Italian health workers administered the highest number of COVID-19 vaccinations for a single day on Friday, boosting the nation’s efforts to speed up the rollout.

Italy will begin to gradually ease its coronavirus restrictions from April 26 as part of a nationwide roadmap to reopening businesses, Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced on Friday afternoon.

The Venice Film Festival on Thursday announced that Oscar-winning Italian actor and director, Roberto Benigni, will receive the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tens of thousands of people flooded streets across Australia on Monday, protesting against sexual abuse, gendered violence and dangerous workplace cultures in the country.

Hundreds of coffins were carried away and plunged into the sea on Monday when a landslide destroyed part of a cemetery on the Italian Riviera.

“The English language is absolutely critical to help people when they come to Australia to take the greatest opportunity of what life in Australia can mean.”

Following a snap lockdown and cancelled Fringe World Festival, Italo-Australian songstress Lisa Woodbrook is back with her brand-new show, ‘Feeling Way Too Good: Songs of Michael Bublé’, at Crown Perth for one night only.

‘Stories from the Inside’, the first publication by the group Ascolta Women, is not just a collection of short stories, but the evolution of unfortunate and sudden events, such as a pandemic, which led to positive results.

The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) and Italo-Australian artist Patricia Piccinini have officially unveiled ‘Skywhalepapa’, the latest work in the ‘Skywhale’ series that was originally commissioned to mark the centenary of Canberra in 2013.

March 8 marks International Women’s Day, an annual celebration that reflects on women’s achievements and takes leaps towards equality.

As the skies start to clear and the sun begins to show its face again, Italians celebrate the changing of seasons – from winter to spring – in February.

Ever since William Shakespeare wrote ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and set it in Verona, the northern Italian city has been synonymous with love.

In Emilia-Romagna, food is a serious matter; so much so that the official recipe for tortellini was registered with the Chamber of Commerce of Bologna by the Italian Culinary Academy and the Dotta Confraternita del Tortellino (Learned Brotherhood of the Tortellino), to safeguard the authenticity ...

Caterina Borsato, who has been at the helm of Caterina’s Cucina E Bar in Melbourne’s CBD for 25 years, is following in her father’s footsteps.

Stefano De Pieri, chef and owner of Stefano’s Restaurant in Mildura, is a legendary pioneer of regional produce.

Last night marked the beginning of Australia’s celebrations in honour of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death.

Over the past decade, literary and cultural historian, Dr Kathleen Olive, has accompanied Australian tourists on their quest to discover Italian artistic masterpieces.

In 2020, the students of Pymble Ladies’ College achieved some of the best results in the entire state of New South Wales for HSC Italian Beginners (for those who had had no more than 100 hours’ study of the language at a secondary level and had not been on exchange in Italy for more than three mo...

Following a year of silence due to the coronavirus pandemic, the streets and squares at the heart of Melbourne’s Italian community will come alive on Sunday, for the Segmento Melbourne Italian Festa.

After 13 long months of lockdowns and restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Australian-Italian Leaders of Tomorrow (ALTO) celebrated a return to in-person events on Wednesday night.

On March 14, the Casa d’Abruzzo Club hosted a bocce tournament, with both the men’s and women’s divisions battling it out.

Australian teenager Oscar Piastri has announced himself on the Formula 2 stage with a superb win at the Bahrain International Circuit over the weekend.

The 2021 Giro d’Italia will start in Turin, despite concerns over the still-raging coronavirus that has killed more than 90,000 people in Italy.

Treat Mum on her special day with a luxurious event to remember! From the stunning chandeliers and glass of sparkling on arrival, she’ll be wowed from the moment she steps through the doors of this beautiful grand dining room. Immerse yourselves in “The Romance of Opera” - a collection of the ope...

In 2021 the multi-award winning and exhilarating Australian World Orchestra will bring together Australia’s world-class musicians from around the nation for the world premiere of “Symphony” by Australian composer Paul Dean, commissioned by the AWO in our 10th year and composed during lockdown. Pa...

Following the successful classic Italian cinema workshops run by Mark Nicholls at CO.AS.IT. in 2019, we are continuing the discussion with a series of six more recent classics. Mark has presented video introductions to the first three of these films in late 2020 (the videos can be watched on CO.A...

This lasagna flavour is a real Italian classic.

A rich dish for mushroom lovers.

Mum would wrap prawns with any kind of cold cuts that we had —pancetta, prosciutto, ham— and then fasten them with little skewers. Then she’d cook the prawn skewers on top of the chickpea ragù in the oven. It’s very difficult to stop eating this dish once you start. Make sure you have some good b...