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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...
Caravaggio was born on this day in 1571.
Italy is celebrating 450 years of Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, whose masterful paintings continue to fascinate more than four centuries after his death.
To...
Italy's bid for Rome Expo 2030 comes after Milan hosted Expo 2015.
The Italian government is to propose Rome as a candidate to host the 2030 Universal Exposition, or Expo, premier Mario Draghi announced on Tuesday.
"It...
Draghi promises major funding to help reconstruct L'Aquila.
Italian premier Mario Draghi travelled to L'Aquila on Tuesday morning to inaugurate a park in memory of the 309 victims of the earthquake that devastated the A...
Five Guys comes to Rome after Milan.
Five Guys, the world-famous American burger chain, will open its first Rome branch in the capital's central Termini train station on Monday 4 October.
The arrival of Five Guys in...
James Bond car chase scenes filmed in Matera.
No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond movie, will have its world premiere in London's Royal Albert Hall tonight before being released in cinemas around the world on 30 Septemb...
CTS gives green light to ease covid restrictions for cultural and sporting events in Italy.
Italy's theatres, cinemas and stadiums could soon host more people, equipped with the Green Pass, under the latest recommendati...
Controversy in Italy over 'gleaner' statue in Sapri.
A controversy has broken out in Italy over a 'sexist' statue representing a female gleaner from a famous 19th-century poem by Italian writer and poet Luigi Mercantini...
As Rome prepares for local elections on 3-4 October, we take a look at the four main contenders for the city's top job.
By Andy Devane
The current mayor Virginia Raggi, in the final days of her five-year term, is see...
Abortion has been illegal in San Marino since 1865.
San Marino, the tiny landlocked republic within northern Italy, voted overwhelmingly in favour of legalising abortion in a referendum on Sunday, overturning a law dati...
Restoration project revealed imperfections in marble.
The restoration of Michelangelo’s Bandini Pietà at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence's cathedral museum, has been completed.
Researchers working on the m...
Restoration works underway at S. Ivo alla Sapienza after earthquake damage in 2016.
The Roman church of S. Ivo alla Sapienza - a masterpiece of Baroque architecture designed by Francesco Borromini - has undergone the fi...
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