Centre-right holds Venice and takes Reggio Calabria in local elections. Prime minister Giorgia Meloni's centre-right coalition has claimed victory in two of Italy's most closely watched local ...

Trains, buses and metro services across Italy face widespread disruption as unions call a 24-hour general strike. Italy faces significant disruption to public transport on Friday 29 May after a ...

Three synthetic curling rinks are to be installed in a park beside Rome's most famous monument. Sport e Salute, the Italian government body responsible for sport, has announced that curling is coming ...

Level 2 heat warning in Rome on 26 and 27 May. Italy is facing its first heatwave of 2026, with the health ministry issuing an orange level heat alert for a dozen cities across the country on Tuesday ...

Petrini spent his life campaigning for slow, sustainable, good food. Carlo Petrini, the Italian gastronome and activist who founded the global Slow Food movement, died on Thursday evening at the age ...

Rome picks Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author to relaunch the theatre where the play received a notorious reaction from audience. Rome's historic Teatro Valle will reopen on 16 October ...

Sophia Loren: More Than a Screen LegendSophia Loren is more than a film star; she is a cultural icon whose life story has become inseparable from the golden age of cinema. With her unmistakable beauty ...

Dark Side City Tours is looking for new tour leaders in Rome to join our growing team. We ...

National holiday marked with military parade in Rome. Italy celebrates Festa della Repubblica, Republic Day, with a national public holiday on Tuesday 2 June 2026. This year marks the 80th edition of ...

Mixed marriages in Italy have increased ten times over in the last 15 years, according to news agency Ansa. Figures from the national statistics agency Istat revealed that there were 600,000 weddings ...

Celebrating the Barberini Bees in Rome. The Barberini family, an aristocratic Italian dynasty, attained enormous riches, power and influence in 17th-century Rome, peaking with the election of Cardinal ...

La Nuvola provides stunning backdrop for cutting-edge music festival. Spring Attitude Fes ...