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La Sapienza University of Rome once again confirms its global excellence in classical studies. For the fifth consecutive year, the Roman university ranks first in the "Classics and Ancient History" category, according to the 2025 edition of the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject, with an outstanding score of 99.1. The report analyz...

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The Rome Master 1000 will take place from May 7 – 18, 2025. The countdown begins for the 82th BNL International Tennis Tournament, the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open. The top names in Tennis will be coming to duke it out on the clay courts of Foro Italico, a historical stadium built for the Olympic Ga...

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For the eighth consecutive year, Rome Fiumicino Airport “Leonardo da Vinci” has been named the best airport in Europe for 2024, in the category of hubs with over 40 million passengers, based on the quality of services provided to travelers. Also once again, Ciampino Airport “Giovan Battista Pastine” was awarded “Best Airport in Europe” in the categ...

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A new Lego set dedicated to Rome's Trevi Fountain was unveiled by Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and Lego Italia general manger Marco Capone in front of the Baroque landmark on Wednesday. The collector's set, which has 1,800 pieces and a €160 price tag, is part of Lego's Architecture series representing iconic buildings and monuments from around the world...

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At the root of pancreatic cancer’s aggressiveness is a particular transformation that pancreatic cells undergo, making them capable, even in the early stages of the disease, of forming metastases and resisting therapy. This is what researchers from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, led by Giannicola Genovese, discovered in a study published...

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In Italy, it is not uncommon to find streets and neighborhoods named Cincinnatus, but even more familiar is the name of a city in the American state of Ohio. Although similar, these names have different origins: the U.S. city is named after The Society of Cincinnati (a society of veterans of the Revolution), while the Italian references honor the m...

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Ancient Romans had a seemingly predictable diet for pre-refrigeration days made up of mostly cereals, legumes and meats with sauces from fermented fish and vinegar. But perhaps it wasn’t just these staples that fueled Roman gladiators, but also a sweet cream-filled bun called a maritozzo. In all its simplicity, the maritozzo is a soft bun filled wi...

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The rankings of the Italian regions' healthcare system, published by the Ministry of Health, evaluate three indicators: hospital activity, prevention, and district-level services. For each indicator, a score is assigned based on the quality of care in each region, up to a maximum of 100 points. By adding up the scores from the three categories, the...

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The Holy See Press Office is tucked under the arcades of Via della Conciliazione, just outside St. Peter’s Square, in a 1930s building constructed during the Fascist era as part of an urban renovation overseen by Mussolini. The boulevard symbolizes the reconciliation (hence its name) between the Catholic Church and the Italian state, an axis that v...

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For the first time in history, archaeologists have mapped an entire ancient Roman city using ground-penetrating radar. According to The Guardian, the buried town of Falerii Novi contained a bathhouse, theater, several temples and shops, and a large monument of a kind experts have never seen before. Once a proud, 75-acre outpost 31 miles north of Ro...

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