Rome hosts music festival overlooking Colosseum. A music festival offers open-air jazz and blues concerts with panoramic views of the Colosseum by night this summer, from 28 July until 15 October 2025 ...

Francis Ford Coppola, the acclaimed Italian-American director best known for The Godfather, was hospitalised in Rome on Tuesday for scheduled heart surgery.

The Italian government approved a controversial €13.5 billion plan to build a massive suspension bridge connecting the island of Sicily to mainland Italy.

Around one million young people from all over the world gathered in the outskirts of Rome this weekend for a prayer vigil as part of the Jubilee of Youth.

An investigation is under way after a bus operated by Rome public transport company ATAC burst into flames in the Fleming district of the city on Tuesday.

Italy's Campi Flegrei, a highly seismic zone near Naples, was shaken on Friday by a 4-magnitude earthquake. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Italian senators on Wednesday passed new legislation aimed at combatting femicide and gender-based violence, giving the bill their unanimous approval.

Air travellers in Italy face disruption to flights on Saturday 26 July due to nationwide strike action by airport ground staff and Volotea cabin crews.

Visitors to the Trevi Fountain could soon be charged €2 to see the iconic Rome landmark as the city council's plan to introduce an entry fee steps up a gear.

Rome will host the Jubilee of Youth, the largest event of the Vatican's ongoing Jubilee Year, with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims expected.

Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned an Israeli strike that hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing two people and injuring several others.

Italy's culture minister wades into debate over Valery Gergiev. Italy faces growing calls to cancel a concert led by a Russian conductor and close Putin ally who has been shunned in the West since ...