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Sicilian Region to cover costs of medical cannabis use.
The cost of prescriptions for medical cannabis for patients in Sicily will now be covered by regional authorities, following a decree signed by Sicilian health chi...
The colourful stories behind the final painting by High Renaissance master Raphael.
If every picture tells a story, then The Transfiguration by Raphael on view in the Vatican Museums tells several. There is the story of...
American fast food chain KFC opens its fifth outlet in Rome.
KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, has opened a fast food restaurant in Rome's Tiburtina train station.
This is the fifth outlet to be opened in th...
Fiumicino airport checks passengers arriving into Italy from Wuhan.Rome's Fiumicino airport is screening passengers arriving from the central Chinese city and region of Wuhan following the outbreak of a new fatal virus i...
Rome drivers waste 254 hours a year stuck in traffic.
Rome is the world's second worst city in relation to the number of hours its drivers spend stuck in traffic, according to an annual report produced by traffic analyt...
60 people evacuated from central Rome street.
Rome firefighters have evacuated the residents of a building containing 24 apartments on Via Marco Aurelio after part of the pavement collapsed.
Around 60 people have been...
Rome airport police swoop on two Chinese traders.Police at Rome's Fiumicino international airport confiscated a total of €3 million in cash from two Chinese businessmen who were attempting to return to China.
The seizur...
Raphael show in Rome 2020: dates, times, tickets and preview of some of the masterpieces on display.
Raphael's exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome in 2020 is destined to be the show of the year, as the worl...
Traffic-free Sunday in Rome on 19 January.
Rome has banned motorists from driving within the fascia verde (green belt) on Sunday 19 January from 07.30 to 12.30, and from 16.30 until 20.30.
The traffic ban is designed...
Tom Cruise in Rome: 40 days of open-air film sets and car chases in the city centre.
Hollywood film star Tom Cruise and his film crew are to take over some of central Rome's most prized locations for the filming of a ma...
For hundreds of years, a small village in a remote corner of Umbria produced many of Europe’s most celebrated doctors and surgeons.
The village of Preci lies at the northern end of the Monte Sibillini Park in Umbria. Pe...
Rome to host two Six Nations rugby games in 2020.
Italy's national rugby team will play two home matches at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome during the 2020 Guinness Six Nations rugby tournament, which begins on 1 February a...
Rome's ancient ruins of the Stadium of Domitian can be visited under Piazza Navona.
As you quietly sip a coffee in Piazza Navona, a pinch of zest is added by the thought of being seated in what once would have been the...
€450 fine for Bollywood stunt at Trevi Fountain.
A 20-year-old Egyptian man was apprehended by Rome police as he climbed up the side of the Trevi Fountain on 15 January.
The man, who was not carrying any identification...
Diesel car ban in Rome for three days.
Rome has extended its three-day ban on diesel vehicles until Friday 17 January as the city battles a smog emergency.
All diesel vehicles are banned from circulating within the c...
Starbucks to open in former bookshop in Rome.
Starbucks, the American chain of coffee shops, is to open an outlet in Rome near Vatican City, in 2020.
The arrival of Starbucks follows several years of rumours, however...
Visitors to Rome can stay in the frescoed rooms of Villa Medici
Villa Medici, the magnificent 16th-century palace located between the Spanish Steps and Villa Borghese, is home to the French Academy in Rome.
In additio...
No injuries after Rome bus splits in two.
A Rome city bus broke in half as it drove along Via Nomentana on the evening of 14 January.
The floor of the central part of the trolleybus, which connects both ends of the veh...
Borghese Gallery needs to raise €8 million to purchase Bernini sculpture.
Rome's Galleria Borghese has begun a fundraising campaign, through Italy's Art Bonus favourable tax regime, for the purchase of an important bron...
Wanted in Rome Junior article by Lucie Dumont and Laith Zehni, students at St Stephen's International School, Rome.
AS Roma defender and Manchester United legend Chris Smalling was invited to talk to the students of St...
Rome installs 34 new stolpersteine memorials.
Rome will install 34 new brass cobblestone memorials to victims of the Holocaust at various locations throughout the capital, from the historic centre to the suburbs, on 13...
Child injured accidentally in argument at IKEA restaurant in Rome.
A banal dispute over who was first in line at the restaurant of an IKEA store in Rome quickly escalated, causing injury to a child, on Sunday 12 January...
Good service combined with good food is the Marciani family vocation, passed down through four generations since 1899. Today, the Ristorante degli Angeli has made a name for itself, mentioned in every guide worth its wei...
Rome museum sells 10,000 presale tickets for Raphael show in just two days.The Rome museum preparing to host the capital's mega exhibition dedicated to High Renaissance master Raphael has sold a record 10,000 presale tic...
Parisse to make final Italy appearance in Rome with 2020 Six Nations.
Italy's most-capped rugby player Sergio Parisse will play his last international match during the 2020 Six Nations tournament at the Stadio Olimpico...
Rome launches dog adoption campaign.
Orso, a five-year-old dog, is the star of a video campaign designed to promote the adoption of dogs from Rome's municipal kennels.
The poignant video sees Orso - whose name means...
Italian foreign ministry in Rome unveils new mural by Alice Pasquini.
Rome street artist Alice Pasquini has made history by creating a mural at Italy's foreign ministry in the Italian capital.
Entitled How Far, How N...
223 bookshops closed in Rome between 2007 and 2017.
There is more bad news for Roman bookshops with the closure of two Feltrinelli bookstores - including Feltrinelli International which stocked books in English and othe...
Lonely Planet lists Le Marche among the "best destinations, journeys and sustainable travel experiences" in 2020.
The Italian region of Le Marche has been listed among the world's top 10 regions to visit in 2020 by the...
La Befana, which falls each year on 6 January, is a public holiday across Italy.Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular folklore version of La Befana, on Monday 6 January 2020.
It is...
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