Rome protest follows council vote against Bolkestein free trade directive.
Rome's Campo de' Fiori was empty of market stalls on 29 November as the city's street traders united to appeal to the Italian government to po...
St Peter’s Christmas nativity scene comes from Malta.
The Vatican will illuminate the St Peter’s Square Christmas tree, and crib, at 16.30 on Friday 9 December.
This year’s tree is a 25-m tall spruce from the Trent...
Alcazar will return as cultural venue for cinema and concerts in Rome.
Rome's Alcazar Cinema in Trastevere is due to reopen as a cinema and concert venue in January, one year after its closure, according to a report i...
Rome police confirm English-speaking girl is not Madeleine McCann.
An English-speaking homeless girl living rough in the Campo Marzio area of central Rome has been identified by police as 21-year-old Embla Jauhojärvi...
Restored site opens to public afer seven-year closure.
The archaeological site at the southern end of Rome's Circus Maximus will reopen to the public on 17 November following seven years of excavations, restoration an...
Roma Convention Center La Nuvola will open from 8-11 December.
The newly-inaugurated Roma Convention Center La Nuvola will be open to the public, free of charge, on 8, 9, 10 and 11 December, according to its managers...
Health authorities shut down Rome food market over sanitation irregularities.
Rome health authorities shut down the city's Nuovo Mercato Esquilino fruit and vegetable market on 2 November for irregularities relating t...
Architect Massimiliano Fuksas hesitant about attending inauguration.
The so-called Nuvola conference centre in Rome’s southern suburb of EUR will be inaugurated on 29 October, after €239 million and 18 years of contro...
Rome's collection of bulky refuse suspended since June.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has drawn ridicule from the opposition after voicing her suspicions over an allegedly large amount of refrigerators and sofas abandoned...
Rome mayor fills key cabinet posts three months after taking office.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has appointed staffer and Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) activist Andrea Mazzillo as her new budget councillor three months...
Environment councillor Paola Muraro may be under fresh investigations, newspapers report.
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi has run into fresh problems following newspaper reports that embattled executive city councillor for...
Rome will replace paper carte d'identità with plastic cards.
Rome is to introduce new plastic identity cards, or carte d'identità, replacing the current paper format with a credit card-sized card.
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Rome mayor pledges more policing to avoid anti-social behaviour at Spanish Steps.
The newly-restored Spanish Steps are to reopen to the public on the morning of 23 September following an 18-month restoration whose €1....
Sponsor says "barbarians" should not have access to restored Spanish Steps at night.
Paolo Bulgari, the chairman of luxury jeweller Bulgari which sponsored the €1.5 million restoration of Rome’s Spanish Steps, says th...
Romans among the least satisfied in EU with their capital city.
The inhabitants of Rome are among the least satisfied in the European Union about life in their city, according to the Urban Europe study by the EU stati...
300 Austrian trees go on display in Rome's Piazza S. Silvestro.
Visitors to Piazza S. Silvestro in Rome's city centre will find a translucent dome housing 300 Austrian trees, between 8 and 11 September.
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Raggi loses two councillors plus heads of two city companies in one day.
The mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi was hit by the resignations of two key figures from her administration on 1 September: her cabinet chief and b...
Rome's so-called Nuvola conference centre set to open in October.
Construction work on the so-called Nuvola conference centre in Rome's southern suburb of EUR has finally reached completion, after €236 million and 18...
Raggi introduces €400 fine for Rome's illegal "centurions".
Rome's new mayor Virginia Raggi has banned costumed "centurions" and unlicensed rickshaws from operating around tourist sites in the capital.
Those caught...
Growing rubbish problem leads to rat emergency in Rome.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has promised stiff penalties for those caught dumping rubbish illegally around Rome, as the capital grapples with the mounting proble...
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