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South and central Italy set to sizzle while north-west to be hit by storms this weekend.
Italy's health ministry has issued a 'red alert' warning for eight cities due to a heatwave sweeping the country, with temperature...
Colosseum and Palazzo Barberini to host Rome G20 summit.
The first G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting is being held in Rome on 29 and 30 July, in a major two-day event held under the Italian G20 presidency.
The meeting b...
However the impact on hospitals remains minimal.
Italy has "effectively entered the fourth wave" of covid-19, according to a report issued on Thursday by the Gimbe Foundation, a public health think tank.
The indepede...
Mattarella says it is the virus that limits freedom, not the rules in place to defeat it.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella has said that getting vaccinated against covid-19 is a "moral and civic duty," warning that t...
Fiumicino sets new record and once again confirms top place in Europe for passenger satisfaction.
Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport, better known as Fiumicino, has achieved a new record for the quality of its passenger s...
Museums open for free on Sunday but must be booked by 30 July 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 1 August.
In additio...
No bookings required for Vax & Go at Rome airport.
Rome's Fiumicino airport has begun offering travellers the chance to be vaccinated against covid-19, even at the last minute before boarding their flights.
Locat...
Rome honours Måneskin with Lupa Capitolina award.
Måneskin, the Rome rockers who won Eurovision for Italy, received the Lupa Capitolina award from the city's mayor Virginia Raggi on Tuesday morning.
During the ceremony...
"Bad taste meets ignorance" says Liliana Segre.
Italian life senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre has slammed comparisons between Italy's Green Pass regulations and the persecution of Jews by Nazis.
The 90-ye...
Some pharmacies in Rome are printing up to 120 Green Passes a day.
Rome pharmacies say they are under pressure dealing with requests to print the 'Green Pass', the document proving that people have been vaccinated, test...
Lady Kitty Spencer weds South African billionaire in lavish Rome wedding.
Princess Diana’s niece Lady Kitty Spencer, a model for Dolce & Gabbana, married South African fashion tycoon Michael Lewis at a luxurious cer...
Rome mayor leads tributes to "hero of our times"
Dino Impagliazzo, known as Rome's 'Chef of the Poor', has died in the capital age 91.
Founder of the RomAmoR association, Impagliazzo fed up to 300 homeless people a d...
EU sends help as wildfires cause "unprecedented disaster" on Italian island.
Wildfires in Sardinia have prompted the evacuation of around 1,500 people and destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of land in the centre-west o...
Green Pass protests planned across Italy after 'No Paura Day' rally in Turin.
Demonstrations against Italy's new covid Green Pass rules are planned in more than 80 towns and cities across the country on Saturday 24 July...
38,000 new covid vaccination bookings in Lazio region after last night's appeal from Draghi.
The Lazio region which includes Rome has seen a surge in bookings for covid-19 vaccinations since Italian premier Mario Draghi...
Crowd jeers mention of General Figliuolo at 'No Paura Day' protest.
Thousands of people showed up in the centre of Turin last night to protest against Italy's covid Green Pass which will soon be mandatory for indoor din...
Draghi appeals to Italians to get vaccinated.
The Italian government is to broaden the scope of its 'Green Pass' from 6 August, as part of a new decree outlined by premier Mario Draghi last night.
The expanded Green...
Wanted in Rome talks to one of the top candidates for Rome mayor ahead of local elections later this year.
by Marco Venturini
Carlo Calenda, the prominent politician, manager and former government minister, is the...
One dead and more than a dozen injured in Capri bus crash.
A minibus crashed into a beach resort on the Italian island of Capri, after plunging about six metres from the road above, according to local media reports....
Football fans celebrate 94th anniversary of AS Roma.
A large crowd of Roma supporters gathered in the centre of Rome last night to celebrate the founding of the Serie A football club 94 years ago, as documented in a vid...
What will the expanded Green Pass mean for daily life in Italy?
Italy is set to introduce an expanded Green Pass today, under a new decree, in a move likely to restrict the movements of those who have not been vaccinate...
Ilaria Capua causes 'no vax' storm with controversial suggestion.
A high-profile Italian virologist has suggested that people who are hospitalised with covid after refusing the vaccine should be charged with the hospita...
Italian government to issue decree with new measures this week.
Italy is set to extend the nation's covid-19 state of emergency, after it expires on 31 July, according to Italian media reports.
The dates reportedly bei...
Euro 2020 partying blamed for surge in new covid-19 cases.
The number of new covid cases recorded in Rome on 20 July is almost five times that of the day Italy beat England to be crowned Euro 2020 champions.
Yesterda...
Sunken ships in Strait of Sicily have potential for underwater tourism.
Around 40 shipwrecked vessels dating from world war two have been discovered off the coast of Lampedusa, the tiny Italian island between Sicily and...
Lazio fans divided over video of Hysaj singing Italian partisan song.
The newly-signed S.S. Lazio footballer Elseid Hysaj has sparked a debate by singing the anti-fascist song Bella Ciao during a ceremony to present him...
After Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, JR comes to Rome.
Palazzo Farnese, a Renaissance jewel in the heart of Rome and home to the embassy of France, is currently being transformed by the celebrated French street artist JR....
Bvlgari's latest act of patronage to Rome will allow visitors to walk through the Area Sacra at Largo Argentina for the first time.
Conservation and maintenance works are underway at Rome's archaeological site in Largo...
Annual campaign urges Romans not to leave their dogs behind over summer holidays.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has launched an awareness campaign calling on residents of the capital not to abandon their pets as they head o...
Delta variant fuels rise in cases in Italy.
Several regions in Italy could lose their lowest-risk 'white' zone status and slip back to the moderate risk 'yellow' zone category from 26 July, based on rising numbers of c...
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