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Human chain protest to stave off eviction of historic bar
A last-ditch protest to save Caffè della Pace from eviction was held on 27 November when a human chain was formed around the historic bar near Piazza N...
Thanksgiving festivities take place in Rome on 27 November
Thanksgiving is not a holiday widely celebrated in Rome, but there are some places where you can get your fill of traditional food and festivities on Thursday...
Repubblica station closed and traffic chaos as city downgrades weather alert
Schools in Rome reopened on 7 November after a "code red" weather alert the day before prompted the city to order their closure as well as...
Italian president and premier at ceremony in Piazza Venezia
Italian president Giorgio Napolitano and premier Matteo Renzi participated in the annual ceremony at Rome's Altare della Patria to mark national unity and a...
Annual commemorative event preceded by service at S. Silvestro
The annual Commonwealth Remembrance Day service takes place on Tuesday 11 November at the Rome Commonwealth War Cemetery, Via Nicola Zabaglia 50, starting...
Pope Francis will say Mass for All Saints at Campo Verano
All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on Saturday 1 November, is a public holiday in Italy.
The All Saints’ festival is followed by All Souls Day on...
Clocks go back one hour at 03.00 on Sunday 26 October, bringing an end to daylight saving time, or “summer” time.
Mornings will be lighter one hour earlier but evenings will be darker earlier. The time cha...
City also plans changes to outdoor trading in Rome centre
A week-long experimental traffic ban is underway in the central Rome area known as the Tridente, the trident-shaped area centred around Via del Corso and span...
Wanted in Rome is holding a photo competition to give away free tickets to the ninth Rome Film Festival! Send us your best photograph of Rome by private FB message, with name of photographer, and we will publis...
Agreement made during US visit of Rome mayor
The mayors of Rome and San Francisco have signed an agreement that will see both cities twinned for Gay Pride, held every June.
The deal was signed by Rome mayor Ignazio...
ATAC drops paper monthly tickets for electronic pass
Rome public transport provider ATAC is launching a new rechargeable electronic pass for monthly subscriptions, replacing the original paper version.
The switch f...
Final stage of largest ever maritime salvage operation
The complex operation to refloat the Costa Concordia shipwreck has begun, two and a half years after it ran aground on rocks after sailing too close to the small...
25 cyclists undertake charity cycle from Ireland to Rome
A group of 25 non-professional cyclists is undertaking a cycle of over 2,000 km from Ireland to Rome, to raise funds for 23 different cancer charities.
Centr...
Plans to refloat shipwreck in mid-July
The Costa Concordia shipwreck will be towed away from the small Tuscan island of Giglio to be scrapped in the north-west Italian port of Genoa, following approval by the Italian...
Return of Frecce Tricolori aeronautical display
The 68th Festa della Repubblica celebrations marking Italy’s national day take place in Rome on Monday 2 June.
The annual public holiday is held in commemoratio...
Part two in the series
One year on from our first article, we ask some more Rome tour guides about the strangest questions put to them by the city's tourists.
Tour guide Louise Egan from Ireland regularly gets com...
Record attendance at this year's tournament Serbian Novak Djokovic and American Serena Williams were the respective winners in the male and female finals of the 71st edition of the Rome Masters tennis tournament on 18 M...
Annual Mille Miglia race includes 450 vintage cars
A fleet of vintage cars arrives in Rome on the night of 16 May, as part of the Mille Miglia race between Brescia and the capital.
One of the world’s oldest...
Wanted in Rome's guide to Mother's Day
Ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday 11 May, Wanted in Rome offers ten suggestions of how to celebrate the occasion in and around Rome. Note that while Mother's Day is celebrated in...
Prince will attend event at MAXXI
British royal Prince Harry will visit Italy on 18 and 19 May to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino during world war two.
On 18 May Prince Harry will a...
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