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...
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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...
Italy swimming star Federica Pellegrini wins her final race
Rome: Italian swimming champion Federica Pellegrini has won her last race, the 200m freestyle in Riccione on 30 November, before...
Italy to airlift 500 Afghan refugees to Rome
Rome: Italy is preparing to carry out a new airlift of Afghan refugees to Rome, comprising 500 former 'collaborators' of...
Italy: Rags to riches banking billionaire Ennio Doris dies at 81
Rome: Armed with a high school degree and plenty of ambition, Ennio Doris went from poverty to the ranks of...
Italy: Rome’s Christmas Crib exhibition in St Peter’s Square from December 5
Rome: The 2021 edition of 100 Presepi, Rome's international Nativity crib exhibition, is scheduled to take place under the colonnade...
Italy: Company designs anti-omicron COVID-19 vaccine
Rome: An Italian medical company said it has designed a version of its COVID-eVax vaccine to combat the new omicron...
Italy: Consul General Danilo Guirdanella hosts 6th edition of Italian Cuisine Week in Karachi
Karachi: Consul General of Italy in Karachi Danilo Guirdanella hosted the 6th edition of Italian Cuisine Week from November 25...
Italy: Bear breaks into bakery to eat biscuits
Rome: A Mariscan bear known affectionately as Juan Carrito broke into a bakery for a late-night feast in the town...
How Italy came to be Europe’s coffee capital
Rome: Given how protective Italians can be over their coffee culture, you might be forgiven for thinking they invented the...
Italy: Milan to require masks outdoors as Italy ramps up Covid rules
Milan: Milan is to require masks outdoors in the city centre from Saturday 27 November in a bid to reduce...
Italy: Cities impose new covid restrictions over Christmas season
Rome: Italian cities are bringing in restrictions in a bid to reduce the risk of covid infections among the crowds...
Italy and France sign Quirinale Treaty in Rome
Rome: Italy and France have strengthened their bilateral ties in an historic pact signed by Italian premier Mario Draghi and...
Italy gives safe haven to Afghan Girl Sharbat Gula
Rome: Sharbat Gula, who gained worldwide fame as the green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' image by photojournalist Steve McCurry, has been welcomed...
Italy to offer covid vaccine booster to over-18s from December 1
Rome: Italy is to offer the third covid vaccine dose, or booster shot, to everyone aged over 18 from December...
Italy draws up plans to fight violence against women
Rome: The Italian cabinet is to discuss a new package of measures designed to grant greater protection to women and...
Italy: Rome home of Italian Futurist Balla to stay open in 2022
Rome: Rome celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Italian painter and Futurist master Giacomo Balla by opening...
Italy lights up Colosseum in red to remember women killed by men
Rome: Italy will mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by lighting up the Colosseum in red...
Italy: Rome exhibition of Calogero Cascio photographs
Rome: The Museo di Roma in Trastevere stages an exhibition dedicated to the Sicilian photojournalist Calogero Cascio (1927-2015) in what...
Italy: 100 skeletons march in surprise Milan performance
Milan: Milan residents and visitors got a surprise on Saturday night when 100 skeletons marching through the city centre during...
