The Latest Breaking News from Italy

Main ticket seller and six tour companies fined £17m for Colosseum price-fixing

Illegal practices included use of bots to hoard tickets for attraction in Rome for resale at inflated prices

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2025

Rome tourists being forced to buy more expensive tickets for main tourist attraction

Companies have been fined €20 million for practices that made it ‘impossible’ for visitors to buy basic tickets online

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025

UK Royals meet Italy's President Mattarella at Quirinale Palace greeted by flyover of aerobatic jets

King Charles III and Queen Camilla met Italian President Sergio Mattarella on the second day of a state visit to Italy that marks the king’s first overseas trip since he was being briefly hospitalized for side effects of his cancer treatment

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025

Queen ‘delighted’ to be in Italy with King for four-day state visit

Charles and Camilla’s trip was described as ‘historic’ by the UK’s ambassador to Italy.

Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2025

King Charles arrives in Rome on first overseas trip since brief hospitalisation

Charles is traveling with Queen Camilla on the four-day visit, which includes the first address to the Italian Parliament of a British monarch.

Euronews · Apr 7, 2025

King Charles III arrives in Rome on state visit, first overseas trip since brief hospitalization

King Charles III has arrived in Rome for a state visit to Italy, his first overseas trip since being briefly hospitalized for side effects of cancer treatment

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

King and Queen arrive in Rome for visit celebrating UK’s close ties to Italy

Charles and Camilla’s plane was escorted over the Italian capital by F-35 Italian air force jets.

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

‘We made everything bear-proof’: the Italian village that learned to love its bears

By learning to live with its ursine neighbours, mountainous Pettorano sul Gizio has drawn tourists and new residents, bucking a trend of rural decline

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2025

Camping in the wild heart of Italy – en suite rooms and fabulous restaurant optional

In the rugged Maiella national park, a secluded campsite offers everything from pitches to hotel-style rooms, guided walks to Abruzzo hospitality

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2025

Zen the border collie teaches other dogs how to rescue people in Italy's avalanche-prone Dolomites

The role of dogs in Italian alpine rescues is becoming more important as the number of people caught by avalanches increases — up by 50% over the last 25 years

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025