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Move comes amid outrage and debate in Italy after murder of Giulia Cecchettin.
The Italian senate on Wednesday unanimously backed new measures to clamp down on violence against women and to strengthen measures already i...
Starbucks opens fourth store in Rome.
Starbucks will open a new outlet in Rome on Thursday, on a busy shopping street near the Vatican, as the American multinational coffee chain continues to expand in Italy.
The new...
Lollobrigida under fire for stopping Frecciarossa train.
Italy's minister for agriculture on Tuesday reportedly ordered a high-speed train to make an unscheduled stop near Rome, so that he could get off, after the Naple...
Strike to affect local public transport services in Italy.
Commuters in Rome, Milan and other Italian cities face disruption to local public transport services on Monday 27 November due to a national 24-hour strike....
Treno della Neve travels through Abruzzo over Christmas season.
A vintage treno della neve, or snow train, travels through the winter landscapes of Italy's central Abruzzo region on select dates from 25 November until 7...
City sees funny side to viral English translations.
Rome city hall clarified on Monday that it is not responsible for a website whose dodgy English translations of Roman metro stations have caused hilarity in the Italia...
Rome jumps from 53rd to 33rd place.
There was good news for the north Italian province of Bolzano in this year's Quality of Life in Italy report, conducted by ItaliaOggi in collaboration with La Sapienza University of R...
Murder victim Cecchettin to receive university degree.
Italy's education minister on Sunday said he will invite Italian schools to observe a minute's silence in memory of murdered 22-year-old Italian woman Giulia Cecche...
New sleeper train takes skiiers from Rome to Dolomites.
Italy is launching a night train between Rome and Cortina d'Ampezzo, a famed ski destination in the Dolomites, as part of a new series of rail routes for tourists....
Piazza Venezia bids farewell to Christmas tree.
Rome's Christmas tree will move this year to Piazza del Popolo, away from its traditional location in Piazza Venezia, due to ongoing works for the Metro C subway station....
Friday's strike in Italy: what you need to know.
Italy faces a nationwide general strike on Friday 17 November with disruption expected to public transport services as well the education and health sectors.
The strik...
Safety experts raise alarm over Bologna tower.
The landmark Garisenda Tower in the north Italian city of Bologna is at high risk of collapse, experts warned on Wednesday, weeks after the mediaeval structure was sealed o...
Tolkien show in Rome runs until 11 February.
Italy is marking the 50th anniversary of the death of British fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien with a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome.
Titled T...
Wave of warm weather follows St Martin's Day.
Rome is enjoying unseasonably warm November weather this week, with the unusual sight of people sitting outdoors in t-shirts in the mid-November sunshine.
The warm weathe...
Hidden chamber opens to public on 15 November
Michelangelo's little-known "Secret Room", a tiny chamber with sketch-filled walls, opens to the public almost 50 years after it was discovered hidden behind a trap door in...
War of words between trade union leader and transport minister over strike on 17 November.
The Italian government has reduced to four hours a planned 24-hour national strike affecting the public transport sector on Frid...
Escaped lion fuels new calls for circus animal ban in Italy.
Animal rights campaigners have renewed calls to ban the use of wild animals in Italian circuses following the escape of a lion from a circus near Rome at the...
Lion sparked panic on the streets of Ladispoli.
A lion that escaped from a circus near Rome was sedated and captured on Saturday night after around seven hours on the loose in the seaside town of Ladispoli.
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Meloni confirms date and venue of 2024 G7 summit as Puglia prepares for international spotlight.
The next summit of G7 leaders will be held in Italy's south-eastern Puglia region on 13-15 June 2024, Italian premier Gior...
Graffiti featured swastika with Star of David.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has condemned the "unacceptable" and "vile" anti-Semitic graffiti that appeared in the city's Jewish quarter and the Trastevere district on Thu...
Travel back in time to see Rome's landmarks as they looked in the fourth century.
Flyover Zone, a pioneer in the emerging field of virtual tourism, has released a remastered version of its virtual aerial tour of ancient...
Netflix to release Suburra spin-off in November.
Suburræterna, the new Netflix series that continues the Suburra saga of Rome's criminal underworld, will be released in Italy and around the world on 14 November.
The...
Pope Francis approved document on 31 October.
The Vatican's doctrine office has said that it is permissible, under certain circumstances, for transgender adults to be baptised as Catholics and to serve as godparents....
Italian bars pay tribute to cappuccino on Tuesday.
Coffee bars in Italy mark Cappuccino Day, an annual homage to the espresso-based coffee drink made with steamed milk, on Tuesday 8 November.
Celebrations will be mai...
Fiuto offers fine dining for dogs in Rome.
Rome restaurants are known for their generally welcoming approach to dogs however the city now has a restaurant dedicated to dogs (and their owners).
Fiuto opened last mont...
Airbnb claims that it "acted within the law".
Italy's financial police have seized €779.5 million from the online short-term rental platform Airbnb for alleged tax evasion, the prosecutors' office in Milan announced on...
Baby Indi can be moved to hospital in Rome.
Italy on Monday granted Italian citizenship to a critically ill British baby to allow her to receive medical treatment in Rome, as doctors in the UK were preparing to withdraw...
Basilica to host religious and cultural events until 9 November 2024.
Rome's papal Archbasilica of St John Lateran, or San Giovanni in Laterano, will mark its 1,700th anniversary with a year of special events starting w...
4 November was a public holiday in Italy until 1976.
The Italian government is at work to restore National Unity and Armed Forces Day as a public holiday, Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto said on 4 November.
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Tuscany governor declares a state of emergency.
At least three people were killed as a result of severe floods that hit Italy's central Tuscany region on Thursday night as Storm Ciaran sweeps the country with heavy rain...
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