Lega deputy leader compares Diop to Venezi. Roberto Vannacci, the deputy leader of Italy's right-wing Lega party, sparked a racism row on Thursday over a social media post slamming the appointment of ...

24-hour strike to affect Rome's buses and subway services on Friday. Commuters and tourists in Rome face travel disruption on Friday 14 November due to a 24-hour public transport strike from 08.30 to ...

Judge Paolo Adinolfi went missing in Rome in 1994. A search got under way at a jazz venue in Rome on Thursday morning as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a judge in the Italian ...

EasyJet and Volotea staff plan to stage walkouts. Air travellers at airports in Italy face disruption on Friday 14 November due to two separate strikes planned by employees of airlines easyJet and ...

When the Bar Becomes the Last Public Space. “The pub was the heart of our village. Now it’s luxury flats, and nobody pops round to their neighbours for a few tea bags and some sugar.” This lament from ...

Campaigners say aim of price hike is to stamp out smoking and fund Italy's health service. Italian health and cancer groups on Thursday unveiled a campaign for a bill to raise the price of a packet of ...

Flags in Rome to fly at half-mast in memory of Octav Stroici. The mayor of Rome has declared a day of mourning on Wednesday 5 November for a worker who died after being trapped under rubble for 11 ...

Rome closes off area around site of partially collapsed mediaeval tower and orders evacuation of surrounding buildings. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Tuesday signed an order closing off the area ...

Vessicchio was a household name in Italy thanks to his appearances at Sanremo over the decades. Peppe Vessicchio, the celebrated Italian conductor, composer and television personality, died in Rome on ...

Sicilia Express offers Sicilians living in northern Italy a low-cost way to get home for Christmas. Italy's Sicily region will once again offer a special rail service this Christmas with the Sicilia ...

In the 19th century Ostiense was the industrial heart of Rome but today it is a bustling multi-ethnic neighbourhood whose cheap rents and proximity to the centre make it popular with foreign residents ...

Italy cancels flypast of Frecce Tricolori jets after partial collapse of mediaeval tower. Italy's president Sergio Mattarella will attend a ceremony at Rome’s Altare della Patria in honour of national ...