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.

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 ...

Pioli and Ranieri among those tipped to succeed Spalletti who will leave role after Moldova match.. Luciano Spalletti, manager of the Italian national football team, announced on Sunday that he had ...

Fast food mosaic gets mixed reaction in Rome. A mysterious "ancient Roman" mosaic unveiled in central Rome this week features a banquet scene whose protagonists are dining on what appears to be fast ...

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 ...

Vance's visit to Rome will coincide with Easter. US vice president JD Vance is to meet the Vatican's secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin during his upcoming visit to Italy, the White House ...

Meloni says the Italian government will do all it can to avoid trade war. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni was among the first world leaders to criticise US President Donald Trump's introduction ...

17 car destroyed in dawn blaze at Tesla dealership. Police in Italy are investigating a major fire that engulfed a Tesla dealership and completely destroyed 17 cars in the eastern outskirts of Rome in ...

Visit part of Jubilee Year 2025 calendar.. Pope Francis is to visit the legendary Cinecittà Film Studios in Rome on 17 February as part of the calendar of events for Jubilee Year 2025, the Vatican ...

Toscani died after battling terminal illness. Oliviero Toscani, the Italian photographer famed for his provocative advertising campaigns for fashion brand Benetton, died on Monday at the age of 82.