New ticket price will take effect from 1 July 2026. The tourist entry fee for the Pantheon in Rome is to increase from €5 to €7, following a new agreement between the Italian culture ministry and the ...

In January 2026, a few days after Pope Leo XIV delivered his State of the World address, a top Vatican diplomat was summoned to the Pentagon. What happened in that room is now, according to reporting ...

Stoppage necessary to upgrade stretch of railway on high-speed line. High-speed train services between Rome and Florence will be suspended over the weekend of 11-12 April as rail infrastructure ...

Speaking from Castel Gandolfo, the Pope Condemns Trump’s Ultimatum to Iran as a Moral Crisis, Not Just a Legal One As the world held its breath on Tuesday 7 April over an American ultimatum ...

The two people killed in explosion at a disused farmhouse in Rome were known to police as members of the anarchist network linked to Alfredo Cospito. What initially appeared to be the tragic deaths of ...

ITA Airways cancels over half its scheduled flights due to strike. Italy is braced for major travel disruption due to a series of strikes affecting the country's transport system on the last three ...

Opposition calls for answers from culture minister. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni is at the centre of a bizarre controversy over reports that a restored fresco of an angel in a landmark Rome church ...

Opposition call on Meloni to condemn incident. Footage of two Italian journalists being threatened by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis has sparked controversy in ...

Coastal areas in Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia devastated by severe weather. Cyclone Harry, a powerful Mediterranean storm, has wreaked havoc in Italy's southern Calabria region as well as on the ...

Deadly stabbing sparks national debate on knife culture and safety in Italian schools. An 18-year-old student died in hospital on Friday evening after being stabbed that morning by a classmate at his ...

Unions call on workers to "block everything" in protest over government's "war budget". Italian trade unions USB and CUB have called a national general strike for public and private sectors on Friday ...

Declining population coincides with efforts to control tourist numbers. The population of Venice's historic centre continues to decline, dropping to below 48,000, according to the latest figures from ...