Pantheon entry fee rises to €7 from 1 July
The €2 increase, the first since paid admission to the Pantheon was introduced in 2023, will fund local libraries in disadvantaged areas under the Piano Olivetti per la Cultura scheme.
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On this day: birth of Clara Gonzaga
Born on 1st July 1464, Clara Gonzaga, the eldest daughter of Federico I Gonzaga lived only 38 years but left a dynastic legacy that stretched from the Bourbon kings of France to King Charles III of Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Four arrested over bomb attack on journalist Ranucci
Carabinieri charge suspects from Avellino province over October 2025 car bombing at house of Report presenter Ranucci.
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League drops ‘remigration’ call after killer turns out to be Italian
League Party retracts statements blaming a “foreigner” for the murder of Reggio Emilia pizzaiolo Raffaele Stipa once the suspect is confirmed to be a 42-year-old Italian man. Their calls for remigration were loud.
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Italy heatwave: 25 of 27 biggest cities on red alert
Health ministry expands its highest-level health warning to almost the entire country as scorching temperatures of the Italy heatwave continue to claim lives.
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Husband of Cabinet Minister Roccella missing in lake
Emergency rescue teams are conducting an overnight search at Lake Vico, a volcanic crater lake north of Rome, after Luigi Cavallari, the 84-year-old husband of Italian Cabinet Minister Eugenia Roccella, went missing on Saturday afternoon.
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Triple homicide in Rome – manhunt underway
ROME — Italian authorities have launched an intense manhunt following a brutal triple homicide late Friday night in the Casalotti district, on the western outskirts of Rome. Three members of a family of Bangladeshi origin were stabbed to death in their apartment on Via Montiglio.
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Mary Shelley’s ‘The Last Man’ honoured at exhibition
ROME — Two centuries after Mary Shelley published her radical, visionary novel about the end of humanity, The Last Man, Rome’s Keats-Shelley House is honouring the milestone with a new exhibition. Titled A World on the Verge, the exhibition explores the haunting contemporary relevance of a work that essentially founded the modern apocalyptic fiction genre.
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Uffizi revamp: curation triumph or visitor nightmare?
As Simone Verde’s ambitious redesign of the Botticelli rooms at the Uffizi draws international praise, Florence’s licensed tour guides are raising pointed questions about who the changes are actually for. Perhaps the real question is whether a museum generating nearly €62 million a year in revenue can afford to ignore its customers’ experiences.
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Worker dies of suspected heat stroke at Padua building site
Stefano Tonin, 57, collapsed at a construction site in San Martino di Lupari on Wednesday afternoon. This despite a regional ordinance prohibiting outdoor work during the hottest part of the day. Padua prosecutors and workplace safety inspectors are now investigating.
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