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Where and when is the covid Green Pass cert required in Italy?
The scope of Italy's Green Pass, which shows that people have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from covid-19, will be expanded once again from...
Alitalia stops selling tickets for flights after 15 October as ITA moves closer to take-off.
Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA), Italy's new national airline to replace Alitalia, will start selling flight tickets on 26 August...
Italy's covid vaccination programme on track says Figliuolo.
Italy is on target to reach its goal of vaccinating 80 per cent of the population over the age of 12 by the end of September, said the government's coronaviru...
Italian capital fails to make Eurovision shortlist after Måneskin win.
Rome has not been included in the shortlist of five Italian cities bidding to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest, organisers announced today....
Earthquake devastated Amatrice 5 years ago today.
Italian prime minister Mario Draghi will travel to Amatrice on Tuesday morning to attend ceremonies in honour of the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit the area f...
Calenda proposes one-stop Ancient Rome Museum on Capitoline Hill to improve tourist experience.
Carlo Calenda, one of the main candidates in the race to become Rome's next mayor, has launched a radical idea to create a...
Afghan children given toys on board flights from Kabul.
Italy continues its mission to airlift Afghan refugees out of Kabul, one week after the capital fell to the Taliban, as part of the air force's 'Aquila Omnia' oper...
Mayor hails success of Rome's plastic recycling project.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has announced that commuters have recycled more than five million plastic bottles since the city introduced 'plastic-eating' machines in...
Italian head of state repeats call to get vaccinated.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella has said that getting vaccinated against covid-19 is a "duty," stating: "Responsibility starts with ourselves."
The president,...
Rome city buses go in smoke in dawn blaze.
A police investigation is underway after three buses owned by Rome municipal transport company ATAC were destroyed in a blaze at a bus depot in the north of the city.
The fi...
Rome swaps cobbles for asphalt, and vice-versa, on streets in the city centre, causing much debate in the capital.
Rome's historic cobblestones are in the news again as the mayor Virginia Raggi continues the city's proj...
How to get your Covid-19 foreign issued vaccines certified in Rome, enabling you to get the Green Pass.
Here are the practical steps entailed:
Step 1: Have your foreign-issued vaccine certificate in hand.
If your...
Organisers call off illegal rave but not everyone wants to leave.
Police are set to break up a massive illegal rave near Viterbo, north of Rome, after organisers finally gave in to demands to call it off last night ahea...
Pontiff urges people to get vaccinated against covid-19.
Pope Francis has added his voice to a media campaign urging people to get vaccinated against covid-19, describing it as an "act of love."
The pope said that va...
Draghi hails 54 Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan as 'heroes' amid political debate over refugees.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi said on Tuesday that the city will makes its facilities available for Afghan "refugees, w...
Italy evacuates Italian diplomats and their Afghan aides.
Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has committed to protecting Afghan citizens who have collaborated with Italy's mission in Afghanistan, after Taliban insurgen...
How a Roman taxi driver has got his customers to sing along with him for the last 15 years.
We have all heard of Carpool Karaoke where The Late Late Show host James Corden invites famous musical guests to sing along to...
Rolling Stones singer seals his love for the Italian island.
Mick Jagger, the frontman of British rock group The Rolling Stones, has reportedly bought a house in Sicily where he has been based since last October.
The...
Rome exhibitions: What not to miss this summer.A selection of the best exhibitions in Rome this summer. Visiting details vary, with most of the museums and galleries listed requiring advance booking. For full details che...
Italy's vaccine cert is required for indoor dining in restaurants as well as access to sporting and cultural events from 6 August. So how does it work and how do I get it?
Italy's 'Green Pass' certificate, which comes i...
Nature reserve near Rome destroyed by flames.
Wildfires continue to rage in Italy this summer, particularly in the southern regions of Sicily and Calabria, as the country endures a heatwave with record high temperatures...
'I'm not a no-vax, I'm not vaccinated because I still have antibodies and the doctor recommended I don't do it.'
That's how Virginia Raggi, mayor of Rome, running for a second term, expressed herself regarding the...
Italy swelters in days leading to Ferragosto holiday on Sunday.
The Italian health ministry has issued its highest Level 3 heat warning for 15 cities on Friday 13 August as temperatures soar amid an intense heatwave in...
Italy faces its 'hottest week of the summer'.
Italy recorded temperatures of 48.8 degrees Celsius in Sicily on Wednesday afternoon in what Italian media say is the hottest ever registered in Europe.
The sweltering te...
Fires break out in Sicily and Calabria during intense heatwave.
Three people have died as a result of wildfires in southern Italy, burning thousands of hectares of land, as the Calabria region calls on the government to...
Spot checks will be carried out on crowded coastal areas near Rome over the Ferragosto weekend.
Rome police are to carry out random checks along the coast near the capital to see if people are in possession of the Green...
Unvaccinated workers not permitted to eat in company canteen.
Strike action has been called at a factory in the Turin province of northern Italy after employees without the Green Pass were told they could not eat in the...
Italy steps up covid vaccination campaign of teenagers ahead of return to school.
Young people in Italy aged between 12 and 18 years will be able to get vaccinated against covid-19 without booking in advance, starting f...
Tesla and Space X founder is visiting Tuscany.
Elon Musk, the tech magnate and one of the richest people in the world, paid a surprise visit to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence on Tuesday evening.
Together with his p...
Clarification comes after days of confusion in Italy's hospitality sector.
Italy’s bars and restaurants can ask customers for identification documents when they present the Green Pass but only in cases when there is "ev...
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