ROME - "Il Primo Re" ("the First King"), the recent film about the legendary foundation of Rome, in which director Matteo Rovere makes the unprecedented and daring choice of having his actors recit

ROME - Italy's tour guides Tuesday took to the streets of Rome in protest, demanding that laws be implemented to regulate the profession.

ROME – A new ticketing plan for the Eternal City’s Colosseum has been presented which not only increases entry prices but also introduces additional types of tickets.

ROME - Ukraine's Ministry of Culture has put Italian singer Albano Carrisi, better known by his stage name Al Bano, on the “black list” of individuals considered a threat to national security.

MILAN - The renowned La Scala opera house is at the heart of now national row over the possible election of Saudi Arabia's culture minister to the venue’s board.

VENICE - The ninth edition of Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival will be held from 20 to 23 March 2019, in Auditorium Santa Margherita of Venice.

ROME – British Member of European Parliament (MEP) Jude Kirton-Darling backed the Association of Foreign Lecturers in Italy’s (ALLSI) call to European Commissioner of Justice Věra Jourová for the C

ROME - A radio that has given voice to Italy's institutions for the last 42 years is under threat of closure after the government decided to cut its budget in half, threatening a vital source of in

VENICE – During the 80s, rock legend David Bowie acquired a few paintings by 16th-century Italian artist Tintoretto.

ROME – Three veteran journalists, an American, a Spaniard and a Turk, are battling to become the new president of the Foreign Press Association grouping hundreds of foreign correspondents based in

MILAN – On the opening day of Milan Fashion Week (MFW), three supporters of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) disguised themselves as “Death” and dragged furs through the city’s Pi

ROME – One in three songs played on national and private radio stations in Italy must be Italian, said League party MP Alessandro Morelli, who has submitted a bill in the Lower House that would mak

ROME – The Carabinieri Headquarters for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC) returned an important 16th century book, ‘Clarissima et Facillima in Quatuor facra Iefu Chrifti Evangelia,’ to Belg

ROME - Equilibrio Festival 2019, entitled Northern Lights in Rome, Aurora Borealis, (Revontuli in Finnish) dedicated to north-European countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) is th

ROME - Once, walking along the Gloucester Road, my habitually elegantly-dressed father was accosted by a bloke, who had stumbled into the cold out of The Zetland Arms, with the words, “Got a light,

ROME - From Feb. 14-28, 2019, five artists will expose their works in the first Italian art gallery in augmented reality, Artinside Gallery.

ROME - You wouldn’t expect a diary written about the uncertainty over whether Italy would enter Word War II to be interesting because we know that it did.  However, Iris Origo’s ‘A Chill in the Air

SANREMO - After the victory of Mahmood, an Italian singer of Egyptian descent, at the prestigious annual Sanremo song contest, singer Martina Dell'Ombra commented "The Sanremo final is a clear poli

ROME – An exuberant and energetic performance of Neil Simon’s adaptation of his hit comedy The Odd Couple, Female Version assertively parodied social stereotypes to ensure that the audience was kep

UMBRIA - The 15th edition of the Trasimeno Music Festival (TMF) will be held from June 29 to July 5 2019, with the artistic direction of the Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt.

 FLORENCE -- The German government has acknowledged that a painting looted by Nazi soldiers during the Second World War does indeed belong to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.

ROME - The American Academy in Rome (AAR) announced that scholar and curator Elizabeth Rodini has been selected as the next Andrew Heiskell Arts Director, a posit

ROME – Internationally renowned Italian experimental composer, pianist and musical constructivist Mario Bertoncini has died aged 86.

ROME - William Trevor’s 14th book of short stories again shows his ability to create believable characters and to surprise but also convince his readers.