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Rome allows historic automobiles to circulate following court rulings.
Rome has introduced new ZTL (limited traffic zone) restrictions within the city's green belt, limiting the circulation of more polluting vehicles in...
Trump claims victory over Harris in US presidential election.
Italy's rightwing prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday welcomed the results of the US presidential election, offering Donald Trump her "most sincere co...
Salvini rails against "communist judges" amid fresh blow to migrant scheme.
The Italian government's contested migrant repatriation scheme in Albania hit a fresh hurdle on Monday after a Sicilian court ruled that Egypt...
Eight-hour protest to affect trains across Italy.
Italy faces a nationwide train strike on Tuesday 5 November as railway workers call for greater security after the stabbing of a train conductor in Genoa on Monday.
T...
Italy's Unknown Solider or Milite Ignoto was buried in Rome on 4 November 1921.
In the aftermath of world war one, many nations determined that they would bury an anonymous corpse to symbolise all those who died on the...
Italy faces series of strikes affecting transport and travel in November 2024.
People travelling and commuting in Italy face disruption in November due to a series of strikes affecting air travel, trains and local publi...
Frecce Tricolori jets to fly over Rome on 4 November.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella will attend a ceremony at Rome’s Altare della Patria in honour of national unity and the armed forces at 09.00 on Monday 4 Novemb...
Italy adds 4 November to list of free museum dates.
State museums and archaeological sites across Italy will open their doors for free on Monday 4 November to mark National Unity and Armed Forces Day, the culture minist...
Rome hosts Villaggio Difesa from 1-4 November.
Italy will mark National Unity and Armed Forces Day with a four-day 'Defence Village' in celebration of the military at the Circus Maximus in Rome from 1-4 November.
The...
All Saints’ Day is a public holiday in Italy.
Italy marks All Saints' Day - known in Italian as Ognissanti or Tutti i Santi - with a national public holiday on 1 November.
This year the holiday falls on a Friday mean...
Witnesses saw boy hit girl's hands as she clung to balcony before falling to her death.
The juvenile court of Bologna on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a 15-year-old boy accused of killing his 13-year-old former girlf...
A quick guide to Halloween 2024 for kids and adults in Rome.
Rome embraces the ghoulish festival of Halloween - still a slightly foreign concept in Italy - with themed events and spooky shopfronts becoming increasingly...
Why Ancient Rome is underground todayRome's urban landscape was transformed over the centuries by floods, earthquakes, wars and cultural changes, as evidenced by the city's underground remains.Rome is a city where modern...
Judge's decision expected at end of November.
Milan prosecutors on Wednesday issued a new request for Italian tourism Daniela Santanchè to stand trial for alleged accounting fraud at her former publishing company Visibi...
Italian judges refer government decree to European Court of Justice.
The Italian government's contested migrant repatriation scheme in Albania has hit a fresh hurdle after the tribunal of Bologna challenged a new decree...
Jubilee mascot designed to engage younger audience.
The Vatican on Monday launched the official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, a cartoon character called Luce, whose name means "light" in Italian....
Rino Gaetano was born in Crotone on this day in 1950.
Italy remembers the late, great Italian singer-songwriter Rino Gaetano on Tuesday, the 74th anniversary of his birth on 29 October 1950.
More than four decades af...
Italy's Liguria region elects centre-right Marco Bucci as governor in a tight race against centre-left Andrea Orlando.
Italy's right-wing coalition government on Monday celebrated the victory of its candidate Marco Bucc...
100 Pittori takes place on Via Margutta.
100 Pittori, Rome's historic open-air art event, returns to Via Margutta with its 122nd edition from 31 October until 3 November 2024.
The four-day art festival will feature w...
With the Jubilee of Hope beginning on December 24th, finding accommodation for the following year as an international student in Rome becomes increasingly difficult.
For students who do not speak Italian fluently, locat...
Vote reignites heated debate in Trentino.
Residents of Val di Sole in the autonomous Trentino province in the far-north of Italy voted overwhelmingly against wild bears and wolves in a consultative referendum on Sunday....
Strike to affect ATAC transport services in Rome.
Rome commuters face disruption to local bus and subway services on Monday 28 October due to a 24-hour strike by public transport workers.
The strike, called by the US...
Daylight will begin one hour earlier from 27 October 2024.
Italy's clocks go back one hour at 03.00 on the night between Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October 2024, bringing an end to daylight saving time, or 'summer' time....
On World Pasta Day, a survey ranks the Top 10 most popular pasta dishes with tourists in Italy.
World Pasta Day, a day when pasta fans gather in restaurants, at home or online to celebrate their favourite dish, has been...
Venice to double number of entry fee days in 2025, from April to July, and hike the price of last-minute bookings.
Venice is to extend its day-tripper entry fee in 2025, after launching the controversial scheme earlier...
Rome hopes new AI guide will create "a quiet revolution" in how people experience the city.
Microsoft has unveiled Julia, a new Artificial Intelligence-based virtual assistant designed to help the more than 30 million v...
While studying abroad in Rome, the language I speak seems to act as a filter, changing how people respond to me and perceive me. Gracias and grazie, por favor and per favore—many Spanish words are similar to Italian. I f...
“When you are born in a country, you grow up, you study in that country, you make your first friends in that country, and then they tell you, 'No, you are not one of us. First of all, you get a disaffection to your count...
In a country renowned for its rich culture and history, lies a darker reality, where a woman’s autonomy can become justification for her murder. In Italy, the increasing number of women killed by their intimate partners...
Books return to Galleria Alberto Sordi in Rome.
Mondadori, the largest publishing company in Italy, will open a new bookshop at the Galleria Alberto Sordi shopping mall in the historic centre of Rome on Thursday.
Th...
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