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As from today, 16 August, vacationers returning to Italy from Spain, Greece, Croatia and Malta will be subjected to nasal swabs.
They will also be obligated to stay in their homes, and to remain in isolation until furt...
Coronavirus: Rome nurse's message goes viral.
A frontline nurse in Rome has attacked those who don't care about Italy's covid-19 precautions and those who deny the existence of coronavirus in a strongly-worded social me...
Happy ending for little dog left abandoned on Rome street.
A Rome police officer has adopted a puppy that he found abandoned on the side of the road, tied to a lamp post in the S. Giovanni area of the city.
The polic...
Italy adds Colombia to its travel ban list.
Travellers arriving into Italy from Croatia, Greece, Malta and Spain must be tested for covid-19 as concern grows over new infections amid a recent surge of coronavirus cases...
Italy is open to EU visitors but restrictions remain for US tourists.
Italy reopened to tourists from the European Union and the Schengen Area on 3 June, allowing unrestricted travel after months of lockdown due to the...
Horse died allegedly due to fatigue and heat while carrying tourists.
A horse pulling a carriage with tourists died at Italy's Royal Palace of Caserta today, 12 August, with images of the dead animal quickly going viral...
Hotels in Rome cut their rates by up to half as they battle to entice handful of tourists.
Rome's hotels are slashing their rates, in some cases by 50 per cent, in a desperate bid to attract the few tourists visiting th...
Hospital and fines for tourists who shared the same scooter and broke a red light.
Two British tourists who were travelling aboard the same electric scooter crashed into a bin truck near the Colosseum after breaking a r...
Italy registers jump in number of infections among Italian holidaymakers returning from abroad.
Health officials in Italy are concerned by a spike in the number of infections among Italian holidaymakers returning home f...
Human trials to be held at Spallanzani hospital in Rome.
More than 3,000 people have volunteered to take part in human trials for an Italian-developed coronavirus vaccine, reports news agency ANSA.
This was announced...
Raggi's announcement follows months of speculation.
Virginia Raggi, the current mayor of Rome, has announced her intention to seek a second term in office, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
Raggi reportedly announced h...
Rome on red alert for heatwave this Wednesday.Rome has issued a 'Level 3' heatwave warning for Wednesday 12 August.
The bollino rosso or 'red alert' warning indicates emergency conditions with possible negative effects...
Two Rome city buses went up in smoke while in service today.
A Rome city bus burst into flames at 12.40 today, 10 August, between Viale Regina Margherita and Via Nomentana, reports Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
The...
Massive success for Raphael blockbuster in Rome.
Rome's Raphael exhibition has sold out of tickets three weeks before the blockbuster comes to an end on 30 August, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
Titled Raffaello 1...
Blood donation appeal from Lazio Region as people prepare to go on summer holidays.
The Lazio Region, which includes Rome, has launched an appeal for people to donate blood before they go on vacation.
"It is a gestur...
Lazio Region announces human trials of 'Made in Italy' covid-19 vaccine.
Human trials of an Italian-developed covid-19 vaccine will begin at Rome's Spallanzani hospital from 24 August, reports Italian news agency ANSA....
The Archaeological Park of Pompeii, open again after a three-month lockdown due to covid-19, has seen a remarkable reversal of fortunes over the last decade.
Pompeii was the first Italian archaeological site to reopen t...
WHO director-general retweets post by Italy's health minister.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that other countries are learning from Italy's efforts in tack...
Italy's obligation to wear masks in enclosed public spaces and engage in social distancing is set to continue.
Italy is set to extend the obligation to wear protective facemasks in enclosed public spaces, including shop...
Researchers recreate 3D computerised reconstruction of Raphael's face.
Could this be what Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino - better known internationally as Raphael - actually looked like?
In the year of the 500th annivers...
Rome introduces Waidy app to help people discover the location and history of the city's fountains, nasoni and aqueducts.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has launched Waidy, a new app that highlights the location and history...
Preliminary contract signed last night by new owner of AS Roma football team.
James Pallotta, the current owner of AS Roma, has signed the preliminary contracts to sell the football club to Texas billionaire Dan Friedki...
Tourists caught inside Roman Forum by Parco Colosseo security guards.
Four young English tourists were caught in the Roman Forum after they scaled the gates at the Arch of Titus, near the Colosseum, in the early hours o...
Ryanair faces suspension in Italy over alleged “repeated violations” of covid-19 regulations.
Italy's civil aviation authority ENAC has threatened to suspend Ryanair's permit to fly in the country for allegedly not resp...
Conte echoes call from Italian president to respect the rules in place to contain the spread of covid-19.
Italy's prime minister Giuseppe Conte has again stressed that respecting the "minimal but necessary" covid-19 pre...
Forest fire approaches the village of Pettino near L'Aquila.
Firefighters, soldiers and civil protection volunteers are working around the clock in an effort to combat a wildfire that is approaching the village of Petti...
The two friends perform Italian version of Sting hit Fields of Gold.
Italian singer-songwriter and musician Zucchero "Sugar" Fornaciari has published a short video clip of himself singing an impromptu duet with English...
Lazio Region links nightlife for covid-19 clusters at beach resorts.
Lazio regional health authorities have linked nightlife with covid-19 clusters at Sabaudia and Fregene, popular beach resorts near Rome.
Establishm...
Mayor of Rome says Italian capital is an "anti-Fascist city."
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has ruled out categorically a proposal to create a museum dedicated to Fascism in the Italian capital, reports news agency ANSA....
Wild boar seek refreshment from nasone in Rome suburb.
Three wild boar have been immortalised in a photograph showing them slumped under a nasone water fountain in the south Rome suburb of Torrino on the first weekend o...
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