In a dramatic bank robbery in Naples, three armed robbers held 25 hostages for two hours before escaping through a hole in the floor, believed to be part of the sewage system, eluding capture.

French railway company SNCF intends to launch its TGV high-speed train services in Italy by September 2027, initially offering routes between Turin and Naples, and Turin and Venice, with competitive pricing.

An American boat, the American Racing Challenger (ARC) Team, has announced its participation in the America's Cup, scheduled for Naples in the summer of 2027, marking its entry into the world's oldest sporting competition.

Italy has experienced a sharp increase in Hepatitis A cases, particularly around Naples, just before the holiday season. The consumption of raw mussels has been identified as a possible cause for the ongoing outbreak.

An unidentified rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, leaving a visible white trail across the afternoon sky, with residents across Southwest Florida witnessing the event.

Authorities in Naples, Italy, have prohibited the serving of raw seafood in local restaurants following an increase in Hepatitis A cases, which have affected 150 people in the city.

The child's tears, the bewilderment of the healthcare professionals, the family's anguish. The Archbishop of Naples recounts the darkest hours.

Sansevero Chapel Museum will host day of guided tours where visitors will be able to feel marble sculptures The Sansevero Chapel Museum in Naples will allow dozens of visually impaired visitors to…

(ANSA) - ROMA, 11 MAR - The Bella Napoli pizzeria in Riga is the best in the country, winning the gold medal at the second Latvian National Pizza Championship. The title was won by pizza chef Jose Angel Bermudez Gil, who received the grand prize: a trip to Naples and participation in the professional course 'Training Vera Pizza' organized by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana. The championship was organized by the Latvian Chefs' Club with the support of the Italian Embassy. Nineteen piz...

Tensions have arisen between Italian (RFI) and French railways regarding the height of TGV trains, which are deemed too tall for historical tunnels between Rome and Naples, despite the Transport Authority's approval being challenged by administrative judges.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake with an epicenter 12km from Anacapri was felt in the Gulf of Naples on Monday night, according to the United States Geological Survey, but no material damage or injuries were reported.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the western coast of Italy near Naples overnight. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported the epicenter at a depth of 377 kilometers, with no immediate reports of damage.

NATO announced that it will conduct a joint military exercise with the Serbian army in May of this year, as stated by the NATO Joint Force Command in Naples, Italy.

Italy's Antitrust authority has approved commitments from RFI to open its national rail network to a new entrant, allowing French TGV trains to operate on high-speed routes from Turin to Naples and Venice for 10 years.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 4 - Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday attended the funeral at Nola near Naples of a two-year-old boy who died in a Naples hospital two months after receiving the transplant of a damaged heart in a case that has gripped Italy. "Domenico has become a son to all of us. Children are pieces of our hearts, and our hearts are broken by this tragedy," said the Bishop of Nola, Francesco Marino, during his homily at the funeral of little Domenico Caliendo. The bishop offered words ...

The 76th edition of the Italian Music Festival concluded on Sunday night with Sal Da Vinci's victory.

The Italian mafia is accused of infiltrating a hospital in Naples, engaging in fraud and illegal removal of bodies, coercing staff through intimidation and violence.

John Ginkel met with Admiral George M. Wikoff, commander of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, in Sarajevo to discuss regional security.

The European Public Prosecutor's Office has requested the arrest of 16 Italian researchers, professors, and company owners in the IT and new technologies sector across Naples, Sicily, and Lombardy.

The Contini clan is accused of controlling numerous activities at San Giovanni Bosco Hospital in Naples through threats, frontmen, and collusion with management, leading to arrests for fraud and corruption.

An 8-meter whale caused a stir in the port of Naples, leading to the activation of security measures.

A two-year-old boy from Naples died following a failed heart transplant, with investigations ongoing into allegations of improper cooling of the donor heart, leading to the seizure of six doctors' phones.

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 17 - Some 60-70 million euros is the initial estimate for the amount of damage sustained by the Sannazaro Theater in Naples, the temple of Neapolitan comedy, engulfed in flames on Tuesday, experts said. The figure is circulating among experts in light of the initial technical surveys carried out at the site of the fire. (ANSA). Read article...

The historic Sannazaro theatre in Naples, Italy, has been destroyed in a blaze.

A technical problem on the Rome-Naples high-speed rail line caused significant disruption, leading to cancellations and delays of up to three hours for some services.

Elvira Notari, Italy's pioneering female director who made 60 features depicting early 20th-century Naples, had most of her work lost to Mussolini's censorship and died in obscurity. A new documentary is now giving her a voice again, bringing her "low-life cinema" back into focus.

