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Savoia family back in the news in Italy as they take legal action to reclaim crown jewels after 75 years.
Descendants of Italy's former royal family are suing the Italian state in an attempt to reclaim the crown jewels...
Berrettini makes Italian sporting history again by reaching final four at Australian Open.
Rome tennis ace Matteo Berrettini has become the first Italian man to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
The seven...
No Green Pass, no gelato: incident took place near Naples.
An 88-year-old man who pulled a gun on a security guard after he was asked to show his covid Green Pass has been reported by police for aggravated threat and re...
Italian government would keep minority stake in ITA Airways as MSC and Lufthansa make joint offer.
ITA Airways, the successor to Alitalia as Italy's flag carrier, has revealed that the Swiss-Italian shipping group MSC a...
The 13 million customers who enter tobacconists in Italy each day will need a Green Pass from 1 February.
Italy risks a strike by tobacconists in protest over the government's new rules obliging customers to have a Gree...
Key things to know about electing a president in Italy.
Italy's parliament convenes on Monday 24 January to begin the complex process of voting for a new head of state.
The next president will be Italy's 13th since t...
Centre-right bloc to oppose any presidential bid by Draghi as Berlusconi bows out.
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has dropped his divisive bid to be elected as Italy's president next week, saying he is...
A genuine Made in Italy love story, Baci Perugina marks 100 years with a special limited edition chocolate.
Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana celebrates one century of Baci Perugina by designing a limited...
Italy expands covid Green Pass requirement for entry to most shops from 1 February.
Italy's premier Mario Draghi on Friday signed a decree listing the handful of shops and services that people will still be able to acce...
Draghi is frontrunner to replace Mattarella as next president of Italy.
Italy's parliament is to convene on Monday to begin the complex process of voting for a new head of state to replace Sergio Mattarella whose seven-...
"In Italy, coffee is much more than a simple drink"
Italy is bidding to have Italian espresso coffee inserted on the UNESCO list of "intangible cultural heritage", the nation's deputy agriculture minister Gian Marco Cen...
Protagonists of Siena 'Photo of the Year' to start a new life in Italy.
Italy has provided refuge to the Syrian amputee father and his limbless five-year-old son who featured in an award-winning photo that became famous...
No reports of injuries or damage in Calabria earthquake.
Italy's southern Calabria region was hit by a 4.3-magnitude earthquake on Thursday morning, according to the National Institute of Geology and Volcanology (INGV)....
Italy's Green Pass rules expanded again from 20 January.
The Italian government has further tightened the rules around its Green Pass, the digital certificate proving the holder has been vaccinated, tested negative or r...
Airbnb offers a chance to live rent-free as a host in Sicily for one year.
Airbnb, the online short-term rental platform, is offering a free one-year stay in a newly-refurbished property in the small rural village of Sa...
Malkovich in Venice to shoot TV series Ripley.
Hollywood star John Malkovich was turned away by a top Venice hotel last week as his covid Green Pass certificate had expired, according to Il Gazzettino newspaper.
The...
Villa Aurora price tag dropped by 20 per cent after no bids at 'auction of the century'.
The sale of a Roman villa with the world's only Caravaggio ceiling painting, which was put on the market valued at €471 million, h...
Jill Morris leaves role as British ambassador to Italy.
Edward Llewellyn OBE is to take over from Jill Morris CMG as Britain's new ambassador to Italy and San Marino.
The news was announced on Tuesday afternoon by th...
Mussolini never officially recognised Elena Curti as his daughter.
Elena Curti, the last 'secret daughter' of Italian Fascist dictator Mussolini, died aged 99 at her home north of Rome on Monday.
Her funeral is due t...
Villa Aurora is set to go under the hammer on Tuesday.
Rome's Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, home to the world's only ceiling mural painted by Caravaggio, is up for auction on 18 January with an estimated value o...
Former motorcycling champion Marco Melandri at centre of covid controversy in Italy.
Italy's 'No Green Pass' and 'No Vax' demonstrations returned to the streets of Rome, Milan and other Italian cities on Saturday aftern...
Fauci joined Rome university via video link from Washington.
Rome's La Sapienza University has awarded an honorary doctorate to Anthony Fauci, the US infectious diseases expert and covid advisor to President Biden.
T...
Florence mayor condemns assault on Canadian woman.
A police investigation is underway after a taxi driver in Florence attacked a female Canadian tourist in the early hours of Friday 14 January.
The assault occurred o...
Outdoor activities banned in two north Italian regions due to swine fever.
Italy has banned hunting in areas of Piemonte and Liguria after the recent detection of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar in the two northe...
Verona anti-fascist street artist covers up No Vax graffiti.
An Italian street artist famed for transforming swastikas and racist scrawls into colourful depictions of food has begun covering up No Vax graffiti too.
T...
Italian police union says pink masks are "indecorous".
The unexpected delivery of pink FFP2 masks to police stations around Italy has been greeted with amazement and disapproval, leading to complaints over the "unbecomi...
Cortona competes with two more famous contemporaries.
Open any guide-book and, to reduce fame to a crude word-count, the Bs have it: Bernini and Borromini.
Or vice-versa. Part alphabetical/alliterative coincidence pe...
Several nations announce ban on pig meat from Italy.
Italy faces restrictions and bans on exporting pork and cured meats to a number of countries after the discovery of new cases of African swine fever, or ASF, in wild...
Eight referendums to be assessed by courts next month.
Italy's constitutional court is to rule on the validity of eight referendums on 15 February, including one referendum each on legalising euthanasia and cannabis, an...
Italy to honour Sassoli with state funeral on Friday.
European parliament president David Sassoli, who died in the early hours of Tuesday, is to receive a state funeral in Rome on Friday.
The news, reported by Italia...
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