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Drugs had market value of €400 million.
Italian customs police on Monday announced the seizure of two tonnes of cocaine found floating off the eastern coast of Sicily, after being spotted during an aeronautical patrol....
Rome commemorates anniversary of Nazi raid.
Today marks the 79th anniversary of the Nazi raid on Quadraro, a south-eastern suburb of Rome, during world war two.
"One of the saddest and darkest pages in the history of...
Lazio captain unharmed in Rome crash.
Italian footballer Ciro Immobile, the captain of Serie A club Lazio, was involved in a traffic accident in Rome on Sunday morning when his car collided with a tram.
Immobile, 33,...
Bike trips offer a solution to over toursim in Rome
While the eternal city is preparing for the great event of the Jubilee 2025, the Sabina region of Lazio dedicates their beautiful journey for cyclists, from Assisi to...
Bocelli will be the only Italian artist to perform at the prestigious event.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is among the artists scheduled to perform at King Charles III's Coronation Concert in the grounds of Windsor Cast...
Late visits to Vatican Museums on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Vatican Museums will stay open late every Friday and Saturday evening from 14 April until 28 October 2023, the Vatican has announced.
The opening hours at...
News welcomed by animal rights groups.
An order to kill a bear responsible for killing a man in a mountain area of Italy's northern Trentino province has been suspended by the regional administrative court of Trento....
Italy adds three new dates to Free Museum Sundays.
Italy is to open state museums and archaeological parks for free on three new "symbolic" dates, culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said on Italian television on Thurs...
Trenitalia workers to stage eight-hour strike.
Italy is braced for a nationwide rail strike by Trenitalia staff on Friday 14 April, from 09.00 to 17.00, with major disruption expected to train services across the countr...
Azaleas return to the Spanish Steps this spring.
Rome's Spanish Steps, the 18th-century staircase linking Piazza di Spagna with the church of Trinità de’ Monti, is once again decorated with hundreds of azalea plants....
Rome celebrates Japanese spring cherry blossoms at Orto Botanico.
The Botanic Garden Museum of the Sapienza University of Rome and the city's Japanese Cultural Insitute organises 'Hanami all'Orto Botanico' on the weeken...
Garbatella hosts Festa della Resistenza from 23-25 April.
Rome will stage a festival dedicated to the Italian Resistance movement with a three-day programme of cultural and historical events to be held in the city's Gar...
"Extraordinary opportunity" for Italy says Gravina.
Italy has formally submitted a bid to host the 2032 European Championship, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced on Wednesday.
The dossier was sent to Eu...
Same bear attacked two people in 2020.
Forest rangers are hunting down a bear that killed a 26-year-old jogger in the autonomous north Italian province of Trentino last week, after DNA tests confirmed the animal's ident...
Move follows spate of protests in Italy by climate activists.
The Italian government on Tuesday unveiled measures to crack down on those who damage or deface monuments and heritage sites, proposing fines of up to €60,00...
Italy's state of emergency over migrants will last six months.
Italy's right-wing government on Tuesday declared a national state of emergency to cope with a surge in migrants arriving on the country's shores.
The s...
Vatican Museums hosts Pietà sculptures until 6 January.
Plaster casts of the three Pietà sculptures by Renaissance master Michelangelo are on display together in the Pinacoteca at the Vatican Museums from 7 April until...
Italy set for a chilly Easter holiday weekend.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Thursday signed an order allowing the city's residents to keep the heating on until 11 April, given the sudden drop in temperatures in the I...
Way of the Cross at Colosseum in 2023.
The annual Via Crucis or Way of the Cross ceremony led by Pope Francis will take place at the Colosseum on Good Friday, 7 April, at 21.15.
The candle-lit procession - which date...
Florence celebrates Easter with spectacular fireworks display.
Florence marks Easter Sunday morning with a centuries-old tradition called the Scoppio del Carro, or the Explosion of the Cart, which attracts large crowds...
Carbonara celebrated in the largest "spaghetti social" in the world.
Carbonara, one of the signature dishes of Roman cuisine, is being celebrated in Italy and around the world with the annual #CarbonaraDay on Thursday 6...
Vintage train takes a slow journey through the landscapes of Tuscany and Emilia Romagna.
This spring Italy relaunches Dante's Train, a special route tracing the journey of the Father of the Italian Language from Florenc...
English-language religious services in Rome during Easter Week 2023.All Saints’ Anglican Church, Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881.2 April. Palm Sunday 10.30.6 April. Maundy Thursday Eucharist. 19.00.7 April. Good F...
L'Aquila holds torchlight procession to mark 14 years since earthquake.
Italy marks the 14th anniversary of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila in the early hours of 6 April 2009, killing 309 p...
State and city-run museums open in Rome over Easter but Vatican Museums shut.
Italy's state museums and archaeological sites will be open to the public on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday this year, on 9 and 10 April 202...
Casa Balla home reopens due to popular demand.
The former Rome residence of the Italian painter and Futurist master Giacomo Balla will reopen to the public on 6 April and stay open until 15 July.
The news was announc...
Italy faces cold snap at Easter, forecasters say.
Easter in Italy is set to be "colder than Christmas" due to the north-easterly Bora winds bringing a wave of "Polar air" from Norway, according to weather forecast site...
Amerigo Vespucci to set off on world tour in July.
Italy is to send the Amerigo Vespucci tall ship on a two-year world tour to promote Italian food, wine, culture and design, the nation's defence minister Guido Crosetto...
900 students and teachers evacuated safely from school after false bomb threat.
Italian bomb disposal experts rushed to Marymount International School in Rome on Tuesday morning following a bomb threat, however it turne...
Meloni visits Vinitaly wine fair in Verona.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday said the government is working on establishing a Made in Italy high school to underline "the deep bond that exists between our...
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