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McCain to succeed outgoing WFP director David Beasley.
Cindy McCain, currently the US ambassador and permanent representative to the UN Agencies in Rome, was appointed as executive director of the World Food Programme (...
Cardinals can no longer live rent-free in Vatican.
Pope Francis has ended the practice of allowing cardinals and senior church officials to live rent-free in Vatican-owned properties, as part of new cost-saving measures...
Mattarella visit comes as government faces backlash over migrant deaths.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella travelled to the southern seaside town of Crotone on Thursday to pay his respects to the victims of Sunday's b...
Italy prepares national plan to combat water crisis.
The Italian government is preparing a decree to tackle the effects of drought after a winter of little or no rainfall, by creating a special commissioner and task for...
In Italy, music is important for cultural heritage, national pride, and bringing people together through different styles of music- old and new. Many Italian singers have emerged throughout the years leaving a large impa...
Cassano becomes Italy's highest-ranking judge.
Margherita Cassano has been appointed as president of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation and becomes the first woman in Italy to hold this position.
Cassano, previou...
Vanvitelli, who died on 1 March 1773, was Italy's most prominent architect of the 18th century.
Italy is holding a series of events in honour of Luigi Vanvitelli, the Italian architect famed for designing the Royal Pala...
Gardens of Ninfa open from March to November 2023.
Ninfa - described by The New York Times as "the most beautiful and romantic garden in the world" - will reopen to visitors from 18 March, with online bookings already a...
Stop-off in Italy en route back to US from Kenya.
US First Lady Jill Biden availed of a quick stop-off in Naples on Sunday night to enjoy a taste of the southern Italian city's famed pizza, media reports in Italy.
As...
Opposition rounds on Piantedosi as shipwreck death toll rises.
Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi has caused public outrage for his response to Sunday's shipwreck off the southern Italian coast which has claime...
Schlein becomes first woman to lead PD.
Italy's centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) on Sunday elected Elly Schlein as the party's ninth leader, replacing Enrico Letta who quit following poor results in last October's g...
More than 50 migrants, including a baby a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, rescue services said.
"At the current time, 80 people...
Nationalists clash with Europhiles in Italy as parliament votes to delay EU law revoking beach concessions for Italy’s private lidos. President Mattarella agrees to enact changes but expresses his concerns.
Holiday at t...
Costanzo was a familiar face on Italian television for decades.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni led tributes to the celebrated journalist, television host and author Maurizio Costanzo who died in Rome on Friday ag...
A quick guide on how to get to Rome's Olympic Stadium.
The Stadio Olimpico, Rome's largest sports facility, is part of the Foro Italico sporting complex in the north of the Italian capital.
The 72,000-seater stadium...
Where to watch Six Nations 2023 rugby matches in Rome.
Italy's national rugby team will play three home games in this year's Six Nations rugby union championship which kicks off on 4 February and ends on 18 March.
Af...
41-bis protest slammed by government ministers.
Supporters of jailed Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito staged a protest at Rome's Vittoriano monument on Thursday, setting off smoke bombs and unfurling a banner that read...
Sordi died in Rome 20 years ago today.
Rome is to honour the much-loved Roman actor and comedian Alberto Sordi, who died on 24 February 2003, with a statue in the Italian capital.
The statue will reportedly be placed...
Valditara slams principal's letter as "improper".
Italy's education minister Giuseppe Valditara faced calls to resign on Thursday for criticising a Florence high school principal who wrote a letter warning of the risks...
Doctor passed himself off as Italy's head of state.
An Italian doctor faces charges of fraud and impersonation after posing as the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, in a clumsy attempt to land a job at a top hospit...
Image of bear posted on hacked Italian sites.
A Russian hacking group targeted the websites of several Italian institutions and companies on Wednesday following a visit to Ukraine by Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni.
The...
Sanremo winner to perform at Circus Maximus.
Italian singer-songwriter Marco Mengoni, fresh from his Sanremo triumph, is to play a concert at the Circus Maximus in Rome on Saturday 15 July.
The news comes the day aft...
Environmentalists call on government to act fast.
Italy is at risk of a serious drought as its rivers and lakes suffer from a severe lack of water due to little or no rainfall over the winter, the Legambiente environmen...
Starbucks launches Oleato range in Italy.
Italy is famed around the world as the land of coffee and extra virgin olive oil. In a bold move, Starbucks is mixing two of the key staples of the Italian lifestyle into one dr...
Azzurri face Ireland in Rome's Stadio Olimpico.
Italy will face Ireland in the third round of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations rugby union championship at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday 25 February, with the game...
Shindler was a tireless campaigner for British voting rights.
Harry Shindler OBE, a British veteran of the Battle of Anzio and the Liberation of Rome in 1944, has died aged 101 at his home in Italy's Marche region.
B...
Band's only Italian date on world tour.
Guns N' Roses will perform at the Circus Maximus in Rome on Saturday 8 July, the only Italian date on their 2023 five-month world tour, the group announced on Tuesday.
The Amer...
Fondo Ambiente Italiano, The National Trust for Italy, restores and takes care of special places in Italy. The Places of the Heart census promoted by FAI awards this year's winner the little church of San Pietro dei Sam...
La Russa gave interview to Belve TV show.
Italy's senate speaker Ignazio La Russa is under fire after telling the RAI 2 television show Belve that he would be disappointed if his son came out as gay.
La Russa told th...
Meloni visit comes after Berlusconi's criticism of Zelensky.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday morning to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after travelling there overnight by tr...
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