General strike to impact public transport across Italy but will not affect air travel. Italian trade unions have called a 24-hour general strike on Monday 22 September, involving the public and ...

Sardinia follows in footsteps of Tuscany by approving right-to-die law in the absence of national legislation. Sardinia has become the second Italian region to approve a law granting access to ...

De Niro will be in Rome to launch Nobu Hotel. Hollywood legend Robert De Niro will receive Rome's highest honour, the Lupa Capitolina, while he is in the Italian capital in early November, the city ...

Boy's brother says tragedy must serve as a "wake up call" amid fresh debate about bullying as new school year begins in Italy. Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into incitement to ...

Strike action and rallies planned across Italy on 19 and 22 September. Italian trade unions have called two days of strike and protests in Italy, on Friday 19 September and Monday 22 September, to ...

Move follows numerous complaints from local residents. Rome's mayor has banned a woman from feeding pigeons from her window ledge after neighbours complained about the mess and stench caused by the ...

Italy will mark 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi next year. Italy is set to make 4 October a national public holiday once again, reinstating a day off in honour of Saint Francis ...

Installation to be visible every night from 20 September until 15 October. This autumn, a 500-metre stretch of the towering embankment walls along Rome's river Tevere will be illuminated in a ...

18 Italian boats carrying aid for Gaza will join other vessels departing from Tunisia. The 18 Italian boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest independent initiative to deliver humanitarian aid ...

New tourist train to launch in Italy in the fall. Italy will launch a new train service this autumn linking Rome with the ancient pilgrimage town of Assisi in a rail journey that celebrates the olive ...

Operation Eiche, when Mussolini was rescued by the Nazis. On the 25th of July, 1943, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was arrested at Villa Savoia in Rome. Mussolini’s arrest brought an end ...

The meaning of the word “Natale” is rooted in the word "birth" in Latin. Therefore, by wishing each other a Merry Christmas in Italy, we wish each other "a good birth". Christmas is a day of birth. It ...