Italian senators on Wednesday passed new legislation aimed at combatting femicide and gender-based violence, giving the bill their unanimous approval.

Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini received the Italy-Israel Award at the chamber of deputies in Rome on Tuesday, sparking an outcry from the opposition.

The organisers of an Italian cultural festival have announced the cancellation of an upcoming concert due to be led by pro-Putin conductor Valery Gergiev.

Rome landmark records more than five million tourists in the first half of this year. Visitors to the Trevi Fountain could soon be charged €2 to see the iconic Rome landmark as a contentious plan by ...

An elderly motorist was stopped by police in Rome as he drove down a long stretch of the Spanish Steps landmark in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The Italian regions of Puglia and Emilia-Romagna break off relations with Israel in protest over the Netanyahu government's killing of civilians in Gaza.

A mystery 'ancient Roman' mosaic unearthed in central Rome this week features a banquet scene whose protagonists are dining on what appears to be fast food.

Italy is to launch a new high-speed rail link between Germany and Austria by 2026, the state-owned Italian railway company Trenitalia announced this week.

Pope Leo XIV, at the conclusion of his first general audience, renewed his appeal for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, and called for an end to hostilities.

Rome police authorities draw up a security plan ahead of the conclave when 133 cardinals will convene in the Vatican to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, is to be buried in the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore following his funeral at Saint Peter's on Saturday.

The faithful can pay their final respects to Pope Francis whose body will lie in state in St Peter's Basilica from Wednesday until Friday, the Vatican said.