Jazz under the stars with panoramic views of the Colosseum by night: a music festival will take place in Rome again this summer from July to October 2025.

Dozens of firefighters have been battling around the clock to extinguish a major wildfire raging on Mount Vesuvius in the southern Campania region of Italy.

The Italian government approved a controversial €13.5 billion plan to build a massive suspension bridge connecting the island of Sicily to mainland Italy.

Italy is holding a referendum on Sunday and Monday in which the nation's voters will be asked if they wish to ease citizenship rules and reform labour laws.

A police investigation is underway in Rome after the bodies of a baby girl and a woman were found in bushes in the city's Villa Pamphilj park 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.

Italy: A 21-year-old American student died in Rome on Wednesday afternoon from a suspected allergic reaction after she ate a sandwich at a vegan restaurant.

Mount Vesuvius, the volcano responsible for the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD, remains one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world.

The Italian government's contested asylum processing scheme in Albania has hit a new obstacle after a Rome court rejected the detention of 43 migrants.

A centuries-old fortified passage between the Vatican and Castel Sant'Angelo reopened to the public on Monday with a new programme of special guided tours.

A group of activists sabotaged key locks used for short-term rentals in Rome in a new protest against overtourism ahead of the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025.

The north Italian province of Milan tops the 2024 edition of the Quality of Life in Italy report carried out by ItaliaOggi, with Rome rising to 24th place.