Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni delivered an unusually stark year-end message to the civil servants working at Palazzo Chigi, telling them that while 2025 has been a difficult year, 2026 is ...

Pope Leo XIV to preside over Christmas Day Mass at St Peter's. Pope Leo XIV will impart the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing at midday on Christmas Day, his first as pontiff, from the central loggia ...

Rome to install Christmas tree in Piazza del Popolo for third year in a row. Rome's Christmas tree, which returns to its new location of Piazza del Popolo for the third year in a row, will be ...

Italy faces series of transport strikes in November. People travelling and commuting in Italy this November face disruption due to a series of strikes affecting air travel, trains and local public ...

Jolie met patients at Bambino Gesù hospital. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to young patients at Rome's Bambino Gesù paediatric hospital on Sunday. The Oscar-winning American ...

Eugenio Giani retains his seat as Tuscany governor. Italy's centre-left opposition on Monday celebrated the re-election of the outgoing governor of the Tuscany region, Eugenio Giani, in a widely ...

Meloni coalition secures fresh victory with re-election of Roberto Occhiuto. Italy's right-wing coalition government on Monday celebrated the re-election of centre-right Calabria governor Roberto ...

'Massacro del Circeo' still haunts Italy after 50 years. Italy this week marks 50 years since the Circeo Massacre, a horrendous crime that unfolded in a seaside resort south of Rome between 29 and 30 ...

Opposition round on Meloni over criticism of flotilla. Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni came under fire on Wednesday from Italy's centre-left opposition after she criticised a flotilla carrying ...

New tourist train to launch in Italy in the fall. Italy will launch a new train service this autumn linking Rome with the ancient pilgrimage town of Assisi in a rail journey that celebrates the olive ...

Search underway for up to 20 missing people. At least 20 people died after two boats carrying around 100 migrants capsized off the coast of Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island in the Mediterranean sea, ...