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...
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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...
Italy: Rome opens city museums for free on December 5
Rome: Rome's city-run museums will open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday (December 5)....
Italy: A giant dragon rises from a lost forest
Rome: A giant wooden sculpture of a dragon has emerged from a north Italian forest devastated by Storm Vaia three...
Rome orders masks outdoors ahead of Italy’s new covid rules
Rome: Rome is the latest Italian city to bring in the obligation to wear masks outdoors in a bid to...
Italy: Rome to light up Christmas tree on 8 December
Rome: Rome's Christmas tree arrived in the Italian capital during the early hours of 30 November, with technicians at work...
