Naples is renowned in Italy for its wild New Year's Eve fireworks, which leads to dozens of injuries every year, however one young man from Rome took the capodanno madness to a whole other level on ...

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 ...

Amazon cites regulatory issues in decision to halt drone delivery plans, despite making good progress with aerospace regulators. US online retail giant Amazon said on Sunday that it has dropped plans ...

Rome will welcome the arrival of the new year with three free concerts at the Circo Massimo, turning one of the city’s most extraordinary archaeological sites into the focal point of Capodanno ...

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 ...

Italy reinstates national holiday on 4 October with effect from 2026. Italy will have 12 national public holidays from 2026 after the Italian parliament voted to reinstate a day off in honour of one ...

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 ...

Brigitte Bardot, the French film star whose image and career helped redefine femininity on screen in post-war Europe, has died at the age of 91. The news was reported by Italian media on Saturday and ...

Situated beyond S. Giovanni, due east of the city centre, Pigneto is primarily a ...

Italy's museums open for free on the first Sunday of every month. State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will open their doors for free on Sunday 4 January 2026 as part of 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, ...

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 ...