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Rome moves horse-drawn carriages to parks and offers botticelle drivers taxi licences in exchange.
Rome has banned the traditional horse-drawn carriages from operating on the city's streets, ordering that the so-called...
100 Presepi moves to colonnade of Piazza S. Pietro.
The 2020 edition of 100 Presepi, Rome's international Nativity crib exhibition, will be held under the colonnade of St Peter's Square, from 13 December until 10 Januar...
The effects of covid on quality of life: Rome moves up 26 positions while cities in Northern Italy collapse.
Italia Oggi and La Sapienza University of Rome have released their annual ranking on the quality of life in th...
Pontiff will not make annual pilgrimage on 8 December this year, breaking a tradition dating back to 1953.
Pope Francis has cancelled his annual pilgrimage into the centre of Rome for the feast of the Immaculate Concept...
Digital project to be funded with €10 million from Italian culture ministry.
An ambitious project to create what has been hailed as the "Netflix of Italian Culture" has taken further steps to becoming a reality, reports...
Piazza Venezia closed off this morning for Mission Impossible film set.
Rome's central Piazza Venezia will be sealed off this morning, Sunday 29 November, from 07.00 until 10.00, to allow the filming of scenes for Missi...
Rome gears up for Christmas with tree and festive lights.
Rome has had second thoughts about the location of the city's Christmas tree which will be set up as usual in Piazza Venezia, and not in Piazza del Popolo, accor...
Pediatricians describe what coronavirus took away from children in Italy
We have read and listened to it more than once these past months, and not without relief: children are less affected by covid- 19. And when they...
Maximo shopping mall - with Rome's first Primark store - opens today.
Rome police are to control the numbers of people entering the city centre today as consumers seek to combine Black Friday sales with their Christmas...
New travel corridor to eliminate quarantine requirement on covid-tested flights connecting Atlanta and Rome.
Delta Air Lines and Alitalia are to operate covid-tested, "quarantine free" flights between select airports in...
Guide on how to be seductive while at the supermarket causes storm of controversy in Italy.
Italian state broadcaster Rai has cancelled one of its shows after it offered women tips on how to "shop in a sexy way" to sedu...
Naples is to rename its stadium after the city's beloved football hero.
The death of Diego Armando Maradona, on 25 November, has plunged the Italian city Naples into mourning for the football legend who played seven gol...
Alice Pasquini paints mural project at Rome's Gemelli hospital.
Rome street artist Alice Pasquini has created two new murals in the grounds of the Gemelli hospital in the capital.
Alice Pasquini: Roman street artist...
A tourist repents after 4 years and returns stolen marble from the Roman Forum.
It was delivered in the morning. A voluminous package, rather heavy, packed with care. The recipient was the National Roman Museum, and d...
Rome's MAXXI honoured with an Italian stamp.
Italy celebrates the 10th birthday of MAXXI, the national museum of 21st century art, with a commemorative stamp.
Issued on 24 November by the ministry of economic develop...
Number of women killed in Italy so far in 2020 down slightly from same 10-month period last year but still one murder every three days.
91 women have been killed in Italy in the first 10 months of 2020, compared to 99 d...
Mayor condemns footage of motorbike stunt in newly-restored Rome fountain but the video turns out to be years old.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has condemned the "disgraceful" actions of a youth who drove his motorbike int...
Museum curator finds evidence to support claim that Michelangelo was indeed behind the mystery portrait in Florence.
A carving of a man’s face on the walls of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, often attributed to Michelangel...
According to the daily bulletin of the Italian Ministry of Health 22,930 new cases of coronavirus have been registered in Italy in the last 24 hours, about 5,400 less than yesterday (28,337 new positive with 188,747 swab...
A long night patrol in front of the Roman park of Tor di Quinto, in the distance the soft lights of the Grande Raccordo Annulare highway. A setting that sparked romance.
A few days ago, a Municipal Police servic...
Once popular Novello holiday wine close to extinction in the Castelli region of Italy: restaurants no longer ask for it.
The fashion for the Novello wines, which traditionally opened the winter sales season in winerie...
Well-preserved bodies found in a "truly exceptional" discovery at Pompeii.
The skeletal remains of two men, believed to be a master and his slave, have been discovered at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in volcan...
Joe Biden soon to be joined in Naples crib by Kamala Harris.
Naples is renowned for its Christmas crib tradition and each year people look forward to seeing who the "new entries" will be - often figures from the world o...
People in Naples pay for covid-19 tests for those less well-off.
Neapolitans are paying for covid-19 tests for total strangers, inspired by the "caffè sospeso" tradition of a customer paying for an additional coffee to...
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma opens new season on Italian television.
The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma will open its season on 5 Dec without an audience in Teatro Costanzi but with one at home, thanks to streaming on Rai 3....
Vatican investigates usage of Franciscus papal account after it 'liked' a racy picture on Instagram.
The Vatican has launched an investigation into how Pope Francis’ official Instagram account 'liked' a sexy photo of a...
Jury presents shortlist for Italian culture capital 2022.
The shortlist of towns and cities vying for the title of Italian Capital of Culture 2022 has been narrowed down to 10 by the jury chaired by Prof. Stefano Baia C...
Strike action by Italy's public sector workers will cause disruption to transport, schools and healthcare.
Italy's transport, education and health sectors face disruption on Wednesday 25 November due to a national gener...
Consumers in Italy urged to support local businesses this Christmas.
"This Christmas buy from the shops in your neighbourhood."
This is the joint call from Italy's retail organisation Confesercenti and consumer watch...
With Italy divided into three covid-19 risk zones, not everyone will celebrate Christmas the same way.
The Italian government is at work to prepare new measures governing the Christmas period - a season normally full of...
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