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Rome city museums stay open late for Musei in Musica 2024.
Musei in Musica returns to the Italian capital on Saturday 7 December, with Rome's city-run museums staying open until 02.00 to host more than 100 concerts and...
Retail giant hopes to launch drone delivery in Italy in 2025.
Amazon has successfully tested its first drone delivery in Italy, the online retail giant said on Thursday, amid plans to launch a drone-delivery service in...
Metro A will stay open until usual time at night after 6 December.
Rome's Metro A line will resume its normal operating hours at night from 6 December, after eight months of maintenance works forced the subway to close...
Rome takes action after Italy bans self check-in for short-let rentals.
Rome police officers have begun removing key boxes on streets around the capital after Italy's interior ministry issued a ban on self check-ins for...
Santa Lucia brightens Italy's Christmas calendar.
The 2024 festive season in Italy sees a return of a popular Swedish tradition - the celebration of Santa Lucia - thanks to the embassy of Sweden in Rome.
For more tha...
100 Presepi returns to Piazza San Pietro.
The 2024 edition of 100 Presepi, the Vatican's international Nativity crib exhibition, takes place under the colonnade of St Peter's Square from 8 December until 6 January 2025....
Royal couple set to stay in Rome during Italy visit.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are planning to visit Italy in 2025 as part of a major royal tour, according to news reports in the British media.
No official detai...
Rome installs Christmas tree in Piazza del Popolo.
Rome's Christmas tree, which returns to its new location of Piazza del Popolo for the second year in a row, is to be illuminated on Sunday 8 December at 18.30.
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Bulgari underscores its special bond with Rome.
Luxury jeweller Bulgari has brought festive cheer to Rome's Spanish Steps with a futuristic Christmas tree whose design is inspired by the company's iconic snake symbol....
Christmas in Rome sees return of market stalls and carousel in Piazza Navona.
Rome's popular Christmas market returns to Piazza Navona this festive season from 8 December - a public holiday in Italy for the Feast of the...
San Casciano dei Bagni continues to yield treasures.
Archaeologists in Italy have made extraordinary new discoveries at an ancient hot water springs in Tuscany, illuminating the site's rich Etruscan and Roman history....
Murder of Giulia Cecchettin sparked outrage in Italy.
A court in Venice on Tuesday sentenced Filippo Turetta to life in prison for the murder of his former girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin just over a year ago, in a case th...
Rome mayor pays tribute to Iole Mancini who died aged 104.
Iole Mancini, the last surviving Italian partisan to experience the horrors of the Nazi prison on Via Tasso in Rome, died on Monday at the age of 104.
The ja...
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Key boxes become symbol of mass tourism in Italy.
Tourists staying in short-let rentals in Italy will no longer be able to self check-in to their holiday accommodation, following a ban issued by the Italian interior min...
Rome's Casa Balla to be a permanent museum.
The Italian state is to purchase the former Rome residence of the Futurist painter Giacomo Balla, Italy's culture minister Alessandro Giuli confirmed on Monday.
Giuli made...
Rome boosts public transport services over the festive season.
Rome's Christmas mobility plan, in place from 7 December to 6 January 2025, offers incentives to use public transport in the capital over the festive season...
IT-Alert scheduled in Aprilia for 09.00.
Italy's new IT-alert system will be tested in the central Lazio region on Tuesday 3 December at 09.00 when the public will receive a "test" message on their mobile phones.
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The Last Master Craftsman: Carlo Villa’s Timeless Italian Artistry
In an age dominated by mass production and automation, traditional craftsmanship is becoming a rare treasure. Yet, in Bresso, Italy, one master artisan...
Sicilia Express offers Sicilians living in northern Italy a low-cost way to get home for Christmas.
Italy will offer a special rail service this Christmas with the launch of the Sicilia Express, a sleeper train that lin...
A quick guide to the best Christmas markets in Rome over the 2024 festive season.Piazza Navona: Festa della BefanaRome's popular Christmas market in Piazza Navona takes place from 8 December to 6 January. The stalls sell...
A listing of some of the best Italian movies ever.
Italian cinema has historically suffered in terms of box office, second always, to France and then to the United States. However, from an artistic point of view, and...
Italy celebrates the legacy of Giacomo Puccini, one of the most acclaimed Italian opera composers of all time, who died on this day in 1924.
Italy is staging a series of special events on Friday to mark the centenary of...
The haunting story of Beatrice Cenci (1577-1599).
The young Roman noblewoman who murdered her abusive father before being beheaded on a bridge in Rome, still fascinates today.
The daughter of Count Francesco Cenci, B...
Rome's 2, 3 and 8 trams to resume operation.
One half of Rome's tram network will resume service on Monday 2 December, after being replaced by buses since the summer to facilitate works at the Porta Maggiore tram depot....
Trade unions call strike in response to budget. Eight-hour strike will affect all public and private sectors. Transport strike action cut to four hours by government.
Two of Italy's biggest trade unions have confirmed t...
Rome enters "season of reopenings", mayor says.
Rome has completed the restoration of three landmark fountains, one in front of the Pantheon and two in Piazza Navona, ahead of the Vatican's Jubilee Year in 2025.
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Una Poltrona per Due to hit Italian cinemas in December.
Trading Places, the American comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, returns to the big screen in Italy four decades after its release in Italian cinemas....
Christmas trees are sold at select garden centres, markets and florists in Rome.
Rome residents who wish to create Christmas magic in their home can find trees of various sizes for sale in numerous outlets around the ca...
Thanksgiving in Italy in 2024: a quick guide.
Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Italy however a growing number of restaurants and bars in major Italian cities mark the annual American holiday with a traditional menu....
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