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Six fragments of Roman frescoes dating from the first century AD are returned to Pompeii villas.
Pompeii's archaeological park has welcomed the return of six fresco fragments stolen from the ruins of Roman villas, recov...
ATAC reactivates ticket checks on Rome's public transport network.
Ticket inspectors are back at work on Rome buses after a break of more than a year due to the coronavirus crisis.
The decision to restart ticket chec...
Battiato died during the night in his native Sicily.
Franco Battiato, the legendary Italian singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker, has died in Sicily aged 76.
The popular singer, who had been sick for some time,...
Rome moves venue for World Press Photo show to Mattatoio.
The 2021 edition of the World Press Photo exhibition will be held at Rome's Mattatoio, the former slaughterhouse in the Testaccio district, from 28 May until 22...
Italy's curfew is to be scrapped completely on 21 June as the government relaxes covid restrictions further.
The Italian government has announced that the nightly curfew is to be phased out gradually over the next few w...
A guide on who can travel to Italy and how this can be done.
With vaccines rolling out, a return to normalcy seems closer than ever and many people have been thinking of where they will travel when they are able to....
Rome opera house moves outdoors again to the Circus Maximus.
Rome's summer opera season presented by the city's opera house will be held once again under the stars at the Circus Maximus, from 15 June to 6 August, the Te...
Here is a list of fseful tips for visiting Rome in May
May in Rome is usually the high season. The climate is fantastic and it is the best time of year for visiting villas and photographing views. Events are slowly pi...
Oriana Fallaci is considered to be the most influential and controversial Italian female journalist of the 20th century.
She led an extraordinary and remarkable life, documenting and exploring the world with the goal o...
An outdoor festival of contemporary art and music in Villa Borghese.
Rome's Villa Borghese park is hosting the second edition of Back to Nature, a free outdoor exhibition project curated by art critic Costantino D'Orazi...
Two major US airlines offer quarantine-free flights to Italy to leisure travellers.
American Airlines has joined Delta in offering US tourists covid-tested, quarantine-free flights to Italy, with effect from 16 May....
GPs and pharmacies in Lazio region to administer covid vaccines.
Family doctors in Rome and the Lazio region will be able to administer covid-19 vaccines to frail patients as well as people aged over 40 from Monday 17 M...
Drop in number of deaths and new covid-19 infections comes as Italy opens up to international tourists.
Italy reported 93 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday 16 May, compared to 136 the day before, the health ministry...
Delta launches flights to Italy to American leisure travellers from 16 May.
Delta Air Lines is offering covid-tested flights to Italy to "all customers" from 16 May as the Italian government lifts "entry restrictions en...
As Italy reopens to tourism, we look at what tourists can expect when they return to the 'Bel paese'.
Italy is starting to welcome back its tourists, a trickle for now but that is set to change soon as the five-day quar...
Rome seeks ways of stopping a deadly parasite from killing the city's pine trees, including natural methods.
Rome's umbrella pine trees are at serious risk due to a killer parasite - the pine tortoise scale - with effor...
Italy prepares to reopen for tourists this summer.
Italy is to drop quarantine restrictions for travellers arriving from European and Schengen zone countries, Israel and the UK from Sunday 16 May, the Italian health min...
Tiberis is expected to open from 1 June until 12 September this year.
Tiberis, Rome's artificial beach on the banks of the river Tiber, is preparing to reopen again for the fourth summer in a row.
The city is has put...
Consumption of alcohol in Italy has incresed during the covid-19 pandemic by 250%.
The Istituto Superiore di Sanità (the Italian Health Institute) is ringing the alarm: the home consumption of alcoholic beverages has...
Woman followed by group of wild boar in area north of Rome.
A woman carrying groceries back to her car was surrounded by a group of wild boar which proceeded to 'steal' her shopping bags and eat the contents.
The foo...
Tiny republic inside Italy branches into vaccination tourism.
San Marino, the tiny landlocked country within northern Italy, is to offer the Sputnik V covid-19 vaccine to visitors from 17 May.
The vaccination program...
Tracing some of the Pantheon's reincarnations down through the centuries.
In the quincentenary year of his death, Raphael can stake a claim as greatest artist ever.
So the Pantheon, whose interior he once, as it now...
The wait for Rome's buses and trains just got more interesting.
Italy's first mobile digital library uniting public transport with literature has been launched in Rome in what is being hailed as the largest project of i...
Fratelli d'Italia to distribute Meloni book in school near bookshop.
The decision by a Rome book seller not to stock the memoir of Giorgia Meloni, the leader of right-wing Italian party Fratelli d'Italia (FdL), has attr...
A ultimate guide to the best speakeasies in Rome.
As Italy begins to reopen its borders and businesses, there is no doubt that restaurants and bars will flood with eager people dying to get their hands on a creamy carb...
Draghi performs role as prime minister of Italy for free, papers show.
Italy's prime minister Mario Draghi receives zero remuneration for his post running the country, according to documents published on the Italian gov...
Exploring the history of Rome's Circus Maximus by taking reverse laps back to its beginnings.
By Martin Bennett
Early morning. But for a man slowly walking his dachshund, the vast oval of grass and tawny-coloured gra...
The images that Dante created in his poem have inspired artists and scholars for centuries.
It is hard to imagine that a country as rich in history and culture as Italy could trace a great deal of its heritage back to o...
Giorgio Diritti's Volevo Nascondermi won seven David di Donatello awards including best film and best actor prize for Elio Germano.
Oscar-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren scooped a David di Donatello award, Italy's...
Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome open at weekends by reservation only.
Rome's Doria Pamphilj Gallery and its priceless art collection has reopened to the public after an extended closure due to Italy's covid-19 restrictio...
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