Recommendations for those travelling between Italy and UK.
Britain's Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not recommend any non-essential travel to the 11 areas of northern Italy (10 towns in Lombardy and one in...
The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote on Twitter praising Italy's efforts to stop the coronavirus epidemic in the Country.
His quote was later retweeted by the Italia...
Vatican considers holding Sunday Angelus via video link.Vatican officials are studying the possibility of Pope Francis giving his Angelus address on Sunday via video link rather than from the window of the papal apartmen...
US has Level 3 travel warning in place for Italy due to Coronavirus.
People travelling to the United States from Italy will be asked on arrival to stay home for a period of 14 days, according to the information issued b...
First positive Coronavirus case in Vatican City.
The Vatican announced on 6 March that a patient being treated by its health services has tested positive for Coronavirus.
The discovery was made on 5 March, according to...
Italian president calls for responsibility and unity as Italy battles Coronavirus outbreak.Italy's president Sergio Mattarella has called for "responsibility" in the face of the Coronavirus emergency, urging Italians to...
After the blow to Rome's tourism and hospitality sectors, now it is the turn of culture and sport to take a hit.
The international media spotlight was always going to be on Italy on 5 March, regardless of the country's...
Italy orders closure of all schools and universities as country attempts to contain spread of Coronavirus.Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has signed emergency legislation ordering the closure of all schools and uni...
Michelangelo lived in hiding from the Medici in Florence in 1530.
Michelangelo Buonarotti, the Italian High Renaissance master, gifted the world a stunning artistic legacy from the Sistine Chapel frescoes to magnificent...
Pontiff cancels several appointments due to a cold.
Pope Francis, who has cancelled numerous events in recent days due to a heavy cold, has reportedly tested negative for the Coronavirus, according to a report in Rome d...
There may be fewer tourists in Rome right now but otherwise life continues as normal in the Eternal City.
Roma non si ferma. Rome doesn't stop.
There are several ways to translate or interpret this slogan - the title...
With a little leap of the imagination, Rome becomes a giant amusement park.“Its original name is the Flavian Amphitheatre.” The guide points at the Colosseum, once the world’s largest stadium. She then explains that the...
Police officer and trainee firefighter test positive for Coronavirus.A Rome policeman in service at Spinaceto, in the capital's southern XII municipality, has tested positive for Coronavirus following tests at Rome's Spa...
Rome’s unique skyline scattered with steeping basilica domes, ancient forum ruins and the infamous Colosseum would not be complete without the silhouette of an Italian Stone Pine.
Also known as Umbrella pines, parasol...
Enjoy the wonders of Rome without the crowds.
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to visit Rome's greatest landmarks minus the crowds?
Ever dream of taking a uncrowded subway across the capital to join a minima...
The Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, famous for Caravaggio's masterpiece "The Calling of St Matthew", closed today due to "precautionary measures" after a 43-year-old priest was hospitalized in Paris because fou...
Coronavirus: 38-year-old woman had returned to Rome from northern Italy.The Lazio region has registered its first case of Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, after a woman living in Fiumicino - a coastal town beside Rom...
Traffic restrictions on Sunday 1 March to battle smog in Rome.
Rome has banned motorists from driving within the fascia verde (green belt) on Sunday 1 March from 07.30 to 12.30, and from 16.30 until 20.30.
The traffi...
Business as usual in Rome and Lazio region.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi and Lazio Region president Nicola Zingaretti have both underlined the fact that there is no Coronavirus emergency in the capital or in the Lazio regi...
Rome resumes work to connect Metro B to Metro C at Colosseum.
A large section of Rome's Metro B will close at 21.00 instead of 23.30 each night - from 2 March until 6 August - as the city begins the second phase of cons...
Visiting Rome's Wax Museum, or Museo delle Cere, is a unique and unforgettable experience.
This is because Rome's wax museum is no ordinary wax museum. Due to the questionable quality of the wax models, visitors tend to...
Having to work around a dietary restriction in a new country can be challenging, yet some Americans have reported that in the case of lactose intolerance, a move to Italy may be the best cure. According to the U.S. Natio...
Rome mayor to convene meeting with tourism stakeholders.Tourist cancellations have reached 90 per cent in Rome for March due to the Coronavirus outbreak (despite there not being any active Coronavirus cases in the Lazio...
Chinese tourists were first Coronavirus cases in Italy.The two Chinese tourists who were the first cases of Coronavirus on Italian soil are now out of danger after being treated at Rome's Spallanzani hospital, reports th...
What kind of shoes a real Italian wears really comes down to personal preference. Here’s a handful of places to buy shoes in Rome.
A quick internet search of “shoes in Rome” will illicit hundreds of results from website...
Catacombs in Italy to close due to Coronavirus outbreak.Italy's catacombs that are normally open to the public are to be closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
The "precautionary" meas...
American students appear in court over fatal stabbing of Rome policeman.
Two US students accused of murdering a police officer in Rome last summer are due to appear in court in Rome on 26 February.
Californian studen...
Uffizi panel quits over loan of Raphael masterpiece for Rome show.
As the world prepares to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael with an 'unprecedented' exhibition in Rome, a controversy has broken out in...
Designed in the neo-Renaissance style by Camillo Pistrucci, the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme was built between 1883 and 1887. Until 1960, the building was a college for Jesuit fathers, and the Italian State took over ow...
Rome prepares for potential Coronavirus emergency.Lazio regional health authorities are setting up pre-triage tents outside 31 hospitals in Rome and the Lazio region, in preparation for a potential outbreak of Coronaviru...
Qualified mother tongue teachers are needed for morning/afternoon lessons in state schools for Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary, and Secondary 2. CELTA or equivalent teaching cer...
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