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Rome opera house moves outdoors to Circus Maximus for the summer.
Rome's 2020 summer opera season presented by the city's opera house will take place at the Circus Maximus, from 16 July to 13 August, the Teatro dell'Ope...
Rome's shops to hold summer sales in July and August.
The summer sales season in Rome and the Lazio region will be different than normal this year, due to the fallout from the covid-19 crisis.
The 2020 summer sales,...
Rome opens its food markets until late.
Rome's food markets are permitted to open until late - in some cases until midnight - under new legislation signed by the city's mayor Virginia Raggi.
The order simplifies exis...
Pontiff prays for seriously injured paralympic champion Zanardi.
Pope Francis has sent a handwritten letter of support to Alex Zanardi, the paralympic champion who is currently in a medically-induced coma following a se...
Behind the deceptively austere neo-classical frontage of the British School at Rome resides a lively multi-cultural community where ideas are swapped over the communal dining table.Since this is the year of EXPO Milan, i...
A culinary guide to Rome through its art galleries.
Painting and food: Rome, of course, abounds with both. But painting about food – and its sine qua non – wine? This article offers a sort of Gambero Rosso to just that...
In Italy, since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, at least 238,833 people have contracted the Sars-CoV-2 virus (+113 compared to 22 June).
Of these, 34,675 have died (+23 if compared to 22 June) and 184,585 w...
Rome and Milan veto 'Black Lives Matter' street murals.
The Sardines, the Italian grassroots political movement, has given up its plan to paint 'Black Lives Matter' on Rome's central Via del Corso after being denied per...
American tourists may be barred from Europe when EU reopens to outside world.
US travellers look set to be denied entry to the EU when the European bloc reopens its borders on 1 July, according to draft lists of countri...
Italians divided over coronavirus vaccine according to survey.
Almost one in two Italians - 41 per cent to be exact - say they would be unwilling to opt for the covid-19 vaccine once it becomes available, reports Italia...
Ups and Downs in the terrible saga of covid-19.
It’s up in New York, where residents are getting their first haircuts since mid-March, stores have reopened for shopping and restaurants and bars are again offering...
Tiberis returns to Rome river bank for third year.
Rome is seeking private sponsorship to reopen Tiberis, the city's artificial beach on the banks of the river Tiber, reports online newspaper RomaToday.
Sponsorship p...
A tabaccheria, or “tabacchi” for short, is a small quasi-convenience store that can simultaneously be a cafe, tourist trinket-shop, mini post office, and more--or none of the above. First time visitors in Italy will imme...
Rome dedicates 2020 music festival on 21 June to Ezio Bosso.
Rome's Festa della Musica, the annual event devoted to music in all its forms, will move online this year due to the covid-19 regulations against the gatherin...
Alex Zanardi was involved in a car accident in the province of Siena, during one of the stages of the relay race of "Obiettivo tricolore", a competition of Paralympic athletes participating in handbike, bicycle or Olympi...
After Milan, Rome becomes embroiled in Black Lives Matter statue debate.
A Rome street was symbolically renamed after George Floyd, the unarmed African American killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, by anti-r...
The Trulli houses of Alberobello are dry-stone huts that are located in the Puglia region.
The Trulli are considered a historic site because of its history dating back to the 14h century. There are 1,500 Trulli houses...
MAXXI announces major award for Italian architect Renzo Piano in Rome.
Renzo Piano, the acclaimed Italian architect, received a Lifetime Achievement Award on 18 June during a digital marathon by Rome's MAXXI National Mu...
Chinese tourists were the first coronavirus cases in Italy.
The two Chinese tourists who were the first people in Italy to test positive for covid-19 have donated $40,000 for research at Rome's Spallanzani hospital....
AS Roma will auction the Black Lives Matter jerseys to raise money for anti-racism organisations.
AS Roma football players will wear a #BlackLivesMatter patch on their shirts for the final 12 games of the Serie A season...
Vatican confirms that Pope Emeritus Benedict is in Germany.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI travelled to Germany today to visit his brother Monsignor Georg Ratzinger who is aged 96 and in ailing health, reports Vatican News....
E-scooters making headlines for all the wrong reasons in Rome.
Rome's electric scooters, promoted strongly by the city as a sustainable form of transport, are increasingly popular with commuters, tourists and young peop...
UEFA kicks Euro 2020 football matches into 2021.
The Euro 2020 football championship has been postponed until 2021, due to the covid-19 crisis, with all matches rescheduled in the original 12 host cities, including Rome...
Rome tennis tournament rescheduled following covid-19 cancellation.
The 2020 Internazionali d'Italia tennis tournament, also known as the Rome Masters or the Italian Open, has been rescheduled for 20 September after bei...
Rome's Raphael exhibition extends opening hours due to high demand.Raffaello 1520-1483, hailed as the world's greatest Raphael show, reopened on 2 June and will see the blockbuster exhibition - held on the 500th annivers...
One of the most well known Italian greetings throughout the world is the informal greeting known as "Ciao."
It is known for being used as either "hello" or "goodbye" between family members, friends, and those amongst t...
Rome's MAXXI holds online festival to mark its tenth anniversary.
MAXXI, Italy's national museum of 21st-century art, celebrates its 10th anniversary in Rome with a ten-hour digital marathon on Thursday 18 June, from 11...
Metro and bus strike in Rome on Thursday 18 June.
Rome commuters can expect disruption to public transport services due to a strike on the evening of Thursday 18 June, from 20.00 until midnight.
The four-hour strike...
Wizz Air resumes Rome flights on 16 June followed by Ryanair on 21 June.
Rome's Ciampino airport, also known as G.B. Pastine, will resume scheduled passenger flights on 16 June for the first time since the covid-19 lock...
Rome street art tribute to Sordi on centenary of Italian icon's birth.
Alberto Sordi, the late giant of Italian cinema, features alongside Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi in a new paste-up image by street artist Harry Greb...
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