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Rome ceremony to sign UNESCO bid for ancient Roman road.
Italy is moving forward with the candidacy process to have the Via Appia Antica inserted in the UNESCO World Heritage List, in what is the first such bid promoted...
Rescue workers recover body of Eurofighter pilot.
Italy's air force is to launch an investigation after a Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft crashed on its return to a military base in western Sicily, killing the pilot, on Tu...
Fourth victim of Fidene shooting.
A woman seriously injured in the shooting that took place on Sunday in north Rome, which claimed the lives of three other women, died in hospital on Tuesday.
Fabiana De Angelis, 50,...
Rome promotes green energy this Christmas.
The Christmas tree outside Rome city hall buildings in Piazza del Campidoglio will be lit with pedal power this year, the capital has announced.
The lights on the tree will...
Victims included friend of Italian premier.
Italian police arrested a man on Sunday after he opened fire during a condominium meeting in north-east Rome, killing three women and injuring four others, one seriously.
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Pompeii takes a green approach to site maintenance.
Pompeii has drafted in a flock of 150 sheep to trim the grass in green areas around the archaeological site in an experiment aimed at maintaining the Italian landmark...
Festa dell'Immacolata is a public holiday in Italy.
Rome marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Thursday 8 December - a Catholic holy day and a national public holiday in Italy - with a series of traditions and...
Last missing person found after 11-day search.
The body of the last person missing after the 26 November landslide on the Italian island of Ischia was recovered on Tuesday, bringing the final death toll to 12.
The vi...
After Spelacchio comes a new controversy.
Rome's Christmas tree was in the news for the wrong reasons again on Tuesday amid complaints over two giant solar panels at its base in the central Piazza Venezia.
The tree,...
Jesolo hosts 10 sand sculptures this Christmas.
Sculptors from around the world return to Jesolo, a seaside resort near Venice in north-east Italy, for an annual sand festival dedicated to religious art.
The 2022 edi...
Ischia's landslide, possible causes.
Ischia, the little Italian island hit by a deadly landslide last weekend, is a victim of geography and weather but also of illegal construction, experts and politicians agree.
El...
Zaki was released from jail in Egypt one year ago.
Rome has conferred honorary citizenship on Patrick Zaki, the Egyptian human rights activist and researcher of gender studies, the Italian capital announced on Thursday....
Search continues for last missing person.
The bodies of three of the last four people missing after Saturday's landslide on the Italian island of Ischia were found on Thursday, raising the death toll to 11.
The bodie...
Befana market is back after two years.
Rome's popular Befana market returns to Piazza Navona this Christmas, running from 1 December until 6 January 2023.
The event, a traditional fixture on Rome's Christmas calendar...
Rome to light up Christmas tree on Festa dell'Immacolata.Italy marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a Catholic holy day, with a national public holiday on 8 December.
The fact that the festa falls on a Thurs...
Christmas tree returns to Piazza Venezia in 2022.
Rome's Christmas tree arrived in the Italian capital before dawn on 29 November, with technicians at work to set it up in its traditional base in Piazza Venezia.
The...
Four days of free buses, subways and trams.
Rome's mobility plan for the Christmas season will offer incentives to use public transport and take taxis in the capital, from 8 December until 8 January.
The plan, unveil...
Rescue workers continue search throughout night.
The death toll from a landslide on the southern Italian island of Ischia rose to seven on Sunday night, with five people still missing and more than 200 people displaced,...
At least one dead and 11 missing after landslide.
The Italian government on Sunday declared a state of emergency on the southern island of Ischia after a deadly landslide hit the town of Casamicciola Terme at dawn on Sa...
Ischia mayor urges people on the island to stay indoors.
At least 13 people including a newborn baby were missing on the Italian island of Ischia after a landslide engulfed buildings at dawn on Saturday morning, ANSA ne...
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