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Visit the Colosseum under the stars with guided tours in English and Italian.
Guided tours of the Colosseum take place every Saturday night this summer, from 25 July to 29 August 2020, thanks to the return of the Luna s...
Renaissance treasure in Chigi Chapel is restored to former glory.
Rome has restored The Sibyls fresco by Italian Renaissance artist Raphael - on the 500th anniversary of his death - in the Chigi Chapel in the Church of...
Italy designates 18 March as national day to remember its coronavirus victims.
Italy's parliament has designated 18 March as National Day in Memory of covid-19 victims, with the unanimous approval of the decision marked...
Italy's health minister calls on people to follow three "essential" rules.
Italy's health minister Roberto Speranza has said that a "second wave" of covid-19 in Italy is "possible," reports Italian news agency Adnkronos...
One of the most popular reasons for traveling to Italy is to experience the world-renowned Italian cuisine, including classic pastas and pizzas.
More than 5 million Americans visit Italy every year, making it one of th...
Metro B closure will affect EUR neighbourhood of Rome.
Rome is to close the Laurentina-EUR Magliana section of the Metro B line, in both directions, from 8 until 23 August to allow for maintenance works.
The closure...
Rome's newest art museum falls victim to covid-19 regulations.
Musja, a privately-owned museum dedicated to contemporary art, is closing down exactly a year after it opened its doors on a side street near Campo de' Fior...
Italy's Health Minister, Roberto Speranza, stated that the country is out of the covd-19 storm during his speech at the Coldiretti assembly - the Italian organization of farmers.
"I believe that Italy has made it, I'm...
Italy looks at new ways of sharing Italian culture with the world.
Italy's culture ministry has been allocated €10 million for the creation of an online platform that gives paid access to Italian culture, as part of the...
Netflix has sponsored the last two Christmas trees in Rome.
Rome is seeking a sponsor for this year's Christmas tree which this year - due to Metro C works - will not be installed in its usual city-centre location in Pi...
Its popularity spread throughout western Europe, and in 1569 it arrived in Rome, where Pope Pius V declared it repulsive.
The history of chocolate goes back millennia, but its popularity at Easter is much more recent. C...
Tourists on popular holiday island must wear masks at weekends when outdoors.
Visitors to the Italian island of Capri will be obliged to wear masks outdoors at weekends amid fears of covid-19 contagion among growing cro...
Chiara Ferragni recently posed for a photo shoot for Vogue at the Uffizi Museum in Florence, but not everyone appreciates it, and some are critical.
The famous influencer took part in a night visit to the historical mus...
27 EU leaders reach deal on €750 billion Recovery Fund after marathon summit ends at dawn on 21 July.
European Union leaders reached agreement on a €750 billion stimulus plan for their coronavirus-hit economies on 21 Ju...
Luca Lo Pinto takes over as director of MACRO museum in Rome.
Rome's MACRO museum of contemporary art has reopened after an extended closure - initially for renovation works but extended due to the covid-19 crisis - und...
Rome's annual film festival is scheduled from 15-25 October 2020.
The 2020 edition of the Rome Film Festival will screen a documentary about the career of former AS Roma captain and Italy striker Francesco Totti, report...
Rome zoo christens its two lion cubs Naisha and Aasha.
Rome's Bioparco zoo has presented two lion cubs to the world - Naisha and Aasha - both born during Italy’s covid-19 lockdown.
The female cubs were the first Asia...
Hidden cameras caught Rome cemetery workers involved in macabre scam.
A police investigation is underway after Rome cemetery workers were filmed dismembering bodies buried at Prima Porta graveyard as part of a scam that...
On 15 June 2000, ex-windsurfing champion and Italian television producer Enrico ‘Chico’ Forti was sentenced to life in prison without parole in Florida for the murder of Dale Pike.
20 years later Italian officials are...
Ancient Roman monument illuminated with new lights.
Rome has illuminated the Arch of Constantine with new LED lights, replacing the old lighting system at the fourth-century landmark beside the Colosseum.
Rome's mayo...
Classic bread roll in continuing decline in Rome.
Rome's bakeries are producing fewer and fewer rosette, the rose-shaped hollow white bread roll, which has been in decline over the past few years.
The average daily p...
Lake Nemi is a volcanic lake located in the Park of Castelli Romani, a rural pocket of the Lazio region.
Lago di Nemi in Italian, Lake Nemi is 33 metres deep and nestled among the Colli Albani, the Alban Hills. Two sma...
Italy adds three more countries to travel ban list.
Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo have been added to the list of countries banned from entering Italy due to the covid-19 crisis, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
The...
AMA workers shot with air gun while working in Rome suburb.
Two workers from Rome's trash collection service AMA were hit with pellets fired from an air rifle in the S. Basilio suburb of the capital, reports Italian new...
President Mattarella attends production of Rigoletto under the stars in Rome.
Rome's opera house, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, staged the premiere of a new production of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto in the Circus Maximus la...
Weather alert in place for 9-12 hours today in Rome and Lazio region.
Rome has issued a weather alert, following a warning from the regional civil protection agency, from late morning on Friday 17 July, in the capital a...
Italian cultural organisations restart by thinking outside the box and moving events into the open air.
Italy's cultural sector has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus crisis which has dashed the plans of man...
The US has more reported coronavirus cases and deaths than any country in the world.
Despite growing case numbers, the population of the country is caught in a tug of war between reopening the economy and protecting at...
Luci sul Tempio di Adriano takes place each evening at nightfall.
The monumental façade of Rome's Temple of Hadrian in Piazza di Pietro in the historic centre is illuminated each evening in a spectacular light and sound...
Sicilian capital hit by flash floods as firefighters continue to search for missing people in underpass.
Firefighters in Palermo have spent all night searching for people who may be trapped in a car in a flooded underpa...
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