ROME - The Christmas tree chosen to adorn Rome’s Piazza Venezia has sparked controversy for a second-year running. It has been named ‘Spelacchio’, as last year's tree was.

ROME - A magnificent party was held at Villa Wolkonsky to honour St. Andrew’s Day.

ROME - The presentation of Roberto Wirth's book 'Silence was my first playmate' (Newton Compton Editori) written with the journalist Corrado Ruggeri was recently held in Rome at the headquarters of

ROME - The Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office has placed dozens of people, including art critic and MP Vittorio Sgarbi, under investigation on suspicion of art forgery.

ROME - Considered one of the world’s leading film directors, Bernardo Bertolucci transgressed the traditional cinematic depiction of everyday life, and paved the way for the Italian new wave moveme

ROME – Bernardo Bertolucci, one of the most influential figures in Italian cinema over the last 50 years, has passed away, his family reported on Monday.

ROME - “It isn’t just women who can understand women.

ROME - The Honourable Cristina Rossello, president of ‘Progetto Donne e Futuro’, discussed Europe’s “second industrial revolution”, fake news and the importance of building bridges between differen

ROME - The conference ‘Women In Tech’, held at Villa Wolkonsky in partnership with the ‘Progetto Donne e Futuro’, focused on stimulating female attendees to pursue a career in technology.

BRUSSELS - The winners of the first edition of the European Capital of Smart Tourism competition were awarded on Nov.

BARI - Puglia’s official tourist board  launched a new marketing campaign in association with London based advertising agency CupTheMarket last week

ROME - A group of youngsters danced around Naples' San Gennaro all’Olmo Church on Halloween while dressed in Satanic clothing.

ROME - Égalité, a bakery in Milan, has announced it will host an event on Nov. 15 to celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau Day.

ROME - The Crespi d’Adda Theatre is to host a series of readings and interpretations of Inferno, Dante Alighieri’s masterpiece, accompanied by live music.

ROME - To the relief of Roman residents and tourists alike, Minister of Culture Alberto Bonisoli has decided against charging an entry fee to the Pantheon.

ROME - Despite claims to the contrary, esteemed art critic Cristina Acidini has suggested the location of Da Vinci’s ‘Landscape with river’ (‘Paesaggio con fiume’) has yet to be confirmed.

ROME - Gaby Ford has opened The English Theatre of Rome’s Winter Season with a triumph.

ROME - A letter written by John Keats, one of England’s best-loved poets, has been bought by the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association for 131,000 pounds.

PISA - On Sat. 10. Nov, Kjell Westö will be a guest at the Pisa Book Festival in an event organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Finland in Rome.

FLORENCE -- A maverick experimenter, Tiziano Bonnani is widely considered to be one of the most non-conformist figures of contemporary Italian art.

ROME - Gilberto Benetton, co-founder of the eponymous clothing company, passed away on Oct. 22 after a brief illness.

ROME - The age-old concern that Italy’s historic and artistic heritage is under threat has been unearthed once more, as two works by the esteemed Alberto Burri were recently sold at a London auctio

POMPEII – Italian archaeologists have uncovered an inscription in Pompeii that suggests the recorded date of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption is months too early.