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From wooden chalets in Alpine towns to Tyrol-themed fairs on Tuscan hilltops, here are seven of the best Christmas markets in Italy this year. ...

Often dubbed ‘little Venice’, Treviso may not be as widely known as its neighbour, but it has grown in popularity in recent years. ...

Everyone loves a good rooftop bar, especially in the summer heat - and Rome has a selection to suit all tastes. ...

Pop superstar Madoa spent her 66th birthday at Pompeii and donated to a local theatre project supporting at-risk kids, the archaeological site said Saturday. ...

As one of the most popular tourist destinations on earth, Rome’s well-known museums are often crowded and can be hot as a result. Here are some alteative museums to visit. ...

Thousands of Indian farm labourers urged an end to "slavery" in Italy on Tuesday after the gruesome death of a worker shone a light on the brutal exploitation of undocumented migrants. ...

Often overlooked in favour of Rome, Lazio is home to many wonders which should not be missed. ...

From avoiding eating and drinking faux pas to exploring the region of Lazio beyond Rome, our weekly newsletter La Bella Vita offers you an essential starting point for eating, talking, drinking and living like an Italian. ...

Seeing a doctor can be a challenging experience if you’re new to the Italian healthcare system, but possibly even more so if your 'dottore' doesn't have a good command of English. ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Kyiv Saturday to preside over a G7 virtual meeting on Ukraine on the second aiversary of Russia's invasion, the govement aounced in Rome. ...

From understanding the language used to talk about autumn in Italy to sampling the best of the season's produce, our weekly newsletter La Bella Vita offers you an essential starting point for eating, talking, drinking and living like an Italian. ...

Di Maio accused French govements on both the left and right of pursuing ultraliberal policies that have "increased citizens’ insecurity and sharply reduced their spending power", i...

Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano meets Libya's unity govement Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in the Libyan capital Tripoli on December 23rd 2017. Photo: AFP. AFP [email protected] @thelocalitaly 24 December 2017 09:17 CET+01:00 The foreign minister of Italy, which has been helping Libya to combat illegal immigration to Europe, made a brief visit to Tripoli on Saturday. Angelino Alfano met officials of Libya's UN-backed unity govement and paid a call at Tripoli port to an Italian naval vessel whose crew has been assisting the Libyan coastguard. Italy's Prime Mini...

Italy's Court of Cassation. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Clicking 'like' on a terrorist video on Facebook counts as evidence of apology for terrorism, Italy's top court has ruled. Taken alongside other evidence, a Facebook like can be a "serious indication of guilt and therefore justifies pre-trial detention in jail", the Court of Cassation ruled. The judgment related to a Kosovan man resident in Fiesse in the Brescia area, who was expelled from Italy in November 2016 on charges of online propaganda. He had lived in the country for around ten years and at the time of his expulsion, the Interior Ministry said, the man's Facebook page "contained documents and files of jih...

Tourists visiting the Pantheon. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP Visitors to Rome's Pantheon, an ancient temple-tued-church, will have to pay to visit the site from May next year, Italy's culture ministry aounced on Monday. Tickets will cost€2 and will be introduced on May 2nd, 2018, so locals and those plaing to visit the capital before then still have a chance to visit the site for free. And even after the fees have been introduced, it will still be possible to attend religious services at the Pantheon without paying. The decision to charge visitors was first mooted in September last year, as The Local reported at the time, in order to help cover the high ruing costs of the mon...

People greet Pope Francis in Yangon. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AF Pope Francis arrived in mainly Buddhist Myanmar on Monday on a highly sensitive visit to a country facing sharp global criticism for the alleged ethnic cleansing of its Rohingya Muslim minority. Catholics in colourful ethnic traditional dress waved flags and danced at Yangon's airport in a joyful welcome for the pope, making the first visit to the country by a pontiff. The visit comes as Myanmar's military stands accused of waging an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya Muslims. More than 620,000 have fled a crackdown in northe Rakhine state for neighbouring Bangladesh over the past three months. &...

Lake Trasimeno seen from the fortress at Castiglion del Lago. File photo: wallaceweeks/Depositphotos The Etruscan city and capital of the 'green heart of Italy' is often the focus for tourists who visit the central Italian province of Umbria. But...

Visitors will soon have to pay to enter the Pantheon, one of central Rome’s most spectacular monuments. The idea to introduce a fee to enter the building, one of the few ancient Roman sites that is currently free, met with controversy when it was first mooted by Culture Minister Dario Franceschini in January to help cover the monument's high ruing costs. But the minister confirmed o...

Tourism in Italy boomed in summer 2017, with an increase in visitor numbers expected to continue throughout the colder months. In total, almost 50 million people spent the night at an Italian hotel during June, July, and August this year. The exact number was 48.3 million, according to figures shared by Italian hotel trade association Federalberghi and the Cultural Ministry, and represented a two ...

Beautiful sunsets and empty streets: That's autum in Rome. Photo: Moyan Bre/FlickrIt's never a bad time for an Italian holiday, but autumn is when the country really comes into its own. Read on for the top reasons you should book a trip here now. 1. The Colours Autumn by Lake Como. Photo: rglinsky/Depositphotos Whether it's the autumn sunshine illuminating reddish city buildings, the changing ...