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...
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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: Schools reopen with new rules
Rome: Teachers in Italy have returned to work as schools prepared to begin the new academic year on 14 September,...
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...
Italy: Family of bears visit Abruzzo village
Rome: A bear known affectionately as Amarena took her four cubs for a ramble through the streets of the tiny...
Italy: Rome’s Circus Maximus comes to life with virtual reality
Rome: The Circo Maximo Experience, reopens after the summer break from 1-30 September, offering visitors the chance to "relive the...
Italy: Goethe’s birthday celebrated at Casa di Goethe in Rome
Rome: The Casa di Goethe on Via del Corso marked J. W. Goethe's birthday on 28 August by opening for...
Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo optimistic about Afghanistan peace
Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Stefano Pontecorvo Thursday expressed optimism about peace in Afghanistan. Earlier, Maulawi Abdul Salam...
Italy: Andrea Bocelli offers reward for missing dog lost in sea off Sardinia
Rome: Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has appealed for the safe return of his pet dog Pallina which apparently slipped off...
Rome’s 60th anniversary of Olympics
Rome held 1960 Olympic Games at Stadio Olimpico and at ancient sites around the city. The 1960 Olympic Games kicked...
Italy: 10 classic proverbs to master
Rome: Whether it’s about daily habits, manners or human nature in general, Italians have some very classic proverbs that seem...
Italy defense minister in Beirut today with aid
Rome: Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini will be in Beirut today (Monday), presenting emergency aid mobilized by his country’s military...
Italy: Milan is the city that reads the most
Milan: Milan is the Italian city that reads the most, claiming the title for the eighth consecutive year, according to...
Italy: Oliver Stone to open Rome’s first floating cinema
Rome: Rome is preparing to unveil a floating cinema on the lake in the EUR neighbourhood, which will be launched...
Italy: Rome’s Fiumicino airport celebrates 60 years
Rome: Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, better known as Fiumicino, celebrated its 60th birthday today (August 20). The airport,...
Italy: Rome’s zoo animals cool off with frozen fruit
Rome: Authorities at Rome's Bioparco are ensuring the zoo's residents are coping with the summer heat by providing the animals...
Italy: Venice activists celebrate as cruise ships steer clear of canal city
Venice: Venice activists are celebrating the decision by two major cruise operators to drop the lagoon city from their itineraries,...
Italy looking to quench Champions League title thirst
Ankara: Italian football clubs have craved a UEFA Champions League title ever since Inter Milan in 2010 became the last...
Italy urges tourists to act responsibly to keep COVID-19 rates low
Rome: Health authorities in Italy say returning tourists must act responsibly to help maintain the country's low rate of new...
Italy: Four million bees die
Rome; Italian forestry officials are conducting an investigation into the unexplained death of around four million bees which died in...
Italy: 3,000 people volunteer for covid-19 vaccine trials in Rome
Rome: More than 3,000 people have volunteered to take part in human trials for an Italian-developed coronavirus vaccine, reports news...
Ferragosto: Italy’s summer holiday in August
Rome: Italy marks the national holiday of Ferragosto each year on 15 August, the feast of the Assumption, the day...
Italy: Rome recipe — Pollo alla Romana
Rome: A home-cooked classic, this Roman-style chicken dish is a wonderful summer recipe which makes the most of the season’s...
Italy: Rooster crows too early, man fined
Milan: An 83-year-old man in the Lodi area of northern Italy has been fined €166 because his rooster was disturbing...
Covid-19: Italy an inspiration to other countries, says WHO
Rome: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that other countries are learning from Italy's...
Italy: Pompeii unveils new hidden secrets
Rome: Pompeii was the first Italian archaeological site to reopen to the public after the coronavirus shutdown. The first visitors...
Italy opens new Genoa bridge to traffic
Rome: Italy opened the new bridge in the northern city of Genoa to traffic late last night, a day after...
Italy: Rome to name metro station after ‘black partisan’
Rome: Rome city council has backed a motion to name a future Metro C station after the so-called partigiano nero...
Italy: Rome’s miracle of the snow in August
Rome: Rome celebrates La Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows) by recreating a miracle snowfall outside the Basilica...
