Firefighters remove vehicle from Rome landmark.. An elderly motorist was stopped by Rome police as he drove down a long stretch of the Spanish Steps in the early hours of Tuesday morning.. The driver, ...

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 ...

Tourist stopped on street near Villa Borghese. Rome police detained a German tourist as he cruised down a street on a rented electric scooter with the marble base of a Roman column between his feet.

Rome's Foro Italico is set for a historic weekend as Italian tennis reaches new heights. For the first time in over a decade, both the men’s and women’s finals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia ...

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 ...

Rome boosts public transport to deal with crowds. The faithful will be able to pay their final respects to Pope Francis whose body will lie in state in St Peter's Basilica from Wednesday until Friday, ...

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 ...

Investigation opens into tragic incident in centre of Rome.. A 55-year-old woman from Spain has died after falling off a high wall to the side of the Spanish Steps in Rome on Wednesday morning, ...

Naples lies in the shadow of Vesuvius and next to Campi Flegrei.. Mount Vesuvius, the volcano responsible for the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD, remains one of the most dangerous ...