Homeowner who shot and injured an intruder not under investigation thanks to new rules on self-defence. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday said that self-defence is "always legitimate", ...

Sangiuliano takes a leaf out of Trump's book with Campania election slogan as Boccia withdraws from race. Italy's former culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has launched the slogan 'Make Naples Great ...

Flags in Rome to fly at half-mast in memory of Octav Stroici. The mayor of Rome has declared a day of mourning on Wednesday 5 November for a worker who died after being trapped under rubble for 11 ...

Italian senate gives green light to bill ahead of 800th anniversary of St Francis of Assisi. The Italian parliament has voted to reinstate 4 October as a national public holiday, restoring the day off ...

Declining population coincides with efforts to control tourist numbers. The population of Venice's historic centre continues to decline, dropping to below 48,000, according to the latest figures from ...

Aid mission comes after Italian premier Giorgia Meloni described Gaza situation as "unsustainable and unjustifiable". Italy began airdropping humanitarian aid into Gaza on Saturday as part of a ...

New high-speed rail link to be up and running by 2026, in agreement with Deutsche Bahn and ÖBB. Italy is to launch a new high-speed rail link between Germany and Austria by next year, the state-owned ...

Man taken to hospital in serious condition. A 47-year-old tourist was seriously injured on Friday when he became impaled on railings around the Colosseum after attempting to scale a fence at the Rome ...

English-language church services in Rome for Holy Week and Easter 2025. All Saints’ Anglican Church, Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881. 13 April. Palm Sunday 10.30. 17 April. Maundy Thursday ...

Made in Italy train will showcase the country's culture, landscapes and culinary excellence. A new luxury train, La Dolce Vita Orient Express, was unveiled at Ostiense station in Rome on Thursday ...

Musk's meeting with Gualtieri follows visit to Palazzo Chigi. Kimbal Musk, the younger brother of tech billionaire Elon Musk, reportedly visited Rome's mayor on Saturday to discuss staging a drone ...

Rome's oldest English-language bookstore opened near the Spanish Steps in 1953. Rome's Anglo American Bookshop, a landmark for the English-speaking community in the capital for more than 70 years, ...