Firefighters remove vehicle from Rome landmark.. An elderly motorist was stopped by Rome police as he drove down a long stretch of the Spanish Steps in the early hours of Tuesday morning.. The driver, ...

Turnout was well below required 50 per cent plus one threshold, rendering result of two-day referendum invalid.. An Italian referendum on citizenship and labour reform failed to reach the required ...

Tourist stopped on street near Villa Borghese. Rome police detained a German tourist as he cruised down a street on a rented electric scooter with the marble base of a Roman column between his feet.

New high-speed rail link to be up and running by 2026, in agreement with Deutsche Bahn and ÖBB.. Italy is to launch a new high-speed rail link between Germany and Austria by next year, the state-owned ...

Italy comes fifth in 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.. Italy's Lucio Corsi, with his song Volevo essere un duro, came in fifth place at the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Basel on ...

Until now, Italy required medium-sized and large dogs to fly in the cargo hold. Not anymore.. Italy is expanding its air travel rules to allow pet owners to take larger dogs on board flights, in the ...

All eyes turn to Rome as the conclave to elect the 267th pope begins. The papal conclave, the solemn and secretive process in which cardinals convene to choose a successor to Pope Francis, gets ...

Smoke from chimney tells the world if a new pope has been elected or not. Work got underway in the Vatican on Friday morning to mount a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave ...

Rome pastry shop near senate gutted by fire. Pasticceria Cinque Lune, a renowned pastry shop near the Italian senate in the centre of Rome, was seriously damaged in a fire that broke out on Tuesday.

Francis chose the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore as his final resting place and will become the first pope in more than a century not to be buried in St Peter's.. Pope Francis, who died on Monday ...

World leaders to be seated according to Vatican protocols and the French alphabet.. The dozens of world leaders and heads of state attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday morning will be ...