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Bernini's Baldachin will be restored in time for Jubilee Year 2025.
The Vatican is to unveil the restored gilded bronze canopy that towers over the high altar of St Peter's Basilica on 27 October, following a major 10-m...
No changes in Italy's top names for girls and boys.The most popular baby names chosen by new parents in Italy in 2023 were once again Sofia and Leonardo, according to a report by national statistics office ISTAT.
Sofia,...
Rome's autumn roses on display for 18 days.
Rome will reopen the municipal rose garden to the public from Thursday 24 October until Sunday 10 November 2024, the city announced on Wednesday.
For the duration of the sp...
Paolo Sorrentino's 10th film is set in Naples.
Parthenope, the latest movie by the award-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, is scheduled for release in cinemas across Italy on Thursday 24 October.
Like his la...
A local's guide to what's on in Rome in November.
November in Rome is traditionally one of the quieter times to visit the Eternal City however based on the hordes of tourists so far this year it may be more crowded than...
Births in Italy set to drop further in 2024.
Italy's birth rate fell by 3.4 per cent in 2023 with 379,890 births, 13,000 fewer than the previous year, according to data released by national statistic office ISTAT on Mon...
Togliatti Tram will serve Rome's three subways and the FL2 railway line in the east of the city.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Monday inaugurated the construction site for the Togliatti Tram, a new 8-km tram line in t...
New bus shelters to be installed across Rome.
Rome will soon install new high-tech bus shelters equipped with touchscreen services and USB charging points, the city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri announced.
In addition to...
Italy faces wave of extreme weather this weekend.
The north Italian city of Bologna was largely underwater on Saturday night after more than 80mm of rain fell in a few hours, causing the river Ravone to break its banks....
Museo del Ricordo to remember Foibe victims.
Italy is to establish a museum in Rome to commemorate the victims of the Foibe massacres after the €8 million project got the green light from parliament on Thursday.
The...
Italian judges rule that 12 migrants must return to Italy in a major setback for the highly contested scheme.
A court in Rome on Friday ruled against the detention of 12 migrants sent for processing at centres in Albani...
Automotive workers to hold national protest in Rome on Friday.
Workers in Italy's entire automotive sector including the Stellantis automaker group will down tools on Friday 18 October, with a major demonstration planne...
Italian culture minister Alessandro Giuli was at the helm of MAXXI for almost two years.
MAXXI, Italy’s National Museum of 21st Century Arts, saw ticket sales fall by 30 per cent last year under its former president Ale...
Italian law extends ban on surrogacy abroad, with penalties of up to two years in jail and up to €1 million in fines.
Italy has made it illegal for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy after the senate vote...
"Every book is a journey" on Rome's subway.
Rome has unveiled a subway train decorated with literary quotations and messages urging passengers to spend their journey reading a book instead of looking at their phones....
Apollo Belvedere back on display after five years.
The Vatican Museums on Tuesday unveiled the newly restored Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo dating from the second century.
Th...
Nazis deported more than 1,000 Jews from Rome to Auschwitz in October 1943.
Rome's Jewish community on Wednesday commemorated the 81st anniversary of the deportation of more than 1,000 of the city’s Jews to the Nazi ext...
Festa del Cinema di Roma celebrates 19 years in Rome.
The 2024 Rome Film Festival offers cinema fans 12 days of movie premieres, screenings, masterclasses and special guests in the Italian capital from 16-27 October....
Times of public transport strike in Italy on Friday vary from city to city.
Commuters in Milan and other cities across Italy face disruption to local public transport services on Friday 18 October due to a nationwide 24...
Rome's billion-euro incinerator set to be ready by 2027.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Monday outlined plans to build a giant new waste-to-energy incinerator to tackle garbage disposal problems in the Italian capital....
Viale Francis Ford Coppola unveiled ahead of Rome Film Festival.
Francis Ford Coppola, the celebrated Italian-American director best known for The Godfather trilogy, was honoured at Rome's legendary Cinecittà film studi...
Meloni responds to criticism from Sea Watch.
Italy has opened two migrant reception centres in Albania to process male migrants intercepted at sea by Italian authorities, amid strong criticism from human rights groups....
Pro-Palestinian rally to take place in Udine before match.
A Nations League football match between Italy and Israel will be held on Monday amid tight security in the north Italian city of Udine, against the backdrop of...
Experts largely dismiss claim due to lack of concrete evidence.
A new Spanish documentary has reignited the debate about the origins of Christopher Columbus, suggesting that the famed explorer was born in Spain, not Ita...
Rally to result in street closures in Rome.
A pro-Palestinian rally is to take place in Rome on Saturday 12 October, with thousands of people expected to march through the streets of the capital.
The demonstration is...
FAI opens historic sites in Italy on 12-13 October.
More than 700 noted Italian buildings and historic sites open to the public for free on the weekend of 12-13 October as part of the annual Giornate FAI d'Autunno event...
Walkout by railway workers is one of a series of strikes in Italy in October.
Train passengers in Italy face disruption to rail services on the weekend of 12-13 October due to a 24-hour strike by railway staff, affectin...
Crosetto summons Israeli ambassador to Italy over attacks on United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
Italy's government on Thursday formally protested to Israel after the headquarters of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission...
Campania region of Italy schedules IT-alert test.
Italy will test its new IT-alert system in the southern Campania region around Naples on Friday 11 October at 17.00 when members of the public will receive a "TEST" mess...
Gaetano Pesce artwork sparks controversy in Naples.
A monumental art installation in Naples by the late Italian artist and designer Gaetano Pesce is at the centre of a controversy in the city over its "phallic" appearan...
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