Alberto Trentini freed after 423 days in Caracas jail. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday announced that Venezuela has released Italian nationals, Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò, from ...

Train passengers in Italy face disruption due to a 24-hour strike. Italy faces disruption to rail services across the country this weekend due to a 24-hour national strike by train staff and railway ...

Italy's education minister orders probe into 'lista stupri' case which has shocked Italy and reignited a debate over femicide and sex education in schools. There is outrage in Italy over a 'rape list' ...

CGIL union slams budget as Meloni mocks date chosen for strike. Italy's largest trade union, CGIL, has called a national general strike on Friday 12 December in protest over the government's 2026 ...

Unions call on workers to "block everything" in protest over government's "war budget". Italian trade unions USB and CUB have called a national general strike for public and private sectors on Friday ...

Eugenio Giani retains his seat as Tuscany governor. Italy's centre-left opposition on Monday celebrated the re-election of the outgoing governor of the Tuscany region, Eugenio Giani, in a widely ...

Locks changed at Caffè Greco as long-running eviction battle comes to an end. Antico Caffè Greco, Rome's oldest coffee house, was sealed up by police on Wednesday following a lengthy legal battle ...

Opposition round on Meloni over criticism of flotilla. Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni came under fire on Wednesday from Italy's centre-left opposition after she criticised a flotilla carrying ...

General strike for Gaza leads to travel chaos in Italy. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Rome and cities across Italy on Monday amid a general strike to express solidarity with ...

Gualtieri says plan to open Tevere to public swimming is "absolutely within reach". Swimming in Rome's river Tiber will be possible within five years, according to the city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri, ...

Girl, 13, on catwalk for Miss Italia Mascotte. Controversy has broken out in Italy after a 13-year-old girl appeared on a catwalk, wearing a bikini and high heels, during a Miss Italia Mascotte beauty ...

Urban renewal project dates back 19 years. Rome's new-look Piazza Augusto Imperatore, the public square around the Mausoleum of Augustus in the heart of the city centre, was inaugurated on Friday by ...