced plans to discontinue a controversial range of wines whose labels feature images of dictators including Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Vini Lun...
Incident occurred in Turin park named after anti-fascist figure.
A swastika has been sprayed on a plaque dedicated to Tina Anselmi, a member of Italy's Resistance movement during world war two and the first woman to hol...
After Botticelli in Florence, climate activists strike in the Vatican Museums.
Two climate activists linked to the Ultima Generazione group glued their hands to the base of the ancient Laocoön sculpture in the Vatican M...
Storms wreak havoc in northern Italy.
Two people were killed in Italy's central Tuscany region on Thursday as severe storms led to multiple injuries and caused extensive damage to property across northern Italy.
The...
Pool owner denies racist motives.
Video footage showing a family of Nigerian origin being refused entry to a swimming pool in a town in northern Italy has gone viral on social media, sparking accusations of racism.
T...
Trains to Fiumicino airport to be replaced by buses.
Train services from Rome to Fiumicino airport will be suspended from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 August, due to maintenance works, and will be replaced by buses.
The st...
Investigation opens into cause of blaze.
A vast wildfire on the remote Italian island of Pantelleria was brought under control on Thursday morning by firefighters who battled the blaze throughout the night.
Emergency...
Benito Mussolini's granddaughter rules herself out as election candidate.
Rachele Mussolini, the granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator, said on Wednesday that she would not be a parliamentary candidate in the countr...
Lame has almost 150 million followers on TikTok.
Khaby Lame, the most followed TikToker in the world, received Italian citizenship at a ceremony on Wednesday in the northern town of Chivasso near Turin where he grew up....
Mayor seeks help to identify those involved in Grand Canal stunt.
Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro has offered dinner to whoever can identify the two "arrogant idiots" filmed surfing down the Grand Canal, between shocked tou...
Jacobs won men's title in Munich with a time of 9.95 seconds.
Italian Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs won the 100m men's title in the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Tuesday night in a spectacular return a...
Guided tours of Rome excavations by appointment only.
Rome opens an archaeological dig in Largo Corrado Ricci to visitors, with free guided tours on select dates over the coming months.
The excavations, at the Roman...
Number of femicides in Italy up by more than 15 per cent over last 12 months.
125 women were killed in Italy over the past year, between 1 August 2021 and 31 July 2022, according to data released by the Italian interior...
Rescued animals get stay of execution until Thursday.
Rome health authorities have postponed until 18 August the culling of 140 healthy pigs and wild boar on a farm sanctuary following a court order over the weekend....
Man accused of burning down landmark book stall in Rome.
Rome police have arrested a 51-year-old homeless man believed to be responsible for deliberately starting a spate of fires in the Italian capital this summer, the...
Cinema icon to re-enter Italian politics.
Gina Lollobrigida, the veteran Italian actress from Hollywood's golden age, is to run in Italy's general election next month.
The screen legend, who recently turned 95, will...
Angela was a much-loved and respected figure in Italy.
Piero Angela, the celebrated Italian television host, science journalist and writer, died on Saturday aged 93.
The news was announced on Twitter by his son Alber...
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