Italy celebrates 100 years of Baci Perugina chocolates
Rome: Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana celebrates one century of Baci Perugina by designing a limited edition set...
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Italy lists shops exempt from covid Green Pass after February 1
Rome: Italy's premier Mario Draghi has signed a decree listing the handful of shops and services that people will still...
Italy: Parliament prepares to elect new president of Italy
Rome: Italy's parliament is to convene on Monday to begin the complex process of voting for a new head of...
Italy seeks UNESCO heritage status for Italian espresso coffee
Rome: Italy is bidding to have Italian espresso coffee inserted on the UNESCO list of "intangible cultural heritage", the nation's...
Italy gives refuge to Syrian father and limbless son in famed photo
Rome: Italy has provided refuge to the Syrian amputee father and his limbless five-year-old son who featured in an award-winning...
Italy: Calabria region hit by 4.3-magnitude earthquake
Rome: Italy's southern Calabria region was hit by a 4.3-magnitude earthquake on Thursday morning, according to the National Institute of...
Italy: Surprising capital of coffee – Trieste
Rome: In every Italian city, the day's rhythm begins at the cafe. But in Trieste, a city on Italy's north-east...
Italy: Civitanavi Systems to list on Euronext Milan market
Milan: Italy's Civitanavi Systems plans to list on Euronext Milan stock market in order to increase production capacity and improve...
Italy lowers price for 16th century Roman villa after first auction fails
Rome: An Italian tribunal lowered the minimum price for a 16th century Roman villa that boasts Caravaggio’s only fresco after...
Italy’s sale of the century: Rome villa with its own Caravaggio
Rome: Rome's Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, home to the world's only ceiling mural painted by Caravaggio, is up for...
Italy covid Green Pass protests return to Rome and Milan
Rome: Italy's 'No Green Pass' and 'No Vax' demonstrations returned to the streets of Rome, Milan and other Italian cities,...
Italy’s Sapienza University honours Anthony Fauci
Rome: Rome's La Sapienza University has awarded an honorary doctorate to Anthony Fauci, the US infectious diseases expert and covid...
Italy to issue 67k work permits max for third country nationals in 2022
Rome: The Italian Ministry of Interior Affairs has announced the maximum number of work permits that can be issued to...
Italy gets ready for Rugby six nations 2022
Rome: Italy is hoping to reverse its fortunes after six consecutive bottom-placed finishes in the championship. The 2020 Guinness Six...
Italy appoints diplomat Modiano as special envoy for climate change
Milan: Italy has appointed senior diplomat Alessandro Modiano as its special envoy for climate change, the Ecological Transition Ministry said...
Italy: Rome’s third Baroque genius – Pietro da Cortona
Rome: Open any guide-book and, to reduce fame to a crude word-count, the Bs have it: Bernini and Borromini. Or...
Italy street artist covers No Vax slogans with food murals
Rome: An Italian street artist famed for transforming swastikas and racist scrawls into colourful depictions of food has begun covering...
Italy steps closer to referendums on cannabis and euthanasia
Rome: Italy's constitutional court is to rule on the validity of eight referendums on 15 February, including one referendum each...
Italy pays respect to EU parliament chief Sassoli ahead of state funeral
Rome: - Italian politicians joined ordinary citizens on Thursday to pay their respects to European Parliament President David Sassoli, who...
Italy to hold state funeral for David Sassoli in Rome
Rome: European parliament president David Sassoli, who died in the early hours of Tuesday, is to receive a state funeral...
Italy: Pandemic ‘to end by spring’ as Covid vaccinations hit new record
Rome: As Italy has marked a new record for vaccine administrations in one day, an Italian virologist has predicted an...
Italy: PM takes aim at the unvaccinated
Rome: Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has singled out the unvaccinated as being responsible for "most of the problems" facing...
Italy: Saipem wins $1.1 billion contracts in Australia and Guyana
Milan: Italian energy services group Saipem said on Tuesday it had won two offshore contracts in Australia and Guyana for...
Italy: Rome bus commuter without Italy’s Super Green Pass fined €400
Rome: The first fine in Rome for travelling on public transport without a Super Green Pass was handed to a...
