Italy has been ranked among the top three of the most powerful passports in the world, according to the London-based consulting company Henley & Partners.

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been featured on the cover of Time magazine and is the focus of the lead article in the influential publication.

Air travellers in Italy face disruption to flights on Saturday 26 July due to nationwide strike action by airport ground staff and Volotea cabin crews.

An investigation is under way after a bus operated by Rome public transport company ATAC burst into flames in the Fleming district of the city on Tuesday.

Visitors to the Trevi Fountain could soon be charged €2 to see the iconic Rome landmark as the city council's plan to introduce an entry fee steps up a gear.

The organisers of an Italian cultural festival have announced the cancellation of an upcoming concert due to be led by pro-Putin conductor Valery Gergiev.

Palermo public prosecutors file an appeal to the court of cassation against the acquittal of Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini in the Open Arms case.

Italy's Campi Flegrei, a highly seismic zone near Naples, was shaken on Friday by a 4-magnitude earthquake. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Rome will turn off the lights in the Trevi Fountain for one hour on the night of Friday 18 July in a symbolic act to call for an end to Israel's war in Gaza.

Rome has banned the use of firecrackers in the capital from 1 December until 31 January in a move to protect animals and public safety, the city announced.

Rome is steeped in religious traditions however few are as popular as Festa de' Noantri which has attracted large crowds every summer for almost 500 years.