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.

Smoke from chimney tells the world if a new pope has been elected or not. Work got underway in the Vatican on Friday morning to mount a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave ...

Irish Franciscans celebrate four centuries of St Isidore's with a major conference in Rome. This year marks the 400th anniversary of St Isidore's College, an Irish Franciscan landmark and Ireland's ...

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, ...

Francis' pontificate was marked by milestone reforms and papal firsts. Pope Francis, who died in the Vatican on 21 April aged 88, served as pontiff for just over 12 years. The Argentine pontiff had ...

Musk advocates a free trade zone between US and Europe, with zero tariffs. Elon Musk addressed a congress of Italy's right-wing Lega party in Florence on Saturday, appearing by video link as the star ...

Jackpot lottery win turns into legal battle. A 51-year-old man who won €88 million in Italy's SuperEnalotto is being sued by his estranged wife who claims that half the massive jackpot belongs to her.

With an impressive background in political science and European studies, the Dean of Temple University Rome has navigated a dynamic academic career that spans multiple continents. From ...

Five-storey building in Bari had been evacuated last year after being declared unsafe. Firefighters in the southern Italian city of Bari on Thursday night pulled an elderly woman out alive from the ...

Tributes pour in for Eleonora Giorgi who is remembered for her films and love of life. Italian actress Eleonora Giorgi has died in Rome at the age of 71, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer ...

Police stopped group of tourists from jumping into landmark fountain. A 30-year-old New Zealand tourist received a fine of more than €500 for jumping into the waters of the Trevi Fountain in the early ...

Villa Medici is not just a place of beauty and artistic heritage; it also holds curious and little-known stories that add to its mystique: More than just a historic mansion, Villa Medici is a ...