Rome
capital and largest city of Italy
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- 1h ago
Real Madrid complete a 4-3 comeback at Roma as PSG beat Manchester City 4-2
Real Madrid came back from 3-1 down to beat AS Roma 4-3 at the Stadio Olimpico on 14 October, while PSG beat Manchester City 4-2 in the same Champions League round.
- 3h ago
Pope Leo walks and eats normally after lung cancer surgery, thanks faithful for prayers
Pope Leo XIV was walking and eating normally on the second day of his hospital stay in Rome, the Vatican said on Wednesday, 14 October, after surgery removed the lower lobe of his right lung.
- 4h ago
Italy's parliament passes Ukraine resolutions as opposition splits on Kyiv aid
The Chamber approved the majority's two resolutions ahead of the 15-16 October European Council, while opposition parties stayed united against the government but split over Ukraine and sat out the vote.
- 5h ago
Vinícius banned four matches, misses Clásico at Camp Nou
The RFEF disciplinary body imposed the suspension on Wednesday, 14 October, after a VAR review led to a disallowed goal and a red card at the Santiago Bernabéu. The ban also rules him out of the Sevilla match on 18 October.
- 6h ago
Meloni rebuffs Pd misogyny charge and attacks opposition ahead of EU summit
On 14 October 2026 Giorgia Meloni answered opposition criticism in the Chamber and Senate on Ukraine, electoral law and Gaza, days before the European Council of 15-16 October.
- 6h ago
Four years of energy shocks cost Italian households about 2,400 euros each, Confesercenti says
Confesercenti puts the cost of four years of international tensions and energy shocks at almost 52 billion euros of real GDP. Confindustria's research centre says Italian electricity averaged 35% more than in Germany over the first nine months of 2026.
- 9h ago
Saviano's new novel retells the 1981 presumed killing of Rossella Casini, which ended without a conviction
The novel Mi amor no muere, published in Spain by Alfaguara, is based on a real 'Ndrangheta case involving a Florentine student who fell in love with a man from a Calabrian mafia family. Nobody was ever convicted in her case.
- 11h ago
Boy, 13, has bicycle brake lever removed from his back after three years
A 13-year-old boy had a bicycle brake lever lodged in his lower back for three years, until a spine X-ray ordered for leg pain revealed it. Surgeons at the Bambino Gesù children's hospital in Palidoro removed it in a high-complexity operation.
- 12h ago
Italian students pitch tents at Montecitorio over rents, housing and university funding
Students from the Unione degli Universitari set up tents in front of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome on 12 October, demanding a meeting with minister Anna Maria Bernini and 7 billion euros for public universities.
- 14h ago
Meloni and Merz reject Trump's Russian diesel deal; Moscow hits back
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the Trump-Putin diesel arrangement very risky in a Senate address on Wednesday, 14 October, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also rejected it. Moscow dismissed her criticism, and Ukraine's energy truce remains unconfirmed.
- 14h ago
Two teenage boys confess to six Rome minicar assaults, including one on actor Davide Iacopini
Two boys aged 16 and 17 have admitted six assaults carried out from a black minicar in Rome on 4 and 5 October. Actor Davide Iacopini, one of the victims, remains in intensive care with a reserved prognosis.
- 15h ago
Meloni calls Trump's Russian diesel deal risky and keeps Ukraine line
Giorgia Meloni told the Senate on Wednesday, 14 October, that the US-Russia diesel deal legitimizes Moscow, while Italy keeps backing Kyiv and pressing Moscow ahead of the European Council.
- yesterday
Ex Ilva workers occupy Genoa prefecture as strikes enter third day in Genoa and Taranto
Dozens of ex Ilva workers entered the Prefecture of Genoa on 14 October, while the strike at the Genoa and Taranto sites entered its third day without concrete guarantees from the government.
- yesterday
Italian cabinet approves autonomy bills for four northern regions and new road code
The cabinet also approved the budget programme document, due in Brussels by 15 October, a decree on the ex Ilva steelworks and a plan for Campi Flegrei. Autonomy bills for Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto now move to Parliament.
- yesterday
Italian cabinet approves new road code with lower fines and tougher rules for uninsured drivers
Italy's cabinet approved a new road code on 13 October that rounds down the most common minimum fines and bars uninsured drivers from the road indefinitely. The text also drops the paper licence requirement and gives municipalities 45 days, not 90, to notify remotely detected fines.
- yesterday
Real Madrid rally to beat Roma 4-3 with three goals from corners
Espí, Endrick and Rüdiger scored between the 83rd and 90th minutes to turn Roma's 3-1 lead into a 4-3 Real Madrid win at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday, 14 October.
- yesterday
Ex Renzi bonus: workers can recover up to 1,200 euros before 26 October
Italian workers who did not receive the full trattamento integrativo, the former Renzi bonus, can claim the shortfall through a 730 correction until 26 October 2026. Eligibility depends on income, tax deductions and the period worked.
- yesterday
Susan Sarandon condemns US plan for live-streamed execution at Rome festival
Susan Sarandon called the reported plan to broadcast an execution live on US television a sign of a depraved administration, speaking in Rome on 13 October. She was there to present The Accompanist and receive the Womenlands Excellence Award 2026 at the 24th Alice nella Città festival.
- yesterday
Germany, Italy and Belgium seek an EU "emergency brake" on new rules
Germany, Italy and Belgium want member states to be able to halt new EU laws seen as overly burdensome for governments and business. The proposal, set out in a letter to Council President António Costa, comes days before the leaders' summit on 15 and 16 October.
- yesterday
Ranucci leaves Rai's Report after court rejects his bid for reinstatement
Sigfrido Ranucci has packed up his office at Rai and posted a farewell video after the Rome Labour Court rejected his urgent appeal against being removed from the programme he hosted for about twenty years.
