The mayor of a town near Rome assures residents that the panic caused by alleged sightings of a crocodile in recent days was the result of a false alarm.

Around 70 Spanish pilgrims were locked inside a Rome train station on Tuesday night after arriving in the Italian capital for the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth.

The Italian cabinet has approved a bill to give the city of Rome legislative powers governing planning, transport, tourism, culture and the environment.

A quick guide to the best events and top things to do in Rome this August, from cultural festivals and free museums to exhibitions and open-air concerts.

Rome will host the Jubilee of Youth, the largest event of the Vatican's ongoing Jubilee Year, with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims expected.

Italy will offer a special rail service this summer with the Sicilia Express, a sleeper train linking the northern city of Turin with the island of Sicily.

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.

Footballer Romano Floriani Mussolini, great-grandson of Italy's wartime Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, is set to make his debut in Serie A next month.

Rome's 'Caravaggio 2025' blockbuster exhibition came to an end at Palazzo Barberini this week, clocking up a record 450,000 visitors from around the world.

Italian senators on Wednesday passed new legislation aimed at combatting femicide and gender-based violence, giving the bill their unanimous approval.

Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini received the Italy-Israel Award at the chamber of deputies in Rome on Tuesday, sparking an outcry from the opposition.

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.