Italy to receive 40,000 Merck antiviral drug doses next week
Milan: Italy will receive around 40,000 doses of Merck & Co's (MRK.N) COVID-19 antiviral drug next week, which will add...
Italy: The story of a young man stranded in Japan
Rome: An Italian man who visited Japan, the birthplace of anime, in February 2020 as a high school graduation gift...
Italy readies new support measures for COVID-hit firms
Rome: The Italian government is preparing new support measures to be approved next week to help companies whose business is...
Italy: Venice to reduce the number of tourists by setting €5 fee per day
Venice: In an attempt to decrease the large number of tourists visiting Venice every day, the Italian authorities have decided...
Italy starts mandatory jabs for over 50s
Rome: Italians older than 50 are now obliged to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to a new law which...
Italy celebrates 225 years of tricolour flag
Rome: Italian president Sergio Mattarella marked the 225th anniversary of the nation's tricolour on Friday, hailing the flag as "symbol...
Italy: Language school for foreigners in Palermo
Rome: The Italian school for migrants at Gonzaga Campus in Palermo helps those fleeing poverty and violence. For 15 years...
Italy makes covid vaccine mandatory for over 50s
Rome: The Italian government has imposed compulsory covid vaccinations for people aged 50 and over in a bid to stem...
Italy: UK woman drives nine-year-old daughter to Milan for covid vaccine
Milan: A British mother has driven her nine-year-old daughter from the UK to Italy to have her vaccinated against covid-19....
Italy: Rome extends Torlonia Marbles show until February 2022
Rome: Rome's Torlonia Marbles exhibition has been extended until 27 February 2022, organisers announced today, just days before the blockbuster...
Italy: Rome unearths ancient dog statue and tombs under street
Rome: Rome archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a 2,000-year old burial complex discovered during street works in the Appio...
Italy: Parliament to start voting for new president on January 24
Rome: The Italian parliament is to convene on 24 January to begin the process of voting for a new president...
Italy celebrates 100 years of Pasolini
Rome: Italy is to mark the centenary of the birth of the film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo...
Italy: Winter sales season kicks off
Rome: Italy's post-Christmas sales season begins in Rome and most regions on 5 January, with sales already underway in Sicily...
Italy: Naples only Italy destination on CNN Travel wish list in 2022
Naples: Naples is the only Italian destination on the CNN Travel wish list of best places to go in 2022....
Italy: The Other Side of Florence – Oltrarno
Florence: If you want to get away from the tourist traps and experience Florence like a local, Oltrarno is the...
Italy: Rome city museums grant free access
Rome: Rome's city-run museums remained open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday January 2....
Italy: Rome and Milan to become yellow zones amid covid surge
Rome: The Italian regions of Lazio (Rome), Lombardia (Milan), Piemonte (Turin) and Sicily will be classified as low-moderate risk yellow...
Italy: President thanks citizens for sense of responsibility in New Year speech
Time: In what was due to be his last New Year speech as the country's president, Sergio Mattarella on Friday...
Italy welcomes home trafficked antiquities from US museums
Milan: Italy’s culture minister has welcomed the return of 201 prized antiquities valued at over 10 million euros ($11 million)...
Italy: How one-euro homes are helping to revive rural villages
Time: In recent years, dozens of depopulating rural towns across Italy - from the Alps to Sicily - have started...
Italy to ease covid quarantine rules and tighten Super Green Pass
Rome: The Italian government has announced that it is to tighten its Super Green Pass rules and ease existing quarantine...
Italy parliament gives final approval to 2022 budget
Rome: The Italian Chamber of Deputies on Thursday passed the government's 2022 budget, giving final approval to the package which...
Italy set for a sunny New Year
Rome: After a rainy Christmas, Italy is set for a sunny New Year thanks to the arrival of an African...
Italy: Orchestra conductor proposes on stage
Rome: The conductor of the Senzaspine Orchestra made a surprise wedding proposal on stage during the traditional end-of-year concert at...
Italy: Golden Globe hopes for animated movie – Luca
Rome: Luca, the children's movie set on the Italian riviera, is nominated for a Golden Globe in the best animated...
