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Rome celebrates Santi Pietro e Paolo on 29 June.
Rome will light up the sky with a spectacular fireworks display on the night of Saturday 29 June to mark a holiday in honour of the city's patron saints Peter and Paul....
Fratelli d'Italia rattled by bombshell Fanpage report.
Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni has finally addressed the scandal involving her party's youth wing after some of its members were secretly filmed making racist and a...
Rome marks Festa di SS. Pietro e Paolo on 29 June.
Rome celebrates its patron saints Peter and Paul with a public holiday in the Italian capital on Saturday 29 June, leading to the closure of many shops and offices in t...
Rome temperatures to hit 35 degrees on Saturday.
Italy's health ministry has issued an orange alert heat warning for 17 cities including Rome on Saturday 29 June as a new heatwave sweeps the country.
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Campaign hits out at "cowards" who abandon their pets.
Rome has launched its annual awareness campaign urging the capital’s residents not to leave their pets behind as they set off on their summer holidays.
The "Enou...
City to upgrade toilets for Jubilee Year 2025.
Rome has unveiled plans to renovate more than 100 public toilets, many of which are in a poor state or closed, tackling a problem faced by tourists and residents for years....
Maximum dog weight on flights rises by 2 kg.
There is good news for people who wish to travel with their dogs in Italy as ITA Airways raises its weight limit for pets from 8 kg to 10 kg on domestic flights.
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Tiberis beach to stay open until 15 October.
Rome's artificial beach on the banks of the river Tiber is to be transformed into a permanent park at the end of this summer season, the city's mayor said on Tuesday.
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Rome triples the number of bins on city streets.
Rome has started the process of installing 18,000 new rubbish bins, tripling the total number on streets around the capital, in time for the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025....
Activists stage protest at Rome landmark.
Rome's Spanish Steps were sealed off on Wednesday following a protest by feminist activists who threw red paint over the 18th-century landmark in the city's historic centre....
Funaro defeats former Uffizi director Schmidt.
The Italian city of Florence on Monday elected Sara Funaro as its first woman mayor in a decisive win for the centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) councillor.
Funaro won...
A local's guide to the best events and things to do in Rome in July.
July in Rome sees the city's outdoor festivals in full swing, with a packed programme of opera, cinema and concerts under the stars, before things qui...
Last of Churchill's Few meets daughter of Italian girl who risked her life to save him.
The last surviving RAF fighter pilot from the Battle of Britain has met the daughter of an Italian girl who saved his life in north...
Outcry in Italy over death of Satnam Singh.
The Italian government is to step up measures to combat gangmasters and the exploitation of migrant workers, the labour minister Marina Calderone said on Saturday.
Pledging...
Sangiuliano was speaking at book festival in Sicily.
Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano came under fire on Sunday over a gaffe involving the explorer Christopher Colombus and the scientist and astronomer Galil...
Gladiator star to stage concert at Temple of Venus and Roma in the shadow of the Colosseum.
Russell Crowe will perform with his band The Gentlemen Barbers at the Temple of Venus and Roma, in the Roman Forum opposite the...
For four decades the Orlandi family has sought answers to one of Italy's greatest mysteries.
Italy marks 41 years since the 15-year-old schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi disappeared while returning to her family home in Vatic...
Rome hosts music festival overlooking Colosseum.
A music festival offers open-air jazz and blues concerts with panoramic views of the Colosseum by night this summer, from 21 June until 22 September 2024.
The Live @...
Rome taxis make news headlines again for the wrong reasons.
Most people living or passing through Rome will be familiar with the difficulty in getting a taxi, particularly during the recent surge of tourists visiting th...
Robbery took place during Italy-Spain match.
Italian football legend Roberto Baggio and his family were victims of a violent robbery on Thursday night while they were watching the Italy-Spain Euro 2024 match.
An arme...
Greenpeace says extreme heat is result of climate crisis.
Greenpeace activists with thermal cameras recorded surface temperatures above 50 degrees in 'heat islands' in Rome on Thursday amid the city's first heatwave of...
ANPI calls for CasaPound to be disbanded.
An anti-fascist demonstration is taking place in Rome on Thursday evening in protest over an assault on four students by members of the neo-fascist CasaPound movement.
The ra...
Visitors can walk along beach as it was in ancient Roman times.
Herculaneum, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, has opened its once hidden beach to visitors after major conservatio...
Death sparks fresh calls to tackle farm worker exploitation in Italy.
An investigation is underway in Italy into the death of an Indian farm labourer who died on Wednesday after being abandoned by his gangmasters on the...
Celebrity chef to open Nusr-Et restaurant in Rome.
Salt Bae, the celebrity chef and restaurateur who owns the Nusr-Et chain of luxury steak houses, said he is opening a restaurant in Rome, his first in Italy.
The 40-...
Senate gives green light to Premierato bill.
The Italian senate on Tuesday approved the right-wing government's controversial bill to reform Italy's constitution to allow for the direct election of a prime minister....
A non-commercial art space fostering creativity, community, and cultural exchange.
“A supernova is the brightest moment of a dying star; its goal is to create and inspire hope around it,” states Gabriele Giugni, co-foun...
Move comes amid shortage of taxis in Rome.
People travelling on Italo rail services in Rome and Milan can now reserve an Uber car to and from the railway station, at the time of booking their train ticket, thanks to a d...
Notte prima degli esami was released in 1984.
Italy marks the 40th anniversary of Antonello Venditti's classic song Notte prima degli esami which is played repeatedly in the days before the country's final high-school e...
Orange heatwave warning in place in Rome.
The Italian health ministry has issued an orange alert heat warning for Rome and Perugia on Wednesday 18 June as the country faces its first heatwave of the summer.
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