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Mausoleum of Augustus closes again after just two weeks.
Rome's museums and archaeological sites have closed their doors once more, due to Italy's covid-19 restrictions, after the Lazio region was placed in a maximum le...
Italian landmarks illuminated in green lights in honour of Ireland's patron saint.
St Patrick's Day takes place under the cloud of covid-19 lockdown restrictions, both in Ireland and Italy, for the second year in a row....
The Italian Medicines Agency responsible for regulation of pharmaceutical activity in Italy, AIFA, has announced the immediate suspension of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine. The decision, valid for the whole Italian territor...
Italy joins the Oscar race thanks to Laura Pausini and Pinocchio.
The Oscar 2021 nominations have been announced and Italy's hopes are pinned on Io sì (Seen) sung by Laura Pausini and the Pinocchio movie directed by Mat...
Italy classifies books as "essential" meaning that bookstores can stay open even in covid-19 red zones.
This morning half of Italy found itself in a maximum-level red zone, under the country's covid-19 restrictions, in...
Download the "modulo di autodichiarazione" form required to leave your house in Italy's "zone rosse."
The Italian government has declared the highest level "red zone" covid-19 restrictions will apply from 15 March until...
Measure taken as precaution after teacher died in Biella day after receiving the vaccine.
Piemonte, the north Italian region around Turin, has ordered the immediate suspension of a batch of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vacc...
Rolling Stones frontman moved to Italy last summer.
Mick Jagger, the frontman of veteran British rock group The Rolling Stones, is busy enjoying the cultural sites of Sicily where he has been based since last October....
Half of Italy becomes a 'red zone' from 15 March, just over a year after the country's first national covid-19 lockdown.
The Italian government of Mario Draghi has declared that the highest level covid-19 restrictions w...
Last-minute dash to hairdressers as people fill restaurants for last hurrah before lockdown.
Rome's restaurants and bars are full today as friends and families gather to meet up for a last meal or aperitivo before the L...
Renovation works on the Vasari Corridor in Florence will begin after Easter and are expected to take about 15 months.
Florence is set to reopen the Vasari Corridor to the public in 2022, six years after it was closed fo...
Draghi questions Italy's need to use English words such as "Baby Sitting" and "Smart Working," his ironic comment sparking a fresh debate on the topic.
Italian premier Mario Draghi, during his visit to the covid-19 vacc...
Italy authorises Johnson & Johnson single-dose coronavirus vaccine hailed by the EU as "safe and effective."
Italy's medicines agency (AIFA) gave the green light to Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus v...
Schools, restaurants, shops and museums set to close in half of Italy from Monday as nation faces "new wave" of covid-19 and a second Easter under lockdown.
Italy is to be split between high-risk red zones and medium-ri...
"Benefits outweigh risks" says the EMA which points out that there have been 30 cases of "thromboembolic events" among the five million Europeans who have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Italian premier Mario D...
Italy's nationwide ban of a batch of AstraZeneca comes as several European nations suspend part or all of their roll-out of the covid-19 vaccine over blood-clotting fears.
The Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) has issued...
Italy's health minister reports significant fall in covid-19 contagion levels among medical workers.
Italy is to get around 50 million doses of covid-19 vaccines in the second quarter of this year, reaching a total of u...
Newsweek crowns Gemelli Hospital in Rome the best hospital in Italy and among the top 100 in the world
The Fondazione Policlinico universitario Agostino Gemelli Irccs is the first in Italy to appear in the ranking of...
Italian government expected to tighten covid-19 restrictions at weekends and over Easter.
Italy is expected to introduce tighter covid-19 restrictions, based on the advice of the government's technical scientific commit...
UPDATE: Following the latest covid-19 restrictions, Rome's traffic-free Sunday scheduled for 14 March has been moved to 18 April.
Traffic restrictions programmed for 14 March to battle air pollution in Rome.
Rome motor...
Rome mayor announces free taxi scheme for over-80s travelling to receive covid vaccines in the capital.
Rome residents aged over 80 who have to receive the covid-19 vaccine will be able to reach the vaccination centres...
Italian president receives Moderna vaccine at the Spallanzani hospital.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella received his first dose of the covid-19 vaccine in Rome at midday today, 9 March.
The head of state, who wil...
Giovanni “Gianni” Agnelli, head of Fiat and an icon of Italian political and economic affairs, was a force to be reckoned with. A man of many names: L’Avvocato, Prince of Italy, King of Italy, and the Rake of the Riviera...
Italy has 42 landmarks in the 2021 Global Greening for St Patrick's Day, from Trajan's Column in Rome to the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Italy will have 42 sites and monuments included in the 2021 Global Greening, Ireland's...
Passengers and staff to be tested before getting on high-speed trains.
First there were the Alitalia covid-free flights between Rome and Milan airports. Now it is the turn of trains.
Italy's first covid-free train wi...
Anniversary coincides with the prospect of new restrictions in Italy as well as some startling statistics: 3 million covid-19 cases and 100,000 deaths.
On this day last year former Italian premier Giuseppe Conte made an...
Europe's tallest active volcano shows no signs of slowing down.Mount Etna continues to erupt, with a particularly violent explosion on 7 March sending a cloud of ash and lapilli raining down on villages surrounding the S...
Roma capitale marks Giornata internazionale della donna on social media.
On the occasion of International Women's Day, Roma Culture promotes the #DonneCultureRoma initiative, a programme of free events in the capital de...
Rome faces a 24-hour public transport strike on Monday 8 March.
Rome commuters can expect disruption to public transport services on Monday 8 March due to a 24-hour strike called by the Cub and Cobas trade unions repres...
Raggi pledges cycle path connecting Rome to Ostia.
Rome is planning to create a cycle path linking the city to the coast at Ostia, the mayor announced today.
Virginia Raggi made the announcement during a Facebook Live...
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