Travel chaos expected in Italy on Friday 20 June due to nationwide strike action. Italy is braced for a 24-hour national general strike on 20 Friday June that is set to affect air, rail and local ...

Turnout was well below required 50 per cent plus one threshold, rendering result of two-day referendum invalid. An Italian referendum on citizenship and labour reform failed to reach the required ...

Fast food mosaic gets mixed reaction in Rome. A mysterious "ancient Roman" mosaic unveiled in central Rome this week features a banquet scene whose protagonists are dining on what appears to be fast ...

ECRI renews racism claim against Italian police. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni has blasted allegations of racism in the Italian police forces by a Council of Europe panel as "simply shameful" ...

Tourist stopped on street near Villa Borghese. Rome police detained a German tourist as he cruised down a street on a rented electric scooter with the marble base of a Roman column between his feet.

Bologna clinch Coppa Italia title in Rome. Italian Serie A football team Bologna beat rivals AC Milan to lift their third Coppa Italia trophy, the first in more than half a century, on Wednesday night ...

Until now, Italy required medium-sized and large dogs to fly in the cargo hold. Not anymore. Italy is expanding its air travel rules to allow pet owners to take larger dogs on board flights, in the ...

Vehicle being refitted to respond to dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. A popemobile used by Pope Francis is being converted into a mobile healthcare unit for children in Gaza, in line with the late ...

Man taken to hospital in serious condition. A 47-year-old tourist was seriously injured on Friday when he became impaled on railings around the Colosseum after attempting to scale a fence at the Rome ...

Smoke from chimney tells the world if a new pope has been elected or not. Work got underway in the Vatican on Friday morning to mount a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave ...

Stamps are valid until election of new pope. The Vatican has issued a special set of four "Sede Vacante" stamps to mark the period between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his successor.

Rome boosts public transport to deal with crowds. The faithful will be able to pay their final respects to Pope Francis whose body will lie in state in St Peter's Basilica from Wednesday until Friday, ...