Italy: Rome’s Colosseum issues named tickets to combat touts
Rome: Rome's Colosseum has introduced new tickets with the name of each individual visitor in an effort to stamp out...
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Italy’s Draghi to meet 5-Star chief
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the leader of the 5-Star Movement Giuseppe Conte will meet today (Monday) to...
Italy: Siena welcomes return of Palio horse race after two years
Rome: The historic Palio di Siena horse race returned on Saturday after being cancelled for the last two years due...
Italy: Bisentina Island, jewel of Lake Bolsena, reopens to visitors
Rome: Bisentina, a tiny privately-owned island in the heart of Lake Bolsena in central Italy, opened for guided tours on...
Covid: Italy updates mask rules in workplace
Rome: The Italian government has updated its mask rules in the workplace, the day the existing protocols were due to...
Italy: Venice to charge day-tourists to visit city
Venice: People visiting the tourist magnet of Venice's old city will start paying a fee if they only visit for...
Italy opens museums for free on Sunday
Rome: State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday - July...
Italy: Rome villa with Caravaggio mural up for sale a third time
Rome: An historic Rome villa with the world's only known ceiling painting by Caravaggio goes up for sale a third...
Italy: Rome to screen Roman Holiday on Via Veneto
Rome: Rome's Via Veneto, synonymous with the capital's 'dolce vita' era of the 1960s, will form the backdrop to an...
Italy issues red alert heatwave warning for 22 cities
Rome: The Italian health ministry has issued a 'red alert' warning for most of the country's main cities on Thursday...
Italy: Rome’s summer sales start on July 2
Rome: Summer sales in Rome and the Lazio region begin officially on Saturday July 2 with discounted clothes, shoes and...
Italy: Rome’s Spanish Steps to host Valentino fashion show
Rome: Luxury fashion house Valentino will showcase its autumn-winter 2022-23 collection at the Spanish Steps in Rome on 8 July....
Italy: Luxottica founder Leonardo Del Vecchio dies at 87
Rome: Leonardo Del Vecchio, the Italian founder of Luxottica and president of EssilorLuxottica, the world's largest producer and retailer of...
Italy: Siena Cathedral unveils beautiful mosaic floors
Rome: Siena has announced the 2022 dates when the extraordinary inlaid marble mosaic floors of the city's cathedral will be...
Italy: Rome to host international literature festival on Palatine Hill
Rome: Rome's international literature festival returns for its 21st edition this summer, taking place in the spectacular setting of the...
Italy: New F-35A base to open by end of year
Rome: The Italian Air Force is to get a second air base ready to host the F-35A by the end...
Italy: Rome reopens the Catacombs of Commodilla
Rome: The fourth-century Catacombs of Commodilla in the Garbatella area of Rome will soon reopen to the public after their...
Khaby Lame: Italy is home to king of TikTok
Rome: Khaby Lame, whose wordless ironic videos are wildly popular on the social media platform TikTok, has become the most...
Italy: Rome’s Fiumicino rated Best Airport in Europe for fourth time
Rome: Rome's Fiumicino airport, known officially as Leonardo da Vinci, has been rated Best European Airport for the fourth time...
Italy: Town of diaries where ordinary people’s memoirs are salvaged and celebrated
Edward Posnett When I was in my early 20s, I tried to keep a diary of my experiences as a...
Italy: 358,000 foreigners work in agriculture
Rome: Nearly 30% of people working in agriculture in Italy are migrants and refugees, according to Italian farmers confederation Coldiretti....
Italy: Dogs travel free on long-distance trains this summer
Rome: Dogs can travel free of charge on Italy's Frecce and Intercity long-distance trains this summer, Trenitalia has announced. The...
Italy Defence Chief calls on COAS Gen Bajwa
Rawalpindi: Chief of Defence General Staff Italian Armed Forces Admiral Giuseppe CAVO DRAGONE called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS)...
Italy: Rome’s Metro A to close early for a year and a half
Rome: Rome's Metro A line will close early for a year and a half to allow the city to carry...
Italy: E-learning platform for language learning launched at schools
Rome: UNICEF and the Akelius foundation have introduced an e-learning platform into Italian schools for language learning. The aim is...
Italy: Tunisian migrant arrivals increase by 57% in May
Rome: Nearly 950 undocumented Tunisian migrants, including 354 minors, arrived in Italy in the month of May, reports an NGO...
Italy opens new museum of rescued treasures in Rome
Rome: Italy has opened a new museum showcasing ancient artefacts that were looted from Italian archaeological sites and trafficked abroad...
Italy: Rome tourist fined €450 for Trevi Fountain swim
Rome: A 26-year-old Spanish tourist received a €450 fine after Rome police caught him in the waters of the Trevi...
Italy promoting ‘Olive Culture’ in Pakistan: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese
Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese on Sunday said that Italy was playing vital role in promoting ’Olive...
Italy: Rome to host major Van Gogh exhibition
Rome: Palazzo Bonaparte, which reopened recently as an important exhibition space in the centre of Rome, will stage a major...
