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Meloni and Berlusconi guests at Salvini's birthday bash.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni and deputy premier Matteo Salvini on Friday night united in an impassioned karaoke rendition of Canzone di Marinella by Ital...
Puri Purini will be the first Italian to serve as Andrew Heiskell Arts Director.
The American Academy in Rome has appointed the Italian art historian, curator and scholar Ilaria Puri Purini to a three-year term as Andre...
Teatro Valle has been closed for almost a decade.
Rome's historic Teatro Valle, described by the city as Europe's oldest modern theatre, is set to reopen at the start of 2025 following a €6.7 million restoration project...
From unassuming trattorias to gourmet establishments, here is a directory of divine locations for indulging in the staple dish of Roman cuisine.Carbonara, along with gricia, amatriciana and cacio e pepe, is among the fun...
Government set to stiffen penalties for traffickers.
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni will hold a cabinet meeting on Thursday afternoon in Cutro, near the site of a migrant shipwreck in which dozens of people lost their l...
Azzurri take on Wales in Rome's Stadio Olimpico.
Italy will face Wales in the penultimate round of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations rugby union championship at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday 11 March, with kick of...
Health minister to "follow science, not ideology".Smoking could soon be banned in Italy's outdoor bar areas and at bus stops, according to the contents of a draft bill published by Italian newspaper La Stampa on Sunday....
Military aircraft collide in mid-air near Rome.
Two Italian air force pilots were killed when the military planes they were flying collided over Guidonia Montecelio, about 35 km north-east of Rome, at midday on Tuesday...
Harding to succeed Sir Antonio Pappano in Rome.
British conductor Daniel Harding has been named the next music director of Rome's prestigious Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, one of the world's oldest music institu...
When you hear the name Leonardo Da Vinci, the first places that come to mind are Florence, Milan, or France.
Not everyone knows that Bologna also welcomed him for a short time. It was 1515 when the artist, in the corte...
Turin protest began peacefully but turned violent.
A demonstration in Turin in support of jailed anarchist leader Alfredo Cospito descended into violence and vandalism on Saturday evening, with police using tear gas and...
Rome to create Museo della Scienza.
Daniel Libeskind, the celebrated Polish-American architect, is to chair a jury tasked with selecting the winning design for a new science museum in Rome.
Libeskind, who has designe...
McCain to succeed outgoing WFP director David Beasley.
Cindy McCain, currently the US ambassador and permanent representative to the UN Agencies in Rome, was appointed as executive director of the World Food Programme (...
Cardinals can no longer live rent-free in Vatican.
Pope Francis has ended the practice of allowing cardinals and senior church officials to live rent-free in Vatican-owned properties, as part of new cost-saving measures...
Mattarella visit comes as government faces backlash over migrant deaths.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella travelled to the southern seaside town of Crotone on Thursday to pay his respects to the victims of Sunday's b...
Italy prepares national plan to combat water crisis.
The Italian government is preparing a decree to tackle the effects of drought after a winter of little or no rainfall, by creating a special commissioner and task for...
In Italy, music is important for cultural heritage, national pride, and bringing people together through different styles of music- old and new. Many Italian singers have emerged throughout the years leaving a large impa...
Cassano becomes Italy's highest-ranking judge.
Margherita Cassano has been appointed as president of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation and becomes the first woman in Italy to hold this position.
Cassano, previou...
Vanvitelli, who died on 1 March 1773, was Italy's most prominent architect of the 18th century.
Italy is holding a series of events in honour of Luigi Vanvitelli, the Italian architect famed for designing the Royal Pala...
Stop-off in Italy en route back to US from Kenya.
US First Lady Jill Biden availed of a quick stop-off in Naples on Sunday night to enjoy a taste of the southern Italian city's famed pizza, media reports in Italy.
As...
Opposition rounds on Piantedosi as shipwreck death toll rises.
Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi has caused public outrage for his response to Sunday's shipwreck off the southern Italian coast which has claime...
Schlein becomes first woman to lead PD.
Italy's centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) on Sunday elected Elly Schlein as the party's ninth leader, replacing Enrico Letta who quit following poor results in last October's g...
More than 50 migrants, including a baby a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, rescue services said.
"At the current time, 80 people...
Nationalists clash with Europhiles in Italy as parliament votes to delay EU law revoking beach concessions for Italy’s private lidos. President Mattarella agrees to enact changes but expresses his concerns.
Holiday at t...
Costanzo was a familiar face on Italian television for decades.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni led tributes to the celebrated journalist, television host and author Maurizio Costanzo who died in Rome on Friday ag...
41-bis protest slammed by government ministers.
Supporters of jailed Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito staged a protest at Rome's Vittoriano monument on Thursday, setting off smoke bombs and unfurling a banner that read...
Sordi died in Rome 20 years ago today.
Rome is to honour the much-loved Roman actor and comedian Alberto Sordi, who died on 24 February 2003, with a statue in the Italian capital.
The statue will reportedly be placed...
Valditara slams principal's letter as "improper".
Italy's education minister Giuseppe Valditara faced calls to resign on Thursday for criticising a Florence high school principal who wrote a letter warning of the risks...
Doctor passed himself off as Italy's head of state.
An Italian doctor faces charges of fraud and impersonation after posing as the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, in a clumsy attempt to land a job at a top hospit...
Image of bear posted on hacked Italian sites.
A Russian hacking group targeted the websites of several Italian institutions and companies on Wednesday following a visit to Ukraine by Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni.
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