Business Italy slaps Apple with €98m fine over app tracking policy The fine adds to growing European scrutiny of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature and its impact on competition in mobile advertising. 22/12/2025
Culture news Italian broadcast workers union calls for Eurovision 2026 boycott The USB union at Italy's state broadcaster RAI has begun a petition calling for Italy to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s participation. It's seeking 3,000 signatures and urging RAI to follow five other countries in quitting the song competition. 22/12/2025
Partner content Milan’s Christmas tree ignites Olympic hopes Partner content presented by TCL Milan’s 29-metre Christmas tree has become the centre of a month-long winter wonderland celebrating Milano Cortina 2026, with TCL blending light, technology and Olympic values to inspire visitors through immersive igloos, athlete stories and sustainable design. 22/12/2025
Euronews investigates In Italy, the “Land of Fires” continues to claim lives In Campania, southern Italy, the “Land of Fires” continues to bear the scars of decades of criminal pollution. Illegal dumps, toxic fires, and soaring illness: Euronews reporter, Valérie Gauriat, investigated at the heart of this scarred territory, where residents’ anger shows no sign of abating. 19/12/2025
Travel News In Rome, even the metro stations are a tourist attraction The new terminals have been dubbed ‘archeostations’, as both exhibit archaeological riches unearthed during the construction process. 17/12/2025
Europe News Italy's Meloni pours cold water on 'premature' EU-Mercosur agreement Italy's position is pivotal, as France, Hungary, Poland, and Austria oppose the deal, which requires the approval of a qualified majority for the EU executive chief Ursula von der Leyen to sign it. 17/12/2025
Europe News Thousands of dinosaur footprints discovered on rock faces in northern Italy Thousands of dinosaur footprints have been found in a national part in northern Italy known as the Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio Branchi. Experts say they are from enormous herbivores that lived there 210 million years ago in the Triassic period. 16/12/2025
No Comment Rome opens new Metro C stations near Colosseum ruins Rome unveils two new Metro C stations near the Colosseum, featuring ancient artifacts. The project, nearly 20 years in the making, promises to ease city traffic. 16/12/2025
Nature Why these brown bears have evolved to be smaller and less aggressive The research comes as communities in Italy and around Europe struggle with the rebound of bear populations due to conservation efforts. 16/12/2025
Italy Meloni calls for Europe to strengthen defence as US signals pullback Italian PM tells Atreju rally that Europe must organise its own defence after Trump signals US disengagement. Government allies pledge unity for 2027 elections. 14/12/2025
Destinations The ancestry detectives helping Americans trace their roots in Italy Americans are tracing their Italian ancestry with the help of genealogy experts, DNA testing, and a rise in roots tourism. 14/12/2025
No Comment Hundreds join strike in Rome against 2026 budget plans Hundreds in Rome protested against Italy’s 2026 budget, demanding more investment in public services over defence, disrupting transport and healthcare. 12/12/2025
Italy Woman crashes stolen boat into Venice's historic Rialto Bridge An Italian woman stole a delivery boat in Venice and crashed it into the 16th-century Rialto Bridge on Thursday, damaging the stone balustrade and sending parcels into the Grand Canal. 12/12/2025
Business Berlusconi’s MFE backs Paramount over Netflix in Warner Bros battle Italy’s largest media group, MFE-MediaForEurope, has publicly thrown its support behind Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery, arguing that Paramount’s offer would preserve competition in the global streaming market. 11/12/2025
Travel News This Tuscan town is offering cash to new residents The mayor of Radicondoli has earmarked €400,000 this year to lure new residents. 11/12/2025
Italy Fugitive in Italy arrested after hiding as nativity scene fake statue A 38-year-old was arrested in southern Italy on Saturday after the town's mayor spotted him posing as a statue in a Christmas nativity scene. The man was wanted for assaulting a police officer and had escaped a prison sentence in Bologna. 11/12/2025
Culture news Italian cuisine makes UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list Italian cooking and its biocultural diversity has been recognised by UNESCO on its list of intangible cultural heritage, in a world first. The move rewards how the country celebrates cuisine as a communal activity and applauds its anti-waste approach to recipes. 10/12/2025
Italy Pope Leo XIV says Trump is trying to 'break apart' Europe-US alliance Pope Leo XIV said US President Donald Trump's recent remarks about Europe were "trying to break apart what needs to be a very important alliance." Pope Leo added that Europe's role in seeking peace in Ukraine was important. 09/12/2025
No Comment Zelenskyy meets Pope Leo XIV and PM Meloni in Italy visit Zelenskyy visited Italy, meeting Pope Leo XIV and Prime Minister Meloni, and reiterated Ukraine's firm stance against ceding territory to Russia. 09/12/2025
Italy Zelenskyy seeks backing in Rome and vows no land to be ceded to Russia Zelenskyy met Pope Leo XIV and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Tuesday, meanwhile voicing his refusal to surrender territory to Moscow despite pressure from Washington for territorial concessions. 09/12/2025
The Cube Viral posts mislead on Italy's 'lab-grown meat' ban Italy passed a law banning cultivated or cell-based meat years ago, but posts online suggesting that it has just happened have prompted conflicting claims related to the product. 09/12/2025
Travel News Spend New Year’s Eve partying onboard Europe's luxury trains La Dolce Vita's three-day experience comes with a price tag to match its exclusivity, starting at €11,280 per passenger. 09/12/2025
Italy Inmate flees Milan prison in fourth breakout from European jails Taulant Toma escaped Milan's maximum security prison over the weekend, marking his fourth prison break since 2009 from Italian and Belgian facilities. 08/12/2025
No Comment Italy swimmer Damiano Lestingi proposes during Olympic Flame event Italy’s Damiano Lestingi proposed during the Olympic Flame event in Civitavecchia, turning his Milano Cortina 2026 duties into a personal milestone. 08/12/2025
Travel News Milan bans check-in key boxes for short rentals from 2026 From 2026, Milan is cracking down on short-term rentals with a ban on key boxes on public land. 05/12/2025
No Comment Olympic flame for Milan Cortina 2026 arrives in Rome The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games arrived in Rome, marking the start of a nationwide torch relay that will span all Italian provinces before the opening ceremony on 6th of February. 05/12/2025