Authorities have conducted controls and seizures in Naples and Prato, Italy, targeting untraceable textile waste and yarns, moving from textile waste to finished products without proper documentation.

A travel feature explores how to spend 48 hours in Naples, highlighting its rich history and culture, from figures like Carlos de Borbón to football legend Maradona.

An article describes an enchanting journey through the streets of Naples, capturing the city's unique atmosphere and culture.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - A probe has been opened into the suicide of a mafioso being held in a Turin jail who had just started cooperating with police. Bernardo Pace, 62, a Cosa Nostra member who acted under late superboss Matteo Messina Denaro, was serving 14 years and four months in the Milanese Hydra case of collaboration between the Sicilian Mafia, the Naples Camorra and the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta in the north of Italy. Pace agreed to turn state's evidence a few weeks ago and had started wo...

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - Two doctors have been placed under investigation on suspicion of falsifying the medical records of a two-year-old boy who died in a Naples hospital last month, a month after…

Rome's Digos has identified two individuals from Padua and one from Naples as responsible for burning effigies of Giorgia Meloni and Carlo Nordio, leading to charges as investigations continue for other participants.

EXCLUSIVE: Italian director Mario Martone’s new film Trick (Scherzetto) has begun principal photography in the director’s home city of Naples and unveiled a first image of its star Toni Servillo in…

Italian Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani described Naples Chief Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri as 'scary' after a newspaper reported Gratteri threatened one of its reporters.

The southern Italian city of Naples is built on history – a modern metropolis atop ancient ruins from Roman times.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred shortly after midnight on March 10, 2026, off the coast of Capri and the Gulf of Naples in the Tyrrhenian Sea, near the Campania region of Italy.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Italy near Naples, with its epicenter located at a depth of 377 kilometers. No damage has been reported.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić held a 'significant meeting' with Admiral George Wyckoff, Commander of NATO's Joint Force Command in Naples, to discuss strengthening cooperation with NATO while preserving Serbia's military neutrality.

A software named 'Paragon' was found on the mobile phone of an Italian politician, leading to an investigation by Rome and Naples prosecutors. Italian intelligence agencies have denied any involvement, despite a coincidence in dates with legal surveillance operations on other individuals.

Sal Da Vinci won the Festival di Sanremo with the song “Per sempre sì,” taking the Superfinal after five evenings of competition. He thus earned the opportunity to represent Italy at Eurovision 2026.

Gastronomy-motivated TRAVEL, from the search for viral pistachio chocolate in Dubai to the hunt for the best pizza in Naples, has seen strong growth in recent years.

The commander of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Admiral George Wikoff, reaffirmed the strong commitment of the United States and NATO to preserving peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Moldovan MP Vasile Costiuc from the 'Democracy at Home' party denied media reports and claims from PAS Youth that he refused to pay for public transport in Naples, asserting he bought tickets on time.

The European Public Prosecutor's Office has requested the arrest of 16 Italian researchers, professors, and tech company owners in the Naples, Sicily, and Lombardy regions, as part of an ongoing investigation.

Italy: She stabs her husband while he was watching the Atalanta-Naples match on TV  Seneweb

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 23 - Naples prosecutors have opened an investigation into culpable homicide after a two-year-old boy who had a damaged heart transplanted into him in December died at the city's Monaldi hospital on Saturday. The case has moved the entire nation. Last week a committee of doctors from all over Italy had decided that the boy, whose name was Domenico, should not have another transplant, even though a donor organ had become available, because his condition had deteriorated too m...

Investigations are underway in Naples following the death of a two-year-old boy after a heart transplant, with suspicions that the donor heart was improperly cooled. Smartphones of six suspect doctors have been seized.

The Vatican announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit several Italian locations this year, including Pompei, Naples, Lampedusa, and Assisi, with his first trip scheduled for May 8.

Italy's Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli has promised that the Sannazaro theatre in Naples will be reconstructed following a devastating fire.

Naples bank robbers hold 25 people hostage then vanish through tunnel  the-star.co.ke

Karsten Møller Hansen recounts his experience searching for Maradona in Naples, which unexpectedly led to a profound and unforgettable lesson.

A personal narrative describes a couple's intense argument during a trip through Italy, from La Spezia to Viareggio, which became so heated that neighbors knocked. The story concludes with a hope for reconciliation over breakfast in Naples.

LGBT activist and former partner of Silvio Berlusconi, Francesca Pascale, is launching an event in Naples with the Liberal Conservative Gays, asserting that the center-right is opening up to civil rights.

Award-winning Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi is completing a trilogy with a new film that captures a less-seen, Vesuvius-haunted side of Naples.

