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 ...

Bologna clinch Coppa Italia title in Rome. Italian Serie A football team Bologna beat rivals AC Milan to lift their third Coppa Italia trophy, the first in more than half a century, on Wednesday night ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Pope's funeral procession will be held at walking pace through the streets of Rome. The funeral of Pope Francis will be held in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Saturday 26 April at 10.00, after ...

The British Spies Who Helped Free Italy: The Secret Missions of Cecil Richard Mallaby and the SOE. During the Second World War, while armies clashed across Europe, a quieter, more covert battle was ...