News
Wildfires in Sicily leave devastation in their path.
Mourners were forced to flee the wake of an elderly man, abandoning his coffin, after the sudden arrival of a wildfire in a residential area of Sicily's capital Paler...
Calabria governor pledges zero tolerance for arsonists.
Authorities in Italy's southern Calabria region used a drone to catch an arsonist in the act, amid a spate of wildfires in the south of the country in recent days,...
Five killed in storms in north and wildfires in south.
The Italian government is drawing up emergency legislation to help five regions to cope with the devastating effects of storms in the north and wildfires in the sou...
Incident sparks animal welfare debate in Italy.
A horse pulling a wedding carriage collapsed during one of the hottest days of the year in the southern Italian city of Trani, sparking outrage on social media.
The ani...
Palermo airport shut on Monday night due to fires.
The Milan area of northern Italy was hit by a violent thunderstorm in the early hours of Tuesday, with strong winds uprooting trees, ripping roofs off houses and causin...
Dangerous stunt took place in Polignano a Mare.
Police in Italy are seeking to catch up with a tourist who made a 32-metre jump off a cliff into the sea in Polignano a Mare, a popular seaside resort in the southern Pugl...
Colosseum urges tourists to respect heritage.
The Colosseum archaeological park has published a notice on its website warning of prison sentences of up to five years and hefty fines for those who vandalise the monument....
Rome bridge to reopen in September 2024.
Rome's Ponte dell'Industria, better known as Ponte di Ferro, has closed to traffic for around 14 months to allow for works to be carried out ahead of the Jubilee 2025.
The lan...
Strikes to affect local transport services in cities across Italy.
Commuters in Rome and other cities in Italy face disruption to local public transport services due to a national four-hour strike on Monday 24 July....
Museo della Scienza to be located in Flaminio area.
Rome unveiled plans for a new science museum in the capital on Thursday after the winning design was chosen by a jury chaired by the celebrated 'starchitect' Daniel Li...
Salvini says abandoning pets is "act of absolute barbarism".
Drivers in Italy who abandon their dogs by the roadside could risk having their driving licence suspended or revoked, under proposals by Italian transport min...
Drugs had market value of €850 million.
Italian customs police on Thursday announced the seizure of 5.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat off Sicily's south-western coast, hailing it as the biggest drug seizure ever m...
Interview with Alberto De Angelis, head of sales and innovation manager at Paideia and Mater Dei.
Italy may be a country that runs in large part on universal public healthcare, but private healthcare is increasingly mak...
Naples honours tenor Caruso with museum.
Italy's first national museum devoted to the great tenor Enrico Caruso opened in Naples on Wednesday, 150 years after the opera legend was born in the Italian city.
Housed in...
Manuscript had been stolen from Venice library.
Italy's culture minister has hailed the return of a precious manuscript in which Christopher Columbus, on his return from the Americas, announces the discovery of the New...
Large pine trees fall on doorstep of city hall.
A large pine tree fell in the heart of Rome's city centre early on Thursday morning, one week after a similar incident occurred nearby.
The tree collapsed in Piazza d'...
Zaki had received a three-year sentence on Tuesday.
Egyptian human rights activist Patrick Zaki was pardoned by Egypt's president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Wednesday, a day after being handed a three-year jail term on accu...
Mayor of seaside town says swimming fully dressed is "unacceptable".A mayor in northern Italy has criticised the practice of "Muslim foreigners" bathing fully clothed on beaches as "unacceptable", claiming it creates "in...
1500 number was used during covid pandemic.
Italy on Wednesday activated a helpline to provide people with useful tips on how to cope with the heat as well as information about social and health services available aroun...
23 Italian cities on red alert for heatwave on Wednesday.
Electricity consumption in Italy reached peak usage on Tuesday 18 July, hitting a new record for 2023, as people battled the heatwave with air conditioning and e...
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni to commemorate victims of Via D'Amelio bombing which took place on this day 31 years ago.
Italy marks the 31st anniversary of the murder of anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino who was assass...
80th anniversary of Allied bombing of S. Lorenzo in 1943.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella is to attend a ceremony in Rome on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied bombing of the city's S. Lorenzo dist...
Tourists struggle to buy Colosseum tickets on official website.
Italy's competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the online sale of tickets for the Colosseum amid claims they are being bought in bulk by b...
Rome's nasoni fountains provide free fresh drinking water.
Rome is blessed with more than 2,500 drinking fountains, known as nasoni, which provide residents and visitors with free fresh water all year round.
Why are...
Band pushes back concert times due to heat.
The much-anticipated Muse concert in Rome on Tuesday night will start later than scheduled in a decision taken by the British band in light of the heatwave in the Italian capi...
Brian Molko branded Italian premier 'fascist' and 'racist' during concert near Turin.
The prosecutor's office in Turin has opened an investigation after Brian Molko, the frontman of British band Placebo, insulted Italy'...
Ponza is the largest of the Pontine Islands, the string of tiny islands located off the coast of the Lazio region in Italy.Ponza is a popular summer vacation destination for Italians, especially Romans and Neapolitans, a...
Tourists continue to deface ancient landmark despite public outrage.
In recent days two teenage tourists vandalised the Colosseum by carving their names into the monument, weeks after a similar incident sparked outrage...
Flights suspended at Catania until 19 July.
Catania airport on the Italian island of Sicily has suspended all flights until 14.00 on Wednesday 19 July after a major fire broke out late on Sunday night.
An investigati...
Pompeii high-speed service runs once a month.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday inaugurated a new direct high-speed train linking Rome and Pompeii with a non-stop rail service for the first time.
Cultur...
The Wanted Network
Latest What's on
Latest classifieds
Energetic, family friendly StoryTeller and History Lover Rome
Are you a perfectly English speaking , interactive story teller? You love to work with people, are energetic and love History? You live in Rome and have immediate availability to t...
Full Time One-to-One Learning Support Assistants - September 2024
Marymount International School is seeking One-to-One Learning Support Assistants for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Full time, Monday-Friday, 08:30-15:30.
Start Date: August/Septem...
Online English Tutor, British mother tongue. I can help with conversation and grammar. For more information contact
Jessica : jska05@outlook.com
Addetto al ricevimento per hotel 4 stelle per turni diurni e notturni. Si richiede bella presenza, predisposizione al lavoro e al cliente, serietà, puntualità, buona volontà. Contr...
