Environment
Rome's starlings cause havoc for motorists on Lungotevere.
Rome city council has drafted in the help of falconers to move some of the wintering starlings - whose numbers are estimated between 1.5 and four million - away...
The American University of Rome supports an innovative new project to survey the safety of Rome's trees using Ground Penetrating Radar.Those based in Rome will remember the massive storms that swept across Italy and caus...
Environmentalists call for investigation into suspected toxic algae in lake north of Rome.Several dogs have reportedly died in recent days after drinking water at Lago Bracciano, a lake north of Rome, according to a pres...
Retake Roma volunteers unite with Estonian embassy to clean up Rome
World Cleanup Day will be marked in Rome on Saturday 15 September in an event organised by Retake Roma, the volunteer movement which tackles the capita...
Capital responds to New York Times article about seagull problem
Rome city council plans to introduce new iron bins around the capital to stop seagulls looting food from the rubbish, according to the city's environment...
Rome issues weather warning over heatwave.
Rome has been added to the Italian health ministry's list of cities on alert due to the ongoing heatwave.
The 11 cities on "level three alert" are Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, F...
Outbreak of spider bites causes concern in south Rome districts.
Residents of southern Rome areas are reporting increasing cases of being bitten by a species of venomous spider known as the brown recluse spider, or viol...
Rome protects the nests of swallows, martins and swifts.Rome has brought in new legislation protecting its swallows which it says will encourage the environmentally sustainable control of tiger mosquitoes instead of disi...
Zingaretti appeals to local authorities to cut overgrown green areas.Local authorities in Lazio and the greater Rome area have been warned to cut the overgrown grass in "abandoned green areas" and roadside verges which r...
City says sheep already used to maintain Rome's Caffarella park.Sheep could be used to maintain Rome's wildly overgrown parks, with cows being deployed where the grass is too high, according to radical proposals being pu...
Number of bandiera blu beaches in Italy in reaches 368.Eight beaches in the Lazio region have been awarded the 2018 bandiera blu (blue flag) status for high water quality standards. The number of Lazio beaches to receive...
Rome highlights the environment with annual Giornata della Terra.Rome marks the 48th edition of the international Earth Day initiative on 22 April with five days of events on the theme of the environment and sustainabili...
Visitors discard 7,000 tulips to take home bulbs from Rome flower farm.
Tulipark, Rome's first pick-your-own tulip garden, has suffered widespread damage within 48 hours of its inauguration at Easter weekend, due to unc...
Pick-your-own tulips at Tulipark flower farm in north Rome.
Tulipark, a 15,000-sqm flower farm in the Prima Porta area in the northern outskirts of Rome, will allow visitors to pick their own tulips before purchase.When...
Ban will affect private diesel vehicles in Rome's historic centre.Rome will prohibit private diesel vehicles from circulating within the city's historic centre from 2024, mayor Virginia Raggi said on 27 February.
Raggi...
Capital requests temporary hunting ban after heatwave and fires.
Rome has asked the Lazio Region to suspend the upcoming hunting season in the province of Rome due to the environmental damage caused this summer by prolo...
Police seize illegal water pumping systems from Lake Bracciano.Plans to reduce Rome's water pressure at night could be introduced on Monday 4 September, according to Italian news agency ANSA.The measures, being taken by...
2,500 people displaced as tourists flee holiday island.
Rescue teams worked around the clock on 22 August to save three brothers trapped under the rubble of a collapsed house in Ischia, following a 4.0 magnitude earthqu...
Seven-month-old baby saved from rubble.Two women were killed in a 4.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the holiday island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples, just before 21.00 on 21 August.
Around 40 people were injured in th...
Italian health ministry places Rome at highest heat risk level.As Italy's heat wave intensifies, the Italian health ministry has put Rome on red alert on 1 and 2 August, according to news agency ANSA.Rome has been classi...
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