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Italy gives green light for booster shot for over 60s and frail people. Italy is to give a third dose of the covid-19 vaccine, or 'booster' shot, to the over-60s and people who are frail, the health ministry announced o...
More than 43 million people in Italy fully vaccinated. Almost 8.4 million people in Italy over the age of 12 have yet to receive any covid-19 vaccine, equal to around 15 per cent of the vaccinable population, the govern...
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Italy keeps updating its covid 'Green Pass' rules. Here is what you need to know, including the latest news. Italy continues to expand the scope of its Green Pass - the digital or paper certificate that shows people hav...
Turin announced as host city for Italy's first Eurovision in 30 years. Turin is to host the 2022 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest on 14 May after being selected from the shortlist of five Italian cities vying to s...
Italy to reopen nightclubs after a year and a half as maximum capacity for theatres and cinemas raised to 100 per cent. The Italian government unanimously approved a decree last night that will allow the further opening...
News of Ramsay's verdict reaches Italy where it has not gone down well. Gordon Ramsay, the British celebrity chef, has ruffled feathers in Italy by stating that Greek cuisine is superior to Italian cuisine. The outsp...
First the wild boar, now a porcupine makes the news in Rome. Rome police rescued a wild porcupine from the streets in the Prati district near the Vatican on Thursday morning, reports Italian newspaper La Repubblica....
Merkel to meet Pope Francis and Mario Draghi on her last official visit to Rome. The outgoing German chancellor Angela Merkel is in Rome on Thursday as part of her series of 'farewell' visits to world leaders before ste...
Buzzi offers panini with underworld names such as Gomorra, Suburra and Mondo di Mezzo. Salvatore Buzzi, a central protagonist in the notorious 'Mafia Capitale' case, is opening a pub in Rome, reports Italian newspaper C...
Italy's Eurovision host city still yet to be announced. Mika, the Lebanese-born British pop star, is rumoured to be the presenter for next year's Eurovision Song Contest which is to be held in Italy in May 2022. The...
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Rome residents voted for new mayor and city councillors in local elections. The unexpected sight of ballot boxes dumped beside bins along the side of the street has been documented by Italian news agency ANSA. The phot...
Rome commuters face second public transport strike since mid-September. Rome's public transport network is at risk on Monday 11 October due to a nationwide 24-hour strike, called by the USB union, representing workers a...
CTS recommends limited opening of Italy's nightclubs after more than a year and a half of closure. Italy's discos, nightclubs and dance halls could soon reopen, in a gradual and limited way, under the latest recommendat...
Benito Mussolini's granddaughter tops the polls among city councillors in Rome. Rachele Mussolini, the granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator, has received the most votes in Rome's local elections for the city counci...
Race for the Cure raises awareness and funds for breast cancer. The Komen Race for the Cure returns to the capital this weekend after missing a year due to the covid-19 pandemic. The 2021 edition will take place on t...
Parisi is a professor at La Sapienza University in Rome. Italian scientist Giorgio Parisi - together with Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Syukuro Manabe of the US and Japan - won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate mode...
Blaze comes after historic Rome bridge went up in flames two nights ago. Around 30 buses belonging to Rome municipal transport company ATAC were destroyed in a massive fire in the early hours of Tuesday 5 October. An...
Rome's centre-right and centre-left candidates are neck and neck in exit polls as voting stops in the capital. The first exit polls in the race for Rome's next mayor suggest a likely run-off between Roberto Gualtieri (c...
COP26 must respond to "unprecedented ecological crisis". Pope Francis and dozens of religious leaders issued a joint appeal on Monday calling on the international community to set more ambitious targets and step up clim...
Vatican reportedly suspends three other Swiss Guards until they get vaccinated. Three members of the Swiss Guard, the small army responsible for protecting the pope, have quit their prestigious posts for refusing to com...
New school desks had been commissioned for social distancing. Italy is recalling single-seat desks from schools - commissioned last year to facilitate social distancing - for not meeting fire safety regulations, reports...
Colbrelli first Italian in 22 years to win the gruelling sporting event. Italian cyclist Sonny Colbrelli won the Paris-Roubaix Monument classic on Sunday after a race marred by multiple crashes ended in a thrilling thre...
Rome risks traffic chaos after bridge gutted by fire the night before Romans vote for a new mayor. Rome's Ponte dell'Industria - better known as Ponte di Ferro - was seriously damaged in a massive fire on Saturday night...
Italian cities vote for new mayors in local elections on 3-4 October. Italy's two main right-wing political parties, the Lega and the Fratelli d'Italia (FdI), have both been embroiled in separate scandals just days befo...
Mattarella is house hunting as his term in office draws to an end. The president of Italy Sergio Mattarella is searching for a new home in Rome, reports Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The 80-year-old head of...
Tourists fined for bathing in historic fountain in Piazza Navona.Rome police caught three young American tourists splashing around in the waters of Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona last night, at ar...
12 million people eligible to vote in Italy's municipal elections.Italy's four largest cities - Rome, Milan, Naples and Turin - along with Bologna, are preparing for municipal elections to elect new mayors and city counc...
Museums open for free on Sunday but must be booked by Friday 1 October or at tourist info points on the day. Rome's city-run museums will open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday 3 October....
G20 meeting to be held two weeks before Rome summit. Italian premier Mario Draghi has announced an extraordinary G20 meeting to discuss strategies to confront the crisis in Afghanistan since Kabul fell to the Taliban in...
Italy PM Draghi credits covid vaccinations as key factor in recovery. Italy's economy is set to bounce back stronger than expected, according to an updated economic forecast announced by premier Mario Draghi on Wednesda...
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