Culture

 ROME - According to the US National Travel and Tourism Office, 7.7 million Americans flew to Europe in the first 5 months of 2025, a 6 per cent increase on the previous year.

 ROME – I met Roman Rollnick when we were young reporters for United Press International covering Pope John Paul II’s trip to the Benelux countries in 1985.

 Rome — In a time marked by deep global divisions, the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence, and mounting distrust between cultures, a recent conference

 SAN VITO LO CAPO, Sicily – A ground-breaking investigative documentary on American environmental campaigners’ long battle to save 73 killer whales and salmon on t

Rome -A concert by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev scheduled to take place at the Royal Palace of Caserta has been cancelled following mounting political and public pressure over his links to Pres

Rome— Palazzo Merulana, one of the Eternal City's leading venues for cross-cultural artistic dialogue, has opened its latest exhibition, Echoes of Time, a solo show by renowned Chinese artist Zhang

 Milan – Italian luxury fashion house Loro Piana, famed for its ultra-premium cashmere garments, has been placed under judicial administration by a Milan court f

 “Do I need to cover my shoulders to enter the Colosseum?”, an American tourist asked me over the roar of the Trevi Fountain. I considered my answer, tempted by a deceitful reply.

 ROME – Amid concern over ICCROM’s hiring of a constellation of cronies from the FAO by the cultural quango's Director-General, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, dipl

 ROME -- ll bar is to Italy what the pub is to England - an institution to be found on

 ROME –  Italian MP Elisabetta Piccolotti has tabled a question in the Chamber of Deputies asking the Minister for University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, fo

 WIMBLEDON-The three-week interval between the French Open final and the start of Wimbledon has provided ample opportunity to ponder Jannik Sinner’s loss to Carlos Alcaraz.

Rome – In a striking celebration of cultural diplomacy, South Korea illuminated the Colosseum with a multimedia projection on Thursday evening, marking the anniversary

 ROME - Arnaldo Pomodoro, the famous Italian sculptor, died on Sunday 22, in Milan at the age of 99 in his home, the Arnaldo Pomodoro foundation said.

Rome --An 81-year-old man has been reported to the authorities after driving his car down the tourist-famed Spanish Steps in Rome in the early hours of Monday morning.

 ROME -- The fashion industry has been in steady decline since 2022, the year that marked a significant slowdown in post-pandemic revenues.

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ROME - The intriguing first novel from the pen of Italy-based poet and translator, Linda Lappin, “The Etruscan” is unique for its setting, the northern Lazio area known as Etruria or Tuscia.

 ROME -- In the heart of Italy's haute couture, designer Jamal Taslaq has carved out a space uniquely his own by masterfully fusing Palestinian heritage with Italian craftsmanship.

ROME – The Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) hosted an exclusive line up of speakers at their headquarters on Via Gregoriana as well as via zoom to discuss the topic of Art and the Human Expe

 BRUSSELS -- A record 7^th case concerning foreign language lecturers “lettori” in Italian universities is hea

 ROME -- Concern is growing among donor countries over the decision by the director general of ICCROM, the Rome-based international quango responsible for the tec

 Last spring, over coffee near Piazza Navona, I met a diplomat’s family