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A local's guide to the best events and things to do in Rome in July.
July in Rome sees the city's outdoor festivals in full swing, with a packed programme of opera, cinema and concerts under the stars, before things qui...
Last of Churchill's Few meets daughter of Italian girl who risked her life to save him.
The last surviving RAF fighter pilot from the Battle of Britain has met the daughter of an Italian girl who saved his life in north...
Outcry in Italy over death of Satnam Singh.
The Italian government is to step up measures to combat gangmasters and the exploitation of migrant workers, the labour minister Marina Calderone said on Saturday.
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Sangiuliano was speaking at book festival in Sicily.
Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano came under fire on Sunday over a gaffe involving the explorer Christopher Colombus and the scientist and astronomer Galil...
Gladiator star to stage concert at Temple of Venus and Roma in the shadow of the Colosseum.
Russell Crowe will perform with his band The Gentlemen Barbers at the Temple of Venus and Roma, in the Roman Forum opposite the...
For four decades the Orlandi family has sought answers to one of Italy's greatest mysteries.
Italy marks 41 years since the 15-year-old schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi disappeared while returning to her family home in Vatic...
Rome hosts music festival overlooking Colosseum.
A music festival offers open-air jazz and blues concerts with panoramic views of the Colosseum by night this summer, from 21 June until 22 September 2024.
The Live @...
Rome taxis make news headlines again for the wrong reasons.
Most people living or passing through Rome will be familiar with the difficulty in getting a taxi, particularly during the recent surge of tourists visiting th...
Robbery took place during Italy-Spain match.
Italian football legend Roberto Baggio and his family were victims of a violent robbery on Thursday night while they were watching the Italy-Spain Euro 2024 match.
An arme...
Greenpeace says extreme heat is result of climate crisis.
Greenpeace activists with thermal cameras recorded surface temperatures above 50 degrees in 'heat islands' in Rome on Thursday amid the city's first heatwave of...
ANPI calls for CasaPound to be disbanded.
An anti-fascist demonstration is taking place in Rome on Thursday evening in protest over an assault on four students by members of the neo-fascist CasaPound movement.
The ra...
Visitors can walk along beach as it was in ancient Roman times.
Herculaneum, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, has opened its once hidden beach to visitors after major conservatio...
Death sparks fresh calls to tackle farm worker exploitation in Italy.
An investigation is underway in Italy into the death of an Indian farm labourer who died on Wednesday after being abandoned by his gangmasters on the...
Celebrity chef to open Nusr-Et restaurant in Rome.
Salt Bae, the celebrity chef and restaurateur who owns the Nusr-Et chain of luxury steak houses, said he is opening a restaurant in Rome, his first in Italy.
The 40-...
Senate gives green light to Premierato bill.
The Italian senate on Tuesday approved the right-wing government's controversial bill to reform Italy's constitution to allow for the direct election of a prime minister....
A non-commercial art space fostering creativity, community, and cultural exchange.
“A supernova is the brightest moment of a dying star; its goal is to create and inspire hope around it,” states Gabriele Giugni, co-foun...
Move comes amid shortage of taxis in Rome.
People travelling on Italo rail services in Rome and Milan can now reserve an Uber car to and from the railway station, at the time of booking their train ticket, thanks to a d...
Notte prima degli esami was released in 1984.
Italy marks the 40th