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.

New high-speed rail link to be up and running by 2026, in agreement with Deutsche Bahn and ÖBB. Italy is to launch a new high-speed rail link between Germany and Austria by next year, the state-owned ...

St Georgeʼs British International School is seeking an outstanding Singing teacher to provide individual lessons to a small number of pupils. Applicants must have a Partita Iva. The successful ...

Restoration of the Sarcophagus of the Spouses gets underway in Rome. Italy's national Etruscan Museum in Rome is carrying out a restoration of its star attraction, the Sarcophagus of the Spouses, and ...

Italy comes fifth in 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. Italy's Lucio Corsi, with his song Volevo essere un duro, came in fifth place at the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Basel on ...

Leo XIV to continue the digital outreach of Pope Francis. Pope Leo XIV is to maintain an active presence on social media, continuing the digital outreach of his predecessors Francis and Benedict XVI, ...

Visitor numbers up 5 per cent on 2023. Italy's state museums and archaeological parks welcomed a total of 60,850,091 million visitors in 2024, a new record and an increase of 5 per cent on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wanted in Rome is a monthly magazine in English for expatriates in Rome established in 1985. The magazine covers Rome news stories that may be of interest to English and Italian speaking residents, ...

Sardinian beach tops World’s 50 Best Beaches ranking for 2025. Cala Goloritzè, on the Italian island of Sardinia has been crowned the 'best beach in the world' by travel experts in the 2025 ranking of ...

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 ...