Rome, Turin, Ancona, Bari and Palermo to stage performances on 6 July in honour of Morricone. Five Italian cities will honour Ennio Morricone with free concerts on Monday 6 July, the sixth anniversary ...

Thunderstorms, hail and strong winds set to sweep the country as cooler Atlantic air collides with weeks of extreme heat. Italy is bracing for violent thunderstorms, hail and strong winds as a cooler ...

Italy postpones its own separate €2 parcel charge until October to avoid a combined €5 levy hitting online shoppers. A new EU-wide customs duty of €3 on small parcels from outside the bloc came into ...

Italy's €15 million acquisition of the fourth-century BC painted monument from Vulci is unveiled at Villa Giulia. Italy has unveiled the François Tomb, one of the supreme surviving examples of ...

Festival brings international directors to ancient Roman theatre. Rome's Teatro di Roma returns to the Roman theatre of Ostia Antica for the second edition of the Teatro Ostia Antica Festival, themed ...

Standard ticket rises from €5 to €7 under new accord between the culture ministry and the Diocese of Rome. The entry fee for Rome's Pantheon rises from Wednesday 1 July, with the standard ticket ...

Strike action on 5 July to affect airports in Rome, Milan and Catania. A series of overlapping strikes across Italy's aviation sector on Sunday 5 July is set to cause significant disruption to air ...

Rome marks Festa di SS. Pietro e Paolo on 29 June. Rome celebrates its patron saints Peter and Paul with a public holiday in the Italian capital on 29 June, in an annual tradition dating back to ...

Police identify prime suspect in the killing of a father, mother and their young daughter in Rome. Three members of a family of Bangladeshi origin were stabbed to death late on Friday night in their ...