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Costa Concordia ran aground off west coast of Italy on 13 January 2012.
Italy marks 12 years since the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio, resulting in 32 deaths, in one of the worst...
Influencer makes €1 million donation to Turin hospital amid storm over misleading charity claims
Italy's top fashion influencer, Chiara Ferragni, is at the centre of a controversy for allegedly profiting handsomely from...
Carabinieri recruit Saetta, the robot police dog.
Italy's Carabinieri military police on Tuesday unveiled Saetta, a remote-controlled robotic dog which initially will be assigned to the bomb squad in Rome.
The four-l...
Rome to transform grounds in front of landmark church.
Italy's annual May Day concert will leave behind its traditional venue outside Rome's Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano next year and move to the Circus Maximus,...
Last of Churchill's Few seeks to trace Italian girl who risked her life to save him.
The last surviving RAF fighter pilot from the Battle of Britain has issued an appeal for help in tracking down an Italian woman who sa...
All patients evacuated from Tivoli hospital.
Three people died after a large fire broke out on Friday night at a hospital in Tivoli, a town located about 30km east of Rome, with around 200 patients evacuated.
The fir...
Holiday marks the start of the Christmas season in Italy.
Italy marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a Catholic holy day, with a national public holiday on Friday 8 December.
More than 13 million Italians a...
Christmas Coca-Cola Truck comes to Rome for the seventh year in a row.
Coca-Cola once again supports Banco Alimentare, the non-profit organisation which has distributed surplus food to people in need across Italy for th...
Festa dell'Immacolata is a public holiday in Italy.
Rome marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Friday 8 December - a Catholic holy day and a national public holiday in Italy - with a series of traditions and s...
Outcry after Italian ski resort dropped Cervinia.
The famed ski resort of Cervinia in northern Italy on Thursday reverted to its pre-Fascist era name of Le Breuil before doing an about-turn following political pressure....
Saudi Arabia capital wins Expo 2030 bid by landslide.Italy was left disappointed on Tuesday after Rome lost out to Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh in its bid to host Expo 2030, following a secret ballot held by the Bureau...
Trees and branches fall around Rome amid yellow weather warning.
An 82-year-old Italian woman died in Rome on Saturday morning after being hit by a falling tree amid strong winds in the capital.
Rome prosecutors have...
Calls to 1522 double after Giulia Cecchettin murder.
The Italian government on Friday night lit up the façade of its Rome headquarters with the 1522 helpline on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Vi...
Rallies to take place on Saturday in Rome and Sicily.
Italy marks the 2023 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with major demonstrations in Rome and Messina on Saturday 25 November.
The ra...
Move comes amid outrage and debate in Italy after murder of Giulia Cecchettin.
The Italian senate on Wednesday unanimously backed new measures to clamp down on violence against women and to strengthen measures already i...
Graffiti featured swastika with Star of David.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has condemned the "unacceptable" and "vile" anti-Semitic graffiti that appeared in the city's Jewish quarter and the Trastevere district on Thu...
Remembrance Day 2023 to be marked at Rome War Cemetery.
A Remembrance Day service will be held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the Testaccio area of Rome on Friday 10 November at 10.45.
The serv...
4 November was a public holiday in Italy until 1976.
The Italian government is at work to restore National Unity and Armed Forces Day as a public holiday, Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto said on 4 November.
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Frecce Tricolori jets to fly over Rome on 4 November.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella will attend a ceremony at Rome’s Altare della Patria to mark national unity and the armed forces at 09.00 on Saturday 4 November....
Tuscany governor declares a state of emergency.
At least three people were killed as a result of severe floods that hit Italy's central Tuscany region on Thursday night as Storm Ciaran sweeps the country with heavy rain...
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