Lady Gaga is seeking a house in Rome, near the Colosseum, as she begins filming the new Ridley Scott movie about the Gucci 'Black Widow' Patrizia Reggiani.

Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt in Rome on 7 April 1926, after he was shot by Anglo-Irish woman Violet Gibson.

On 16 March 1978, Aldo Moro, former Italian Prime Minister and president of the Christian Democracy party was kidnapped and later killed.

Sting is opening his vineyard in Tuscany for a three-day visit with wine tastings to help raise funds for American restaurateurs hit by the covid-19 crisis.

Italy received the nation's first batch of Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccines at the Pratica di Mare military air base near Rome on the afternoon of 13 April.

Rome celebrates its 2,774th birthday on 21 April 2021. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual event is based on Rome's legendary founding by Romulus in 753 BC.

The Lazio region around Rome will turn yellow from 26 April, under Italy's system of covid-19 restrictions, said the region's president Nicola Zingaretti.

We have selected the best Italian movies throughout history, across all genres, from international blockbusters to domestic indies, many taking place in Rome.

A woman carrying groceries in a car park north of Rome was surrounded by a group of wild boar which proceeded to steal her shopping and eat the contents.

Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) will take to the skies on 15 October, replacing Alitalia as Italy's new national airline, ending a history going back 74 years.

Rome's Scuderie del Quirinale marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri by taking visitors on a terrifying journey through Dante's Inferno.

An Italian deputy police commissioner, who addressed an anti-vaxxer demonstration against Italy's covid Green Pass in Rome last month, has been suspended.

The Italian government's plan to require all workers in Italy to have a covid Green Pass meets a hurdle as dockers in Trieste threaten to strike on Friday.

Italy's new national airline is called ITA Airways, despite the carrier paying €90 million for the naming rights of Alitalia which ceased operating yesterday.

United States airports will welcome fully vaccinated and covid-tested travellers from Italy - as of 8 November - ending a travel ban in place for 18 months.

Italy hosts the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rome at the Nuvola Congress Centre on 30-31 October amid maximum security in the EUR district of the Italian capital.

Italy will be among the first countries to use VoloCity electric flying drone taxis thanks to collaboration between Rome's Fiumicino airport and Volocopter.

The governor of the central Lazio region around Rome has signed an order making the wearing of masks outdoors compulsory, amid a surge of covid-19 in Italy.

Rome hosts a multitude of independent art galleries, promoting work by contemporary Italian and international artists. This guide features 50 art galleries.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in the Vatican on 31 December, aged 95, according to an announcement by the Holy See press office.