From a key budget vote to Christmas celebrations and free entry to Rome's Vatican Museums, here's what to expect in Italy this week.

Understanding how Italy's media differs from that in your home country can help explain everything from dinner table debates to political discourse.

Christmas is always a busy time for travel to and from Italy, but this year travellers may have to reckon with new rules, including the EU's Entry & Exit System and the UK's ETA.

In this week's Inside Italy review, we look at why Italy's regions are now free to limit tourist rentals, and why politicians love talking about who owns Italy's gold reserves.

Tourists will have to pay a €2 entrance fee from February to get close to Rome's Trevi Fountain, officials said Friday, in a bid to tackle overtourism.