The Naples region in southern Italy has seen a significant increase in Hepatitis A cases since the beginning of the year, possibly linked to contaminated seafood, prompting authorities to issue a strict consumption ban.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - A probe has been opened into the suicide of a mafioso being held in a Turin jail who had just started cooperating with police. Bernardo Pace, 62, a Cosa Nostra member who acted under late superboss Matteo Messina Denaro, was serving 14 years and four months in the Milanese Hydra case of collaboration between the Sicilian Mafia, the Naples Camorra and the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta in the north of Italy. Pace agreed to turn state's evidence a few weeks ago and had started wo...

Italian financial police (Guardia di Finanza) have seized over 80,000 liters of smuggled diesel fuel in Acerra, Naples, which was being illicitly commercialized to evade taxes.

Three workers were killed when their van collided with a car on the A1 Milan-Naples motorway near Arce, Frosinone, while they were en route to a worksite.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 11 - The Italian culture ministry is to acquire the premises of the burned-out Sannazaro Theatre in Naples so as to keep the birthplace of Neapolitan vaudeville and former home of…

Author claims archive documents show Christ the Saviour bust was one of the artist’s secret works Fabio Orazzo should have been on his way home to Naples for the weekend.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck offshore in the Gulf of Naples, near Capri, at a significant depth, resulting in no reported effects on land.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Italy shortly after midnight, with its epicenter in the Tyrrhenian Sea southwest of Naples at a depth of 375 kilometers. Tremors were also felt by some residents in Slovenia.

An earthquake of 6 Richter occurred in the early hours of Tuesday 10/03 in southern Italy, with the epicenter located about 68 kilometers north of Naples, near the town of Piedimonte Matese, according to...

Principal photography has begun in Naples on Italian director Ciro Visco’s feature Super Santos, which is freely adapted from the 2022 novel ‘Cuore Puro’ by Roberto Saviano, whose work previously…

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 4 - A row has erupted in Italy after one of its top journalists said the winning song at last week's Sanremo Song Festival sounded like the soundtrack to a mafia wedding. Corriere della Sera Deputy Editor Aldo Cazzullo called Nepolitan crooner Sal da Vinci's winning entry Per Sempre Sì (Forever Yes) "the worst song in the festival's history, worthy of a soundtrack to a Camorra wedding," referring to the Naples mafia. Da Vinci and his fellow Neapolitans rushed to social medi...

Sayf came in second, Ditonellapiaga third. An edition concludes that fails to reach the records of previous ones.

Italian police arrested four individuals in connection with a Camorra mafia plot to infiltrate a Naples hospital, stage car accidents, and fraudulently claim insurance compensation.

Four people have been arrested in Naples over an alleged Camorra plot to infiltrate the San Giovanni Bosco hospital for insurance fraud and the illegal transport of corpses.

Moldovan MP Vasile Costiuc has responded to an email alleging he was caught without a ticket on public transport in Naples, Italy, dismissing the claim as disinformation aimed at diverting attention from national issues.

Four people have been arrested in Naples following an investigation into the alleged control of hospital activities by the Contini clan of the Camorra mafia.

A woman in Naples stabbed her husband after believing he insulted her while watching a football match, an incident that occurred after a VAR-reviewed penalty was disallowed.

A nonprofit organization in Naples successfully raised $5 million through a gala and a significant gift, making it their most successful fundraising campaign to date.

Author Donatella Di Pietrantonio reflects on human error in medical care and the profound grief surrounding the tragic story of young Domenico in Naples, which has deeply affected the country.

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 19 - Pompei, Naples, Lampedusa and Assisi are among the places Pope Leo XIV will visit this year in his travels around Italy, the Vatican said on Thursday. The first trip will take place on May 8 when the American pontiff will go to Pompei, the modern town that is home to the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii and to the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei, and then visit Naples. He will return to Campania on May 23 to go to Acerra and meet faithful from the 'Land of Fires, an area between Naples and Caserta where the mafia and others have been burning toxic waste for years and pushing up cancer rates. He will be in Pavia on June 20 and Lampedusa, the Italian island that is often the destination migrants seeking to reach Europe from North Africa head towards, on July 4. Leo will visit Saint Francis's home town Assisi on August 6 and on August 22 he will take part in the 47th Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples organized by Catholic Comunione e Liberazione (CL) movement. He will be the first pope to take part in the Rimini meeting since John Paul II in 1982. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 17 - A huge fire broke out at the Sannazaro theatre in the centre of Naples on Tuesday. The theatre's dome was in flames, several people suffered smoke inhalation and the surrounding buildings were damaged too. Firefighters were on the scene. (ANSA). Read article...