New one-way system to remain in place until 2031 as Metro C station construction site moves to opposite side of Piazza Venezia. Rome introduced a new one-way traffic system in Piazza Venezia on Sunday ...

Lega deputy leader compares Diop to Venezi. Roberto Vannacci, the deputy leader of Italy's right-wing Lega party, sparked a racism row on Thursday over a social media post slamming the appointment of ...

24-hour strike to affect Rome's buses and subway services on Friday. Commuters and tourists in Rome face travel disruption on Friday 14 November due to a 24-hour public transport strike from 08.30 to ...

Rome to remember act of generosity with plaque at Muratella cat shelter. An Italian librarian who died in Rome in January of this year has left more than €156,000 in her will to the city's Muratella ...

When the Bar Becomes the Last Public Space. “The pub was the heart of our village. Now it’s luxury flats, and nobody pops round to their neighbours for a few tea bags and some sugar.” This lament from ...

Campaigners say aim of price hike is to stamp out smoking and fund Italy's health service. Italian health and cancer groups on Thursday unveiled a campaign for a bill to raise the price of a packet of ...

Jolie met patients at Bambino Gesù hospital. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to young patients at Rome's Bambino Gesù paediatric hospital on Sunday. The Oscar-winning American ...

Cinema Europa to reopen as new educational and cultural space for Europe's oldest film school in a project welcomed by Italy's culture minister. Netflix celebrates 10 years of streaming in Italy by ...

Visit Baths of Caracalla by the light of the moon. Rome's majestic Baths of Caracalla will open to visitors for night tours on nine dates between 12 October and 2 November, the city announced on ...

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 ...

Alleged crocodile sightings prove to be false alarm. The mayor of an Italian coastal town near Rome has assured residents that the panic caused by alleged sightings of a crocodile or caiman in recent ...