Italy: Rome-based FAO celebrates 75 years
Rome: World Food Day 2020 will be marked by the Rome-based United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization on 16 October,...
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Christian Turner impressed by hospitality in northern areas
Islamabad: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner has thanked the people of the country for their hospitality during his...
British High Commissioner Christian Turner visits North of Pakistan
Islamabad: British High Commissioner Christian Turner travelled to Chitral, Hunza and Gilgit this week in his first visit to the...
Italy: Rome lifts the veil on the legendary Torlonia Marbles after decades in the dark
Rome: The legendary Torlonia Collection, considered among the world's most important private collections of Greek-Roman classical art, will at last...
Italy: Rome displays its autumn roses from October 11-25
Rome: Rome's rose garden is open to the public from 11-25 October, each day from 08.30-17.30. Visitors must wear masks...
Italy: Rome unveils remains of Roman villa hidden for 2,000 years
Rome: Rome archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a magnificent Roman villa, or domus, buried for almost 2,000 years under...
Italy: Rome mayor sings karaoke at Roman Forum
Rome: Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has added her voice to a karaoke series organised by Radio Rock, with footage of...
Italy: Rome opens city museums for free
Rome: Rome opened its municipal museums for free to all visitors on Sunday. The city's latest monthly initiative comes days...
Italy: September snow falls near Rome
Rome: Snow fell on the hills and mountains in the greater Rome area and in the Lazio region as temperatures...
New Italy visa application centre opens in Dubai
Dubai: Residents of Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
Italy: EMO 2021 scheduled for October 2021 in Milan
Milan: EMO Milano 2021, one of the largest machine tool exhibitions in the world, will be held in Milan, Italy,...
Italy: Campania region makes face masks compulsory in public
Rome: It is now obligatory to wear face masks in public in Italy's southern Campania region, which includes the city...
Italy: Tourist rescued in Rome after falling into Forum of Augustus
Rome: Rome firefighters have rescued a 37-year-old Polish tourist after he fell several metres into the archaeological site of the...
Italy: Tourist carves his initials into Colosseum
Rome: A 32-year-old Irish tourist was detained by security staff at the Colosseum just after he carved his initials into...
Italy returns 1,800-year-old artifact to Turkey
Rome: Italian authorities have handed over a historical inscription that dates to the ancient Lycian era to the Turkish foreign...
Italy: International search launched for new Pompeii site director
Rome: Italy's famed archaeological site of Pompeii has launched a search for a new general director - and the job...
Italy: Tracing Keats’ voyage to Rome 200 years ago
Rome: The Keats-Shelley House in Rome is marking the bicentenary of the 1820 voyage to Italy of Romantic poet John...
Italy to hold Tiramisù World Cup in Treviso
Rome: The 2020 edition of the Tiramisù World Cup, now in its fourth year, will take place in the north...
Italy prepares for 700th anniversary of ‘Father of the Italian language’
Florence: Italy will mark the 700th anniversary of the death of the mediaeval poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri, known as...
Italy: Retake Roma celebrates 10 years of cleaning up Rome
Rome: “Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was Retake Roma. It was built up over 10 years, by...
Italy: Rome installs ceramic zebra crossing on Via Giulia
Rome: Villa Giulia, one of the most beautiful streets in Rome's historic centre, will soon have a 'permanent' pedestrian crossing...
Italy captures runaway bear for third time
Islamabad: A runaway wild bear has been captured for the third time by forest rangers in the north Italian region...
Italy: New rapid saliva test gives Covid-19 result in 3 minutes
Rome: Italy's health ministry has approved a rapid saliva test for covid-19 which provides results in just three minutes, reports...
Italy: Rome to unveil Torlonia Marbles at long last
Time: The legendary Torlonia Collection, considered by many as the world's most important private collection of ancient marble sculptures, will...
Italy: Flat-Earthers seek edge of the world but end up on island off Sicily
Rome: A pair of Flat Earth-enthusiasts from northern Italy set sail from Sicily with the intention of reaching the remote...
Italy may get a 114MW wind farm in Apulia
Rome: Italy's wind capacity is on course to grow further with the addition of a new wind farm with a...
Italy: Venice celebrates 1,600 years with concert in St Mark’s Square
Venice: Venice opera house La Fenice celebrates the 1,600th anniversary of the founding of the lagoon city, with a gala...
Italy: Rome’s MAXXI gets ready to open art museum in L’Aquila
Rome: MAXXI L'Aquila, a new contemporary art museum under the management of Rome's Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo,...
Italy: Rome Metro C tunnels reach Piazza Venezia
Rome: Excavations for Rome's Metro C tunnels from the Roman Forum to Piazza Venezia have been completed, the city's mayor...
Italy: €400 fine for dipping feet in fountain in Rome
Rome: Rome police fined a 35-year-old Italian woman €400 for dipping her feet in the basin of the Fontana dell'Acqua...
