An investigation is under way after a bus operated by Rome public transport company ATAC burst into flames in the Fleming district of the city on Tuesday.

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

Rome will host the Jubilee of Youth, the largest event of the Vatican's ongoing Jubilee Year, with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims expected.

Footballer Romano Floriani Mussolini, great-grandson of Italy's wartime Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, is set to make his debut in Serie A next month.

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.

Rome's 'Caravaggio 2025' blockbuster exhibition came to an end at Palazzo Barberini this week, clocking up a record 450,000 visitors from around the world.

Italy's culture ministry announces the new 'super-directors' of five major Italian state museums and archaeological sites, including the Colosseum in Rome.

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.

Palermo public prosecutors file an appeal to the court of cassation against the acquittal of Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini in the Open Arms case.

Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned an Israeli strike that hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing two people and injuring several others.