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Italy opens international call for new director of Pompeii.Italy's culture ministry has launched an international search for a new director to run Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in volcanic ash in 79 AD, with the...
Pausini to sing from Colosseum in support of I Love Beirut project.
Italian singer Laura Pausini is to perform in the Colosseum as part of the I Love Beirut project organised by the Lebanese singer Mika to support peopl...
Alberto Angela's Ulisse beats Temptation Island in Italy's television ratings.
Rome seen from above, as portrayed by Alberto Angela's television programme Ulisse: il piacere della scoperta - Sotto il cielo di Roma, attr...
Universities across Italy reopen for lessons with new covid-19 rules.
Italy's universities are to reopen for lessons on Monday 21 September, after a closure of more than six months due to the coronavirus emergency, anno...
Pontifical Academy for Life causes debate with "Black Pietà" tweet.An image of Michelangelo's Pietà depicting Jesus as black, tweeted by the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life, has caused much debate in Italy and else...
"Worst night of my life" American student tells court in Rome.
An American student on trial in Italy for the murder of a Rome policeman made an apology in court on 16 September, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
"I w...
Rapid covid-19 tests for passengers departing on Fiumicino-Linate flights with results back in half an hour.
Fiumicino airport in Rome and Linate airport in Milan will offer rapid covid-19 tests to passengers departing...
Ancona residents urged to keep their windows closed.
A fire of "vast proportions" broke out in the east Italian port of Ancona in the early hours of 16 September, reports news agency ANSA.
No casualties or injuries h...
Italian environmentalists fear millions of masks could end up dumped in nature.As students in Italy return to school after a six-month closure due to the covid-19 crisis, the Italian branch of the World Wildlife Fund has...
Fiumicino Airport wins world's first 5-star anti-covid award.
Rome's Fiumicino airport has become the first airport in the world to obtain the "COVID-19 5-Star Airport Rating" from Skytrax, the principal rating and asse...
Bianchi brothers and Pincarelli request protected area of Rome prison.
Three suspects in the brutal killing of Willy Monteiro Duarte, a 21-year-old beaten to death by a gang in Colleferro, have requested solitary confin...
Tourist crashes drone in Colosseum after being told he wasn't allowed to fly device.
A 40-year-old Polish tourist landed himself in trouble with Rome police after crashing his drone inside the Colosseum, where the flyin...
Outdoor lessons on the Palatine Hill solves covid-19 distancing problems as Italy's schools reopen after six months.
School children in Rome are swapping the classroom for open-air lessons in the Roman Forum and on the...
Rome centre becomes race track at night for e-scooters.
Rome's electric scooters continue to make negative headlines, with daily Italian newspaper La Repubblica running a feature today about the nightly races taking pla...
A glimpse on what might happen to kids when they fall sick this winter and how to get them back into school.
The new school year brings reunions with old friends, new teachers and new classrooms. But this year, it als...
First day of school in Italy for 5.6 million students.
Schools reopened in much of Italy on 14 September, for the first time since 4 March, in the early days of the covid-19 emergency.
This morning saw the return to...
Underage British tourists allegedly gang-raped by up to eight men in town near Matera.
Four men between the ages of 19 and 23 have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape of two 15-year-old British girls...
Rome to display world's most important private collection of ancient art.
The legendary Torlonia Collection, considered by many as the world's most important private collection of ancient marble sculptures, will at long...
Prenestino suburb is now home to "il nasone più bello di Roma"
A newly-restored drinking fountain in a Roman suburb is being hailed as the "most beautiful nasone in Rome," reports Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica....
Italy's new academic year begins with the reopening of schools on 14 September.
Around 13,000 teachers and staff in Italian schools have registered positive results after being tested for covid-19, days before Italy reo...
Conte to attend funeral as charges facing suspects are stepped up to murder in a case that has shocked Italy.
Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte is attending the funeral today of Willy Monterio Duarte, the 21-year-ol...
New porcelain zebra crossing on Via Giulia designed to avoid continuous maintenance.
Villa Giulia, one of the most beautiful streets in Rome's historic centre, will soon have a 'permanent' pedestrian crossing with white...
Retake Roma's 15,000 volunteers work hard to tackle Rome's urban decay.
“Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was Retake Roma. It was built up over 10 years, by thousands of people, in every district of the city. Ten...
Plans to create a "covid-free" route between Rome and Milan.
All passengers on flights between Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa will soon undergo a rapid swab test for covid-19, according to plans announced by the Lazi...
A brief and informal guide to the Inheritance Tax in Italy.
Inheritance tax rates and specificities differ from country to country, so here’s a brief and informal guide to the Italian Inheritance Tax as it compares with...
Canadian designer Daniel Voshart conjures up photorealistic portraits of 54 Roman emperors.
We have all seen the statues, either in books or in real life, but did you ever wonder what the Roman emperors actually looked...
Italian Tennis Federation angry that Rome tennis tournament will take place without the public.
The 2020 Internazionali d'Italia tennis tournament, also known as the Rome Masters or the Italian Open,will take place behi...
"They were jumping on him when he was lying helpless on the ground" says key witness in killing of Willy Monteiro Duarte.
An autopsy carried out on the body of Willy Monteiro Duarte, who was beaten to death by a gang in...
Archaeologists discover vast ancient pool complex but are baffled over its original function.
Italian archaeologists have announced the discovery of an ancient stone pool, dating to the fourth century BC, in an area of...
"Daily Tampon" saliva test gives results in just three minutes.
Italy's health ministry has approved a rapid saliva test for covid-19 which provides results in just three minutes, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
Th...
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