PROCIDA - The Procida Film Festival 2021, organised by the cultural association Meridiano 14 in collaboration with the Region of Campania and the municipality of Procida, has reached its 11th edi

  ROME - Almost 60 million vaccine doses have been administered throughout Italy, and in most regions vaccines have been available to 40-year-olds for some time, and yet Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Renz

  PALERMO - With the Delta variant rapidly spreading through Italy, the tourism industry has become increasingly worried about the numbers of incoming holidaymakers from countries already in the gr

  BRUSSELS - On July 14, the European Commission adopted a package of proposals to make the EU's climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit fo

  VENICE - The Italian Minister for Culture Dario Franceschini has announced that from August 1, large cruise ships will no longer be allowed to pass in front of Saint Mark’s Basilica or down the G

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was on Wednesday morning released from Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he had been recovering following a scheduled colon surgery on July 4.

  ROME - Pope Francis paid a visit on Tuesday to the Paediatric Oncology ward of Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he is recovering from a colon operation.

  LATINA - The Italian MEP Matteo Adinolfi has been placed under investigation for allegedly buying electoral votes from the mafia, in a police inquiry that has also seen the arrest of a businessma

  SAN SEVERO - While the rest of Italy was celebrating the success of the Azzurri at the Euros, a 42-year-old man was shot and killed in a road ambush and his six-year-old nephew gravely injured.

  ROME - With the Azzurri back in Italy after their victory at the European Championships, the country burst into celebration, with parties in streets and piazzas lasting from Sunday night well int

  LONDON - Italy have beaten England to win the 2020 European Championships, their first since 1968, and sixth major international football trophy.

  AUGUSTA - SOS Mediterranee's migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking has been given a Place of Safety to disembark its 572 rescued migrants in Augusta, Sicily, after

  ROME - The Rome Diving Squad of the Vigili del Fuoco have begun a scan of the bottom of Lake Bracciano using side-scan sonar, ten days after the disappearance of 22-year-old Dutch tourist Samuel

 ROME - On July 30 at the Ettore Scola Theatre of the Casa del Cinema in Rome, will be held the eleventh edition of the award of the Pellicola d’Ora film awards, “given to the masters and craftsmen

  ROME - The 75th edition of the Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, has been awarded to the Italian writer Emanuele Trevi, for his novel Due Vite (Two Lives).

  LONDON - With only a 1,000 Italian fans being allowed to fly out to Wembley for the final of the European Championships, it will be an exclusive group.

  AVELLINO - Two men have been arrested by the Carabinieri on suspicion of bombing an Avellino job centre in May 2020 as an act of protest against anti-Covid restrictions in place at the time, acco

  LONDON - With thousands of Italians expected to travel to London for the final of the European Championships on Sunday, many staying at home have expressed fear of a major outbreak of coronavirus

  TURIN - The Italian journalist, historian and anti-fascist partisan Angelo Del Boca has died at his home in Turin, aged 96. 

 ROME - With Delta variant cases rising around Europe, most notably in the UK, Italian authorities have begun to worry about how well the country is prepared to face the summer influx of tourism, w

  LONDON - Italy have earned themselves a place in the final of the 2020 European Championships with a win over Spain on penalties, but not before a gruelling 120 minutes of football that saw plent

  ROME - With Pope Francis still recovering in hospital following his colon surgery on Sunday, and no definitive release date given, it still remains to be seen if he will be able to continue his w