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Conte admits "growing concern" about covid-19 contagion in Europe and Italy.
"Italy must avert a second nationwide lockdown," said premier Giuseppe Conte on Friday 23 October, calling on people to remain alert and respe...
Closure will affect popular nightlife areas in Rome at weekends.
Rome will shut down some of the capital's areas most associated with nightlife, on weekend nights, in response to Italy's covid-19 emergency.
The order...
Rome police caught vandal who now faces criminal charges for vandalising the Fountain of the Moor.
One of Rome's celebrated fountains, the Fontana del Moro in Piazza Navona, has been vandalised by a 61-year-old Italian...
Zingaretti appeals for sense of responsibility in battling covid-19.
The president of Italy's central Lazio region, which includes Rome, has requested that people reduce their social contacts for the "next 20/30 days" i...
Rome seeks to reduce crowds on public transport to allow for social distancing.
Rome is set to draft in private buses in a bid to reduce crowding on the city's public transport network, according to reports in Italian m...
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A Rome city bus burst into flames in Piazza Pio XI, in the St Peter's area of the city, at 12.30 on Thursday 22 October.
The street is currently closed and firefighters are on the scene. There are no injuries reported. ...
Lazio becomes latest Italian region to impose curfew to tackle rise in covid-19 cases.
Italy's central Lazio region, which includes Rome, is to be placed under curfew at night as regional authorities intensify efforts t...
Pontiff signals support for same-sex civil unions in comments likely to spark controversy.
Pope Francis called for legislation for civil union laws for same-sex couples, saying that gay couples deserve legal recognition...
Italian police drove at 230 km an hour from northern Italy to Rome on a life-saving mission.
Italy's state police drove a specially-equipped Lamborghini Huracan from Padua to Rome to transport a kidney to a patient in t...
Italy faces 24-hour strike affecting public and private transport.
Commuters in Rome and around Italy can expect disruption to public and privately-owned transport services from 21.00 on Thursday 22 October until 21.00...
Italian regions hard-hit by coronavirus to impose night curfews.
Italy's northern Lombardy region, which includes Milan, has imposed a curfew to combat rising covid-19 numbers.
The curfew, from 23.00 until 05.00, wil...
Italy's first Ryder Cup - to be played in Rome - has been delayed by a year.
The 2022 edition of the Ryder Cup at Rome has been postponed to 2023 after the 2020 edition in the US was moved to 2021 due to the covid-19 pa...
Mattarella said new phase should be met with "sense of responsibility but also with greater faith."
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella has called for collective responsibility amid a recent surge of covid-19 cases, re...
"What Christmas will be like depends on what we decide now" says government's covid-19 consultant.
Italy should apply immediate targeted local lockdowns to curb the steady rise in covid-19 cases in recent weeks, accordi...
Rome to remember Remigio with a plaque in Piazza Barberini.
Rome's central Piazza Barberini this weekend saw the "return" of Remigio De Leonardis, the eccentric street performer who entertained people with his crazy ant...
Calenda ends weeks of rumours by declaring himself a candidate in the race for Rome's top job.
Carlo Calenda, the prominent Italian politician and manager, announced his intention last night to run as mayor of Rome in t...
New restrictions come as Italy registers 11,705 coronavirus cases in a day.
Italian premier Giuseppe Conte announced a raft of further restrictions to curb the spread of covid-19, amid a recent surge in new cases, durin...
Killing of wild boar family provokes wave of protest in Rome.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has called for the immediate establishment of a commission of inquiry into the killing of a family of wild boar at a childrens' pla...
Conte expected to announce new measures later today.
Italian premier Giuseppe Conte is set to announce today fresh emergency measures to combat the new wave of covid-19 cases, as the country registered a record-high 10,...
News follows 11 cases of coronavirus among the Swiss Guards.
The Vatican has announced that a resident of the Casa S. Marta hostel, where Pope Francis lives, has tested positive for covid-19.
The unidentified person,...
Mother and six young wild boar killed in front of hundreds of screaming protestors.
Rome animal rights activists have condemned the "murder" of a family of wild boar, including a mother and six piglets, shot dead by pol...
Campania sets a curfew on 31 October after closing schools for the rest of the month.
Italy's southern Campania region which includes Naples has set a curfew of 22.00 on the night of 31 October to prevent the spread of...
The epidemic curve in Italy is still rising, at the highest rate since the outbreak began.
10,010 new positive cases have been recorded in Italy in the last 24 hours, compared to the 8,804 infected cases registered...
11 Swiss Guards have tested positive for covid-19 in Vatican City.
The Vatican has confirmed that a further seven Swiss Guards have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing to 11 the total number of soldiers infected....
Free guided tours of rarely-opened landmark in Rome.
Rome opens the Temple of Minerva Medica for guided tours this weekend, 17-18 October, as part of a series of special openings involving some of the capital's most evo...
Rome commemorates deportation of Jews in 1943.
Rome's Jewish community commemorates today the 77th anniversary of the deportation of more than 1,000 of the city’s Jews to the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz.
The r...
Italy, San Marino and Vatican City are being taken off the UK travel corridor list from this weekend.
Italy is being removed from the British government's travel corridor list, meaning that those travelling to the UK wi...
Italian premier says school closure "not the best solution."
Italy’s southern region of Campania, which includes the city of Naples, has shut its schools from 16 October until the end of the month, due to a rising numbe...
According to the Ministry of Health 8,804 new infections have registered in Italy in the last 24 hours and 83 new victims.
Yesterday the new covid-19 cases were 7,332 with a total of 43 victims registered.
The...
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