Orange weather alert sees cancellation of Befana's flight into Piazza Navona. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has signed an order banning all recreational and sporting events in public areas on Tuesday 6 ...

Train conductor found dead outside Bologna station. A 34-year-old Italian train conductor was found dead, presumably stabbed to death, outside Bologna station on Monday evening. A forensic ...

Jubilee 2025 attracted over 33 million pilgrims. Pope Leo XIV will close the Holy Door at St Peter's on Tuesday at 09.30, formally signifying the end of the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Italy repatriates bodies of five teenagers killed in Crans-Montana fire. Schools across Italy on Wednesday will observe a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the deadly New Year fire at a bar ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is celebrated in Rome with the lighting of candles in a menorah (candelabrum) in Piazza Barberini. The first candle will be lit on Sun 21 Dec at 18.00 in the presence of ...

Never before had this writer looked down on the Romans as regards their haircuts, dining habits, even their habitat and bedrooms; never, that is, until he boarded Topless and saw everything from a ...

Marilina Tuccinardi, the person responsible for children in the Rome city council social policies department, is in no doubt: The law is in the interests of the children and must be respected. The law ...

Six Italians missing and 13 in hospital as Tajani travels to scene of tragedy in Switzerland. At least 47 people have died and 112 have been injured in a New Year's Day fire at a bar at the ...

Wanted in Rome is a monthly magazine in English for expatriates in Rome established in 1985. The magazine covers Rome news stories that may be of interest to English and Italian speaking residents, ...

Rome's city council has organised a programme of events to celebrate the traditional carnival season. Carnivale Romano takes place from 26 February to 8 March, bringing parades, theatre, music and ...

Actress Eleonora Giorgi died in Rome on 3 March aged 71, following a long battle with cancer. Giorgi appeared in dozens of films in the 1970s and 1980s, many of which were comedies and erotic comedies ...

With the re-opening of factories and offices after the long summer holidays Italians face the prospect of electricity rationing in September. Italy has been feeling the shortage of electricity since ...