Italy

Travel News

Venice daytripper fee relaunches this week. Here's how to pay

Venice daytrippers face steep fines if they don’t pay the fee designed to combat overtourism.

15/04/2025

Design

Milan Salone del Mobile 2025: Spinning libraries and daring designs

Milan's Salone del Mobile, the world-renowned design fair, showcased cutting-edge furniture from 2,100 exhibitors across 37 countries, with highlights like Es Devlin’s stunning "Library of Light".

14/04/2025

Culture news

Dinosaur tracks found while filming documentary in Sardinia

Traces of a bipedal dinosaur from around 165 million years ago were found in Ogliastra during the filming of a documentary. The exceptional discovery sheds light on the animals that lived on the island during the Middle Jurassic.

12/04/2025

Europe News

Italy sends 40 rejected asylum seekers to Albania detention centres

Legal experts and rights groups have raised alarm over the move, questioning its legality and accusing Italy of undermining asylum rights.

11/04/2025

Travel News

Cinque Terre hikers face footwear checks and one-way paths this spring

The Cinque Terre park authorities brought in a ban on open or smooth-soled footwear like flip-flops in 2019.

11/04/2025

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Ice cream break for King Charles and Queen Camilla during Rome visit

King Charles III and Queen Camilla made an unexpected stop for Italian ice cream in Rome on Wednesday, greeting crowds gathered near the historic Gelateria Giolitti.

10/04/2025

Europe News

UK royals attend state dinner hosted by Italian President

The event coincided with the royal couple's 20th wedding anniversary and came as part of the UK monarch's four-day state visit to Italy.

10/04/2025

Europe News

King Charles III addresses Italian parliament in historic first

Earlier on Wednesday, the 76-year-old, who was recently hospitalised due to the side effects of his cancer treatment, met the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

09/04/2025

Europe News

Italian town enlists volunteer pensioners to monitor public works

The eight retired men, all with a technical background, will observe and report on everything from public construction works to the state of parks and roads.

09/04/2025

Europe News

Italy: UK royals welcomed at Quirinale Palace

It is the King's first overseas trip since he was briefly hospitalised for side effects from his cancer treatment.

08/04/2025

Earth News

Meet Zen, the border collie leading avalanche rescues in the Dolomites

When things go wrong, the only weapon Alpine rescuers have to search is dogs.

08/04/2025

Travel News

Italy fines Colosseum ticketing agencies for ripping off tourists

Ticketing agencies made it almost impossible to purchase standard-price entry to Italy's most popular tourist attraction.

08/04/2025

Europe News

King Charles in Rome on first overseas trip since brief hospital stay

Charles is traveling with Queen Camilla on the four-day visit, which includes the first address to the Italian Parliament of a British monarch.

07/04/2025

Art

'Caravaggio 2025' already selling out fast in Rome

The exhibition at Rome's Palazzo Barberini is one of the most extensive showcases of Caravaggio’s works ever staged, with some of its 24 pieces being displayed in Italy for the first time.

04/04/2025

Europe News

Italy's largest union joins prosecution in migrant worker murder trial

Prosecutors originally considered charging the farm owner with manslaughter, but raised charges to murder with malice, arguing he was aware the actions he took could cause the death of a migrant worker gravely injured by machinery.

02/04/2025

Europe News

Police investigate after more than a dozen Teslas burned in Rome

The incident is the latest in a series of suspected arson attacks targeting Elon Musk's company.

31/03/2025

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Behind the scenes with alpine rescue dogs ready to save lives

On the slopes near Cortina d'Ampezzo, Zen, a five-year-old border collie, leads a pack of trainee rescue dogs, preparing for the rising avalanche threat in the Italian Alps.

31/03/2025

Europe News

Italy approves use of Albania migration centres as repatriation hubs

Under the new decree, two centres in Albania will now also house migrants who arrived in Italy, had their asylum request rejected and received a deportation order.

29/03/2025

Business

Ferrari raises prices for some models in response to Trump’s tariffs

Ferrari announced that it would increase prices for certain models up to 10% in response to Trump’s 25% auto tariffs on European car imports. The company added that its 2025 profit margins face a potential 50 basis-point reduction risk.

28/03/2025

Travel News

Inside Italy’s crackdown on fake hotel and restaurant reviews

Italy’s new rules aim to tackle both mistaken and malicious reviews by requiring proof of a visit and banning incentives for positive comments.

27/03/2025

Italy

Controversy as Italian politician suggests babies get mothers' surname

This is not the first time the debate has surfaced in Italy, with a 2022 judgement from Italy's Constitutional Court ruling it unconstitutional to automatically assign a baby their father's surname.

26/03/2025

Europe News

How Ukraine and EU rearmament are dividing the Italian government

The coalition’s junior partners, The League and Forza Italia, take opposing positions on the war in Ukraine and the European Commission’s plan to build up Europe's security. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is walking a political tightrope

25/03/2025

Art

Tracey Emin's Sex and Solitude: A must-see exhibition in Florence

Running until 20 July 2025, the mesmerising show spans more than 60 of Emin's works, from neon confessions to visceral paintings and haunting bronzes.

24/03/2025

Food and Drink

Pope’s release from hospital celebrated with 'Hallelujah' gelato

Catholics celebrated Pope Francis’s release from hospital not only with a shout of “Hallelujah,” but also perhaps a cone – the launch of the new gelato flavour has launched in Rome, in a coincidental nod to the pontiff’s love of the sweet treat.

24/03/2025

Europe News

Pope Francis leaves hospital after five weeks of treatment

A weak and frail Pope Francis has left the hospital and has gone home to the Vatican after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

23/03/2025

Art

Celebrating 100 years of Karl Stengel in Florence, London and Mexico

The centenary of the birth of postwar Hungarian artist Karl Stengel offers a moment to rediscover the artist’s extraordinary story, with exhibitions in Florence, London, and Mexico highlighting his legacy.

23/03/2025