Italy to review covid quarantine rules amid Omicron surge
Rome: Italy's seven-day quarantine for fully vaccinated people who come into contact with a covid-positive person could be reduced, the...
Italy clamps down on New Year celebrations
Rome: New Year's Eve in Italy will be a muted affair, for the second year in a row, due to...
Italy: Charming city of Bologna ideal destination
Alexandra Bullard Rome: Many British holidaymakers will have heard of Italian cities such as Rome and Milan, but this medieval...
Italy approves tax-slashing budget
Rome: The Italian Senate has adopted the 2022 budget, the first of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s coalition, slashing taxes to...
Italy: Factory workers donate holidays to let colleague retire early
Rome: An Italian factory worker suffering from a cognitive impairment that made his job increasingly difficult received an unexpected Christmas...
Italy: This region may be the best-kept secret
Jessica Colley Clarke I grew up hearing the word—Abruzzo—but didn’t know what it meant. The older generation, their parents born...
Italy to launch eight renewable tenders on January 31
Rome: Italian energy agency the Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) announced it will launch the eighth round of a tender...
Italy: Orvieto turns St Patrick’s Well into Christmas ‘Tree of Light’
Rome: The central Italian cathedral city of Orvieto has lit up the inside of the Pozzo di S. Patrizio, a...
Italy: Rome lights up at Christmas with Nativity paintings
Rome: Rome will illuminate the city hall building at Palazzo Senatorio with a light show of Roman Renaissance drawings over...
Italy: Cities cancel New Year’s Eve parties due to Omicron
Florence: Florence has become the latest Italian city to cancel its New Year's Eve plans amid a sharp rise in...
Italy moves to ban fur farming
Rome: The Italian senate has passed an amendment to the government's 2022 budget bill that is to phase out fur...
Italy debates new covid restrictions at Christmas
Rome: Italian premier Mario Draghi confirmed on Wednesday that the government would evaluate imposing additional covid restrictions at a meeting...
Italy pins Oscar hopes on Sorrentino movie
Rome: ‘The Hand of God’ by award-winning Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino has been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination, the...
Italy virologists sing ‘Yes Vax’ to tune of Jingle Bells
Rome: Three so-called celebrity virologists have raised eyebrows in Italy by singing a covid vaccine-inspired song called Sì, Sì vax...
Italy: Rome region orders masks to be worn outdoors amid covid surge
Rome: The governor of the central Lazio region around Rome, Nicola Zingaretti, has signed an order on Monday night making...
Italy: How to travel around with a small dog
Naples: “You need another ticket! You cannot board like this!” The woman in charge of admitting passengers onto the ferry...
Italy’s borrowing costs at record low in 2021, set to rise slightly
Milan: Italian borrowing costs reached a record low of 0.1% in 2021, and are set to rise only modestly in...
Italy set to tighten covid rules amid rise of Omicron
Rome: Italian premier Mario Draghi has convened a meeting with the government's covid 'control room', Palazzo Chigi announced, amid a...
Why has Italy been named ‘country of the year’ for 2021′?
Rome: Italy has been crowned the 'country of the year' by The Economist. Here's what this means and why the...
Italy: Exploring the villages of the Sabina Region north of Rome
Rome: The villages in the Sabine hills north of Rome are rich in history and culture. Where is Sabina and...
Italy; Covid vaccines for UNDER-FIVES likely to be brought in by April
Rome: Italy is hoping to make Covid vaccines available to children aged under five next year, the country's health minister...
Italy: US returns $10 million of treasures
Rome: The US has returned 200 antiquities stolen from Italy, many of them linked to one Rome-based dealer, in a...
The Economist crowns Italy ‘Country of the Year’
Rome: Italy has been crowned 'Country of the Year' by The Economist, an annual honour awarded by the international newspaper....
Italy: PM says covid vaccine essential to face Omicron
Rome: Italian premier Mario Draghi has said that Italy is facing into Christmas "more prepared and safer" than last year,...
Italy: Christmas tradition of bagpipe-playing shepherds
Rome: The spectacle of bagpipe-playing shepherds, known as zampognari, is common in central and southern Italy during the Christmas season...
Italy: New travel rules require covid tests for EU arrivals
Rome: All travellers to Italy from European Union countries must undergo a covid test before departure - including those who...
