Vessicchio was a household name in Italy thanks to his appearances at Sanremo over the decades. Peppe Vessicchio, the celebrated Italian conductor, composer and television personality, died in Rome on ...

Campaigners say aim of price hike is to stamp out smoking and fund Italy's health service. Italian health and cancer groups on Thursday unveiled a campaign for a bill to raise the price of a packet of ...

Rome mayor lists aims achieved and projects for the future in his fourth Report to the City. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Friday delivered his fourth Report to the City, an annual update on ...

Homeowner who shot and injured an intruder not under investigation thanks to new rules on self-defence. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday said that self-defence is "always legitimate", ...

Flags in Rome to fly at half-mast in memory of Octav Stroici. The mayor of Rome has declared a day of mourning on Wednesday 5 November for a worker who died after being trapped under rubble for 11 ...

In the 19th century Ostiense was the industrial heart of Rome but today it is a bustling multi-ethnic neighbourhood whose cheap rents and proximity to the centre make it popular with foreign residents ...

A pleasant district with three to four-storey apartment buildings. Situated between the historic centre and Corso Francia it has become an important cultural centre of the city, thanks to the ...

4 November is included in Italy's list of free museum dates. State museums and archaeological sites across Italy will open their doors for free on Tuesday 4 November to mark National Unity and Armed ...

Trenitalia is staging a national strike on Friday 21 October from 09.00-17.00. There is skeleton service being provided for some long distance routes but regional trains are likely to be badly ...

Olio di sansa e di oliva is the lowest grade oil. The sansa says it all. It is the dregs of the olive oil industry – the dry residue that is dumped in a smelly, fermenting heap outside the olive mill.

A guide to Halloween for kids and adults in Rome. Rome embraces the ghoulish festival of Halloween - still a slightly foreign concept in Italy - with themed events and spooky shopfronts becoming ...

Lake Nemi is a volcanic lake located in the Park of Castelli Romani, a rural pocket of the Lazio region. Lago di Nemi in Italian, Lake Nemi is 33 metres deep and nestled among the Colli Albani, the ...