ROME - The Nastro d’Argento Europeo 2021 has been awarded to the English actor Colin Firth, in “recognition of the special style of an eclectic and elegant actor who continues to give internation

  ROME - The Roman street artist Laika has returned to the capital with a new poster on via Salaria, put up on Wednesday morning near the entrance to the Egyptian embassy, entitled "Don't Visit Egy

  MILAN - On June 14, at the Stelline Foundation in Milan, the 73rd edition of the Prix Italia 2021 kicked off, the international competition organized by RAI whi

  ROME - On Sunday June 6, in the evocative setting of the Antico Caffè Greco, for centuries a point of reference for cu

  BOLOGNA - In its intense activity of organising live concerts, the International Museum and Library of Music has brought music and musicians from all over the w

  NAPLES – The regional Governor of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, has urged the Rome central Gove

  CORTINA D'AMPEZZO - The London street artist Endless has seen his works snapped up by wealthy collectors and included among the masterpieces of Florence’s Uffiz

  ROME - At last John Cornwell has found a pope he likes and admires, Francis, and he explains why in this book, after others on why he did not like John Paul II or Benedict XVI.

  VENICE - The imminent departure of the first cruise ship from Venice following the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions, despite laws banning their presence in Venice's protected waters, has caused

  GRANADA - UP till now the received knowledge has always been that Christopher Columbus, the supposed discoverer of America, was born in Genoa in 1451.

  ROME - Four American Academy in Rome (AAR) Fellows, responding to the restrictions and limits of the Covid-19 era, are producing sculptures that will be install

  BERGAMO - The third edition of the Ermanno Olmi Prize for Best Short Film, promoting young filmmakers, has opened for entries, offering a prize of up to 1,200 euros for the winning entry.

  FLORENCE - The all-female team, who for the last eight years have been restoring the interior of the New Sacristy of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, are this month preparing to officially reveal the

  ZARZIS - “It will be a heaven on earth,” has said the creator of a new cemetery for dead refugees, those thousands who have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean.

  ROME - The Rome Savoyards, a non-profit theatrical organisation, have announced their upcoming show, 'Curtain Up!', by renowned writer Peter Quilter, 

  MILAN - Carla Fracci, the ballet dancer, actress, and cultural “point of reference”, has died aged 84.

  ROME - After a year of streaming and anxiety, live cinema is returning with the launch of a new film festival in Porto Turistico in Rome, Cinelido.

  FAVIGNANA - Palermo's Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC) have made the spectacular discovery of four ancient amphorae at the bottom of the sea off Favignana, an isl

  CATANIA - The beloved Sicilian singer, songwriter and composer Franco Battiato has died aged 76.

  LONDON - 'Grimaldi's Last Act', an audio play based on Charles Dickens' telling of the life of an Italian clown in London in the 19th century, is the latest offering by the Tricolore Theatre Comp

  ROME - Car enthusiasts and Anglophiles gathered in the Italian capital for a two day event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type, the car which Enzo Ferrari called on its release

 TBILISI – Georgia is celebrating the 700^th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri with a constellation

  MILAN - A plate of 13 fossilised fish dating back to the Cretaceous period (145.5 - 65.5 milion years ago) in Lebanon has been returned to the Consul General of Lebanon in Milan, Dr.