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 ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni delivered an unusually stark year-end message to the civil servants working at Palazzo Chigi, telling them that while 2025 has been a difficult year, 2026 is ...

L'Aquila set to succeed Agrigento as culture capital. L'Aquila, the city devastated by the massive earthquake that struck the central Abruzzo region 16 years ago, will take up its role as Italian ...

Trevi Fountain entry fee sparks shakeup of Rome's city-run museums. Rome is to make its municipal museums free for residents of the Italian capital from 1 February 2026, the same day that a new entry ...

Pope Leo XIV to preside over Christmas Day Mass at St Peter's. Pope Leo XIV will impart the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing at midday on Christmas Day, his first as pontiff, from the central loggia ...

Rome's vigili urbani to manage traffic during the Olympics in Cortina. Rome is to send around 50 traffic police officers to Cortina d'Ampezzo in northern Italy for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympic ...

English-language religious services in Rome for the 2025 Christmas season. A quick guide with the times of Christmas religious services and Masses in English in Rome for 2025. All Saints' Anglican ...

Celebrating Christmas 2025 in the Eternal City. The Christmas season in Rome is a particularly festive experience thanks to street lights, rich traditions and Nativity scenes in churches around the ...

A recent analysis on net average wages, adjusted for purchasing power, highlights that Italy ranks last among major Western countries, trailing behind France, Germany, and Spain. This situation ...

Rome is about to undertake major works, funded by Bvlgari, to open Largo di Torre Argentina to visitors, prompting questions about how the development will affect the cat sanctuary among the ruins.

EUR (which is the acronym of Esposizione Universale di Roma, meaning Rome’s Universal Exposition) is a metaphysical district of Rome that dates back to the Fascist era. The original project was ...

In the mid-70s, the Banda della Magliana arose to become the most powerful criminal organization Rome has seen in centuries. The city of Rome has always been a complicated city to try and rule. From ...