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 ...

Levante sparks crisis for Sanremo with pledge to boycott Eurovision over inclusion of Israel. Italy's Sanremo Music Festival, the biggest annual event in Italian pop culture, has become mired in a ...

Speculation is mounting that Roberto Vannacci could be preparing to leave Lega, as relations between the controversial MEP and the party leadership appear increasingly strained. The trigger came in ...

Move follows fatal knife attack at Italian school. The Italian government has authorised the use of metal detectors in schools as part of measures to increase security in the wake of a fatal stabbing ...

Rooftop bistrot could open this year, according to reports in Rome. A bistrot on the rooftop of St Peter’s Basilica could open later this year, according to reports in Rome, adding an unexpected new ...

There are cities that punish you the moment you fall out of step. I have lived in many of them. Hong Kong, Sydney, London. In those places, forward motion is treated like a kind of moral virtue. If ...

There is the timetable Rome publishes, and then there is the one it actually follows. Anyone who has lived in the city for more than a few months knows the difference. The official version is ...

Sicilian town faces emergency after massive landslide. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday visited the Sicilian town of Niscemi which has been left hanging over a cliff after the ...