Italy: Netflix launches Sorrentino film The Hand of God
Rome: Netflix begins streaming The Hand of God, the new movie by award-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, on Wednesday. The...
Italy starts vaccinating kids against covid-19
Rome: Italy is to begin offering covid vaccines to children aged 5-11 from 16 December, with reservations already open in...
Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese, Albana Ferrarese host wonderful evening for globally known Italian archaeologist Luca M. Olivieri
A big archaeological discovery announced Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese and his wife Albana Ferrarese on Monday evening...
Italy: Greta Thunberg stars in Naples Christmas crib
Naples: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been chosen as the 'person of the year' by master crib-maker Genny Di...
Italy: Amazing sand nativity scenes in Jesolo
Venice: Sculptors from around the world return to Jesolo, a seaside resort near Venice in north-east Italy, for an annual...
Italy: Rome reopens Ponte di Ferro bridge 70 days after fire
Rome: Rome's Ponte dell'Industria, better known as Ponte di Ferro, reopens to traffic at 11.00 on Sunday 12 December, 70...
Italy to launch high speed Milan-Paris train on December 18
Rome: Italy's Trenitalia is set to launch a high-speed Frecciarossa train service between Milan and Paris on 18 December, offering...
Italy: Riviera home to a giant Nativity scene
Rome: Manarola , one of the Cinque Terre hilltop villages on the Italian Riviera, is home to one of the...
Italy: Health Minister to discuss plans for training Libyan doctors
Rome: Minister of Health Ali Al-Zanati has visited the Italian group of San Donato Hospitals in Milan, at the head...
Italy police catch man who pulled emergency brakes on 100 trains
Rome: Police in Italy have caught a man accused of applying the emergency brake on almost 100 trains, seemingly for...
Italy: A floating Nativity scene brings Christmas magic to Venice
Rome: A floating Nativity scene has been installed in the waters around the island of Burano, in the northern part...
Italy: Rome residents asked not to wrap Christmas gifts amid trash crisis
Rome: Rome residents have been asked to wrap fewer Christmas presents as the city battles to clean up its rubbish-strewn...
Italy cinema icon Lina Wertmüller dies aged 93
Rome: Lina Wertmüller, one of Italy's greatest film directors and screen-writers, died in Rome on Wednesday night aged 93. The...
Italy President gets 6 minutes of applause at La Scala premiere
Milan: Milan's La Scala opera house opened to a full house on Tuesday night in the presence of Italian President...
Italy gives UN €1.5m to support Afghans living in Iran
Kabul: Italy has contributed €1.5 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in support of the Afghans living...
Italy’s oldest man dies aged 109
Rome: Giuseppe Venturi, who was the oldest man in Italy, died on Tuesday aged 109 after a bout of bronchitis....
Italy lights up the world’s largest Christmas tree
Rome: The 'world's largest Christmas tree' is lit up each year on the slopes of Monte Ingino, overlooking the mediaeval...
Italy marks Feast of Immaculate Conception with 8 December holiday
Rome: Italy marks the Feast of Immaculate Conception, a Catholic holy day, with a national public holiday on 8 December....
Italy registers record 1.3 million Green Pass downloads in 24 hours.
Rome: The first fine in Rome for travelling on public transport without a Green Pass was handed to a commuter...
Italy: Assisi lights up at Christmas with Giotto frescoes
Rome: The Italian town of Assisi, in the central Umbria region, will project images of Giotto's Nativity frescoes onto the...
Italy: 10% people believe astronauts never set foot on the moon
Rome: One out of 10 Italians think astronauts never set foot on the moon while 5.8% believe the earth is...
Italy unveils new bill to combat violence against women
Rome: Italian cabinet gives green light to new plans to tackle domestic abuse and violence against women. Italy's council of...
Super Green Pass: Italy bars unvaccinated from cinemas and theatres
Rome: Italy will tighten its Green Pass restrictions with tough new rules against the unvaccinated coming into force from 6...
Italy police to check for covid Green Pass on public transport
Rome: Italian police and carabinieri, supported by municipal traffic police, are to carry out checks on commuters once Italy's new...
