Plans by Italian Serie A football club AS Roma to build a new billion-euro stadium in Rome's Pietralata area could face a fresh hurdle from bats and birds.

Italy's audit court has called on Rome's mayor to speed up projects under way for the Vatican's Jubilee Year and to cancel the schemes most behind schedule.

Rome is steeped in religious traditions however few are as popular as Festa de' Noantri which has attracted large crowds every summer for almost 500 years.

A short guide to discovering seven charming hilltop towns and villages in the central Lazio region of Italy and how to travel there on day trips from Rome.

Italian actress Eleonora Giorgi has died in hospital in Rome at the age of 71, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer, her family said on Monday.

A burglar who broke into a Rome apartment on Tuesday night was arrested after stopping in the middle of the robbery to read a book about Greek mythology.

Eataly, the chain of high-quality Made in Italy food outlets, launches in the new Boarding Area A at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, known as Fiumicino.