Mirren to receive lifetime achievement award at Taormina Film Festival. Dame Helen Mirren is to be the guest of honour at this year's Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, where she will be presented with ...

Jannik Sinner used his Italian Open press conference to deliver the clearest public statement yet from the world's top players on prize money at the Grand Slams, adding his voice to a growing ...

Papal visit coincides with Leo's first anniversary of pontificate. Naples is to close every school in the city on Friday 8 May as Pope Leo XIV makes a pastoral visit to the Campanian capital - a day ...

For her first official overseas visit since her cancer diagnosis, the Princess of Wales has chosen Italy. Kensington Palace announced on Wednesday that Kate will travel solo to Reggio Emilia in ...

Meloni says she can defend herself "but many others cannot". Italian premier Giorgia Meloni has taken to social media to raise the alarm about the growing threat of artificial intelligence-generated ...

Mattarella and Meloni to attend commemoration service in Gemona dedicated to the victims of the 1976 earthquake. Half a century after one of Italy's worst natural disasters, the nation pauses on ...

A €100 Million Outlet Village Is Rising From the Ruins of the Old Soratte Shopping Centre. The Percassi Group Opens Roma Outlet Village in October, Targeting 6.5 Million Potential Visitors Within Two ...

Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid had set sail from Sicily on 29 April. Rome's public prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation into alleged kidnapping following Israel's interception ...

Trump takes fresh swipe at pontiff ahead of Rubio visit to Vatican. US president Donald Trump has renewed his public attacks on Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of putting Catholics in danger, ...

Rome museums to mark Notte dei Musei 2026. Rome's city-run museums will stay open until 02.00 on the night of Saturday 23 May as the capital celebrates Notte dei Musei or Night of Museums. The 2026 ...

Rubio's Rome visit, reportedly an attempt to repair US-Vatican relations, coincides with one-year anniversary of Pope Leo's papacy. US secretary of state Marco Rubio is to visit Rome and the Vatican ...

Pompeii visit rich in significance for the pontiff. Pope Leo XIV will mark the first anniversary of his election as pontiff with a pastoral visit to Pompeii and Naples in southern Italy on Friday 8 ...