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Two brown bears from the Whipsnade zoo were shot after escaping from their enclosure.
Whipsnade Zoo Chief described the break away as an “immediate threat to human life” that forced the keepers to shoot them dead amid...
Italy reports lowest daily tally of covid-19 fatalities since mid-October as pressure on hospitals continues to drop.
Italy registered 44 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday 30 May, down from 83 the day before, the hea...
Rome bus and metro strike day before national public holiday.
Rome commuters face disruption to public transport services on Tuesday 1 June due to a 24-hour strike called by numerous trade unions representing workers in...
Three Italian regions move from moderate-risk yellow zones to lowest-risk white zones.
The Italian regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Molise and Sardinia will become 'white zones' - the lowest-risk category under Italy's...
Rome airport greets US tourists with welcome gifts.
Rome's Fiumicino airport welcomed around 300 tourists and travellers from the USA who landed in the Italian capital on 28 May after taking covid-tested flights from Ne...
New Primark outlet to be located in large shopping centre to the east of the capital.
Primark, the low-cost Irish fashion chain, has announced that it will open a second store in Rome, at the RomaEst shopping mall, on 1...
Where to get tested and what kind of test to receive are two important questions that may not have obvious answers.Covid has been an all too familiar part of our lives for close to a year now. While the rollout of vaccin...
Weekly number of covid-19 cases in Italy drops for 10th week in a row.
Italy has seen a sharp decline in the number of hospital and intensive care admissions for covid-19 over the last 50 days, according to a report fro...
Apple Via del Corso will be one of the company's most important stores globally.
The Apple flagship store on Via del Corso in central Rome will open on Thursday 27 May at 10.00, the American technology giant has announc...
Florence museum expected to reopen as soon as possible after evacuation.
An evacuation was underway at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence on the morning of 26 May due to the dense smoke from a chimney on the museum's roof,...
All you need to know about Carlo Calenda, front runner for Mayor of Rome.
Rome will vote on its next mayor in October 2021. The field currently includes incumbent Rome mayor Virginia Raggi, who will look to secure a se...
Lazio region launches drive to attract visitors as Italy attempts to kickstart its covid-hit tourism industry this summer.
The Lazio region around Rome has launched a tourism campaign to entice holidaymakers into stayin...
Rome hosts one of the most beautiful horse shows in the world.
The 2021 Piazza di Siena horse show-jumping competition returns to Rome after being cancelled last year due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The prestigious eq...
MAXXI to launch contemporary art museum in L'Aquila this weekend.
MAXXI L'Aquila, the long-awaited contemporary art museum in the Abruzzo capital, will be inaugurated by Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini on Fr...
Nobody injured in incident in Rome's Torpignattara suburb.
Two cars ended up inside a large chasm after part of a street collapsed in the Torpignattara suburb of Rome.
There was nobody injured in the incident which t...
Lyceum academic programme to be named after retired Classics teacher at St Stephen's School.
St Stephen’s in Rome has received a major donation in support of the school's Lyceum programme which offers students Internati...
"We want Rome to become the Wimbledon of skateboarding."
Rome will host the Street Skateboarding World Championships at the Foro Italico sporting complex from 30 May until 6 June.
The international event will act as...
The American University of Rome (AUR) is pleased to announce the conferral of an honorary doctorate degree on Stanley Tucci, the Italian-American actor, writer, and film producer, known for his roles in The Devil Wears P...
What does Nationalism mean to Italy?
Italy has a complicated history with nationalism. The post-World War II Italian Constitution lays out strong protections against the revival of fascism, a measure that strives to pre...
Italian cities vie to host Eurovision 2022 after Italy's win in Rotterdam.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has proposed the Eternal City as the "perfect stage" to host the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, following Italy's trium...
Eurovision comes to Italy next year.
Italy has won the 2021 Eurovision song contest with the winning entry, Zitti e buoni, performed by Rome alternative rock band Måneskin.
In a nail-biting finish last night, the gro...
All of Italy to be 'yellow zone' next week says health minister.
Italy's national health institute (ISS) announced on Friday that the national 'R' reproduction number has fallen to 0.78 from 0.86 last week, according to...
Tourists have begun returning to the island of Stromboli in recent days.
The Italian volcanoes of Stromboli and Etna both erupted today, 19 May, according to Italy's volcanology institute INGV.
Etna, located in the n...
Move follows appeal by Italy's smaller museums to culture ministry.
Italy's smaller museums will no longer require visitors to book in advance for weekend visits after the government announced the easing of the country'...
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....
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