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Mattarella has been Italy's head of state since 2015.
Sergio Mattarella on Friday became Italy's longest-serving president, surpassing the record held by his predecessor Giorgio Napolitano, who died last month aged 98....
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Rome is seeking to recruit 100 new refuse collection workers to clean the streets of the capital, including sweeping up leaves and emptying bins, in a bid to tidy up th...
Volcanic area registers increased seismic activity in recent days.
Italy's volcanic Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields area near Naples was shaken by a 4.0-magnitude earthquake on Monday night, the latest in a series of...
Piazza was closed to public since 2013.
Rome has reopened Piazza Colonna, the central square outside the headquarters of the Italian government, after being off-limits to the public for much of the last decade.
Pedes...
Strongest earthquake to hit area in 40 years.
The Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields area of Italy's southern Campania region near Naples was shaken by a 4.2-magnitude earthquake at 03.35 on Wednesday 27 September.
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Lazio region of Italy reschedules IT-Alert for midday on 27 September.
Italy's new IT-alert system will be tested in the Lazio region around Rome on Wednesday 27 September at midday when the public will receive a "test"...
IT-Alert test scheduled in Rome and Lazio on Thursday called off.
The testing of Italy's new public alert system in the Lazio region around Rome on Thursday 21 September has been postponed to a later date due to expecte...
No reports of injuries or damage after earthquake.
The Italian regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna were shaken by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake early on Monday 18 September.
The epicentre of the quake was in the Marra...
Meloni seeks EU help to block migrant crossings.
The Italian government is ready to introduce "extraordinary measures" to deal with a surge of migrant arrivals, premier Giorgia Meloni pledged in a video on Friday night....
Rosa Scafa served from 1952 until 1985.
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday led tributes to Rosa Scafa, Italy's first female police officer, who died on Monday at the age of 98.
"Thank you for having served Ita...
Cyber attack hits Rome sites operated by Zètema.
A number of websites relating to Rome museums, tourism and cultural services promoted by the Italian capital remain offline following a cyber attack on Monday.
Hackers...
Storms to replace heatwave in Italy in the last days of August.Italy's northern and central regions will face storms, high winds and heavy rainfall in the coming days as a late-summer heatwave comes to an end, weather fo...
Heatwave in Italy to be replaced by storms and sharp drop in temperatures next week.
Italy's health ministry has issued a red alert warning for 19 major cities on Friday as the current 'Nerone' heatwave draws to an end,...
Sensational discovery made headlines around the world.
The famed Riace Bronzes, two ancient Greek warrior statues, were found by chance in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Italy's southern Calabria region on this day 51...
Palio is held each summer on 2 July and 16 August.
The historic Palio di Siena horse race returns on Wednesday, the day after Italy's Ferragosto holiday, with bareback riders battling it out in the mediaeval heart of th...
Skipper of speed boat results positive in toxicology test.
Italian authorities have opened an investigation into the death of a 45-year-old American tourist who was killed after the chartered motorboat she was travellin...
Wildfires in Sicily leave devastation in their path.
Mourners were forced to flee the wake of an elderly man, abandoning his coffin, after the sudden arrival of a wildfire in a residential area of Sicily's capital Paler...
Zaki had received a three-year sentence on Tuesday.
Egyptian human rights activist Patrick Zaki was pardoned by Egypt's president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Wednesday, a day after being handed a three-year jail term on accu...
Mayor of seaside town says swimming fully dressed is "unacceptable".A mayor in northern Italy has criticised the practice of "Muslim foreigners" bathing fully clothed on beaches as "unacceptable", claiming it creates "in...
Brian Molko branded Italian premier 'fascist' and 'racist' during concert near Turin.
The prosecutor's office in Turin has opened an investigation after Brian Molko, the frontman of British band Placebo, insulted Italy'...
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