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Rome's mayor, Gianni Alemanno, has ordered the closure of the city's schools and offices on Saturday 4 February. Many of Rome
Rome is bracing itself for an unusually cold spell from 31 January, with an icy wind from Siberia known as the Buran bringing temperatures that could reach as low as -10 in central Italy during the first week of February...
The historic Villa Carpegna park between the Aurelian hill and Via Gregorio VII was reopened on 15 January after being closed for more than seven months for renovation and redevelopment works.
Dating from the 17th cen...
Rome's refuse collection service AMA has requested that people recycle their Christmas trees, rather than dispose of them illegally in street bins, at any of the city's 11 collection centres for bulky waste or 128 mobile...
As Genoa gets ready for more torrential rain on Saturday and Sunday 5-6 November, Rome is also on alert against rain and high winds forecast for Sunday.
No chances are being taken after the flooding in the capital on...
Rome introduced new rules for its limited traffic zone (ZTL) on 1 November as part of the city
The creation of a public garden on the Tangenziale Est ring road near Tiburtina station is being considered by the city of Rome. Highlighting the ugliness of the overpass in north-east Rome, the city
The capital's transport has been thrown into disarray due to the heavy rain since the early hours of Thursday 20 October, resulting in widespread flooding across the city.
Rome's agency for mobility reports that the...
The mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno requested that the Lazio Region declare a state of emergency in Rome after early morning floods on 20 October caused chaos in the capital. Likening the damage to that of an earthquake, t...
Piazza del Popolo is the scene of Ecomunica, a forum dedicated to recycling and renewable energy until 2 October.
The event includes workshops on themes such as new forms of sustainable economic growth, eco-fashion a...
Cycom, an association of urban cyclists at Rome
The environmental organisation Marevivo has launched a campaign to protect Italy
The collapse of a tree on a family in Rome
The National Institute of Geology and Volcanology in Rome is hosting an open day on 11 May from 10.00-20.00, at which guests can view the monitoring room, meet expert seismologists and observe an interactive earthquake e...
The second edition of National Bicycle Day takes place on Sunday 8 May in Rome and over 2,000 towns and cities across Italy. Organised by the ministry of environment in collaboration with the Italian Cycling Federation a...
An extra eight km of coastline in the province of Rome have been deemed safe for swimmers this summer compared with last year. The areas affected range from Civitavecchia north of Rome to Nettuno in the south, while the...
Italy's ministry of agriculture has issued emergency measures to combat the rapid spread of the red palm weevil, which is responsible for the destruction of thousands of palm trees in Rome, the surrounding region Lazio,...
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