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Calenda quits pact with Partito Democratico in shock move.
Carlo Calenda, leader of Italy's small centrist Azione party, on Sunday quit a centre-left alliance with the Partito Democratico (PD) just days after the partie...
Enzo Ferrari is subject of new movie and tv series.
Filming of a new Hollywood movie dedicated to the life of Italian motor racing icon and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari is underway in Modena, northern Italy, with a TV seri...
Rome included in 'bollino rosso' heatwave warning.
Italy's health ministry has issued a maximum 'red alert' warning for three cities on Friday 5 August due to an intense heatwave, the latest to sweep the country this su...
Rome's state and city-run museums free on first Sunday of the month.
State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 7 August thanks to the Domenica al Museo initiative....
Violent incident comes days after Nigerian street seller was beaten to death in Italian town.
Police in the Italy's southern Calabria region have launched an investigation after a Nigerian woman was physically assaulted...
Dante's Peak in Ciociaria: Discovering Patrica and Monte Cacume.
The year 2021 witnessed a flurry of events centred on the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death and a small, inconspicuous town in the historic region of Cio...
An Italian menu guide with extra helpings of etymology.
First up is ‘a’ for abbacchio. These days it means meat of a young lamb, an Easter and Christmas favourite; less appetisingly the word comes from the shepherd’s cr...
A comprehensive list of beautiful lakes near Rome just a drive away from the Italian capital.
Lago Albano
This volcanic crater lake presents visitors with beautiful views of its clear water and surrounding forests. Th...
Activists say the horse was "hot and tired", driver claims the animal "slipped".
A carriage horse collapsed in front of tourists at Rome's Trevi Fountain on Saturday night, amid claims by two American activists that the...
Tourists caught in Tritone fountain were aged 20 to 25.
Rome police fined three German tourists a total of more than €1,500 for bathing in an historic fountain in the city centre, reports online newspaper RomaToday....
Brutal murder took place in broad daylight in Civitanova Marche.
A 39-year-old Nigerian man was beaten to death on the street in Civitanova Marche, a seaside town in Italy's central Marche region, on Friday 29 July....
Tuscan capital follows in footsteps of Paris.
Air-conditioned shops in Florence will be ordered to keep their doors closed or risk being fined, the city announced on Friday, as part of measures to reduce energy wastage....
Italian taxi drivers do business with Uber in an unlikely new alliance.
Uber has integrated its ride-hailing app with Italy's leading taxi dispatch service itTaxi as part of a new deal available in more than 90 Italian...
Tweet from BBC correspondent in Rome prompts city to take action against "truly shameful" taxi situation.
Rome authorities have pledged to take action against rogue taxi drivers ripping off tourists arriving into the ci...
Foreign correspondents in Italy highlight problems with taxis at Rome airports.
Taxi drivers have been in the news in Italy recently due to protests against the government's competition bill over claims that it would le...
Roma è di moda is latest fashion show to be held in Italian capital.
Rome will host a 'Made in Italy' fashion event showcasing the creations of Italian designers on Via Veneto on the evening of Thursday 28 July.
The...
Caroline-Marie's teddy went missing in Rome two weeks ago.
A French family visiting Italy has offered a reward of €500 to whoever finds a much-loved teddy bear that went missing in Rome on 11 July.
The missing poster...
Initiative offers blood donors free entry for two to Rome city museums.
Rome residents who give blood between now and 15 October will have free entry for two to participating municipal museums, as part of a drive to inc...
Tourists make the news in Italy again.
A British tourist was fined €500 for dipping his feet into a landmark fountain in Rome's Piazza di Spagna on Saturday afternoon, according to Italian news reports.
The tourist,...
Via Veneto to be transformed into open-air cinema by Rome Film Fest.
Rome's Via Veneto, synonymous with the capital's 'dolce vita' era of the 1960s, will form the backdrop to an outdoor screening of the restored version...
No damage caused to Renaissance painting.
Climate protesters glued themselves to Botticelli's celebrated Primavera painting at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence on Friday morning in front of shocked tourists, Italian media...
Rome is up against Busan and Riyadh in bid to host Expo 2030.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri said on Thursday that environmental sustainability will be at the heart of Italy's bid to host Expo 2030 in the Eternal City....
Mattarella dissolves parliament after Draghi resigns.
Italy will hold a snap national election on 25 September following the resignation of prime minister Mario Draghi after three coalition parties withdrew their suppor...
'Romeo' stuns 'Juliet' by asking for her hand in Verona Arena.
The audience at the 'Roberto Bolle and Friends' show in Verona Arena on Wednesday night was thrilled after two lead dancers got engaged on stage.
The pri...
Draghi resigns after three coalition parties withdrew support from national unity government.
Italy has been plunged into political chaos after prime minister Mario Draghi resigned following a boycott in a government vo...
Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtieri has raised the prospect of introducing "free or almost free" public transport in the capital this autumn, according to Italian news reports.
Citing similar projects in Spain and Germany,...
Gladiator star returns to Eternal City with family.
In the summer of 2000, Ridley Scott's smash-hit movie Gladiator with its epic portrayal of ancient Rome captured the imagination and hearts of cinema-goers all over th...
Gualtieri pledges that Rome will be "as clean as a village in Trentino" within a couple of years.
Rome will overcome its current rubbish emergency "within a week", the city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri said during an inter...
Draghi set to clarify his intentions on Wednesday.
Rallies were held in several Italian cities on Monday calling on premier Mario Draghi to stay in office as pressure mounts on the former ECB chief to remain at the helm...
Incident comes after couple splashed around in Bernini fountain in Piazza Navona.
A man dressed in swimming trunks climbed between the statues of Rome's Trevi Fountain and dived into the waters of the Baroque monument b...
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