Italy's Uffizi Galleries has pledged new selfie limits after a clumsy tourist damaged an 18th-century painting while posing in front of it for a photograph.

Short-term rental giant Airbnb is to give funding to Rome's Peter Pan charitable association which supports families with children suffering from cancer.

An Italian referendum on citizenship and labour reform failed to reach the required quorum, in a win for premier Giorgia Meloni who urged voters to abstain.

Italy is holding a referendum on Sunday and Monday in which the nation's voters will be asked if they wish to ease citizenship rules and reform labour laws.

Italy's opposition centre-left parties are staging a major rally in Rome on Saturday calling for an end to Israel's war in Gaza, with 50,000 people expected.

Rome police stopped a German tourist cruising down a street on a rented electric scooter with the marble base of a Roman column between his feet.

Italy's Lucio Corsi, with his song Volevo essere un duro, came in fifth place at the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Basel on Saturday.

Italy's Campi Flegrei, a highly seismic area near Naples in the southern Campania region, was hit by a strong 4.4-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday morning.

Italy is to expand its travel rules to allow pet owners to take larger dogs with them on board flights, in the cabin, the Italian transport ministry said.

The Vatican has issued a special set of four 'Sede Vacante' stamps to mark the period between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his successor.

The faithful can pay their final respects to Pope Francis whose body will lie in state in St Peter's Basilica from Wednesday until Friday, the Vatican said.

US vice president JD Vance is to meet the Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin during his upcoming visit to Italy, the White House confirmed.