Effective antitrust authorities are crucial to the working of all modern economies. But Italy, where competition is still a dirty word to many, needs them more than most. Italy was a late starter in ...

Azzurri to face England and Scotland in Rome. Italy will play two home games in the 2026 edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union championship: against Scotland on 7 February and England on 7 ...

Orange weather alert sees cancellation of Befana's flight into Piazza Navona. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has signed an order banning all recreational and sporting events in public areas on Tuesday 6 ...

Italy repatriates bodies of five teenagers killed in Crans-Montana fire. Schools across Italy on Wednesday will observe a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the deadly New Year fire at a bar ...

Train conductor found dead outside Bologna station. A 34-year-old Italian train conductor was found dead, presumably stabbed to death, outside Bologna station on Monday evening. A forensic ...

Jubilee 2025 attracted over 33 million pilgrims. Pope Leo XIV will close the Holy Door at St Peter's on Tuesday at 09.30, formally signifying the end of the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Never before had this writer looked down on the Romans as regards their haircuts, dining habits, even their habitat and bedrooms; never, that is, until he boarded Topless and saw everything from a ...

Six Italians missing and 13 in hospital as Tajani travels to scene of tragedy in Switzerland. At least 47 people have died and 112 have been injured in a New Year's Day fire at a bar at the ...

Naples is renowned in Italy for its wild New Year's Eve fireworks, which leads to dozens of injuries every year, however one young man from Rome took the capodanno madness to a whole other level on ...

Rome's city council has organised a programme of events to celebrate the traditional carnival season. Carnivale Romano takes place from 26 February to 8 March, bringing parades, theatre, music and ...

With the re-opening of factories and offices after the long summer holidays Italians face the prospect of electricity rationing in September. Italy has been feeling the shortage of electricity since ...

L'Aquila set to succeed Agrigento as culture capital. L'Aquila, the city devastated by the massive earthquake that struck the central Abruzzo region 16 years ago, will take up its role as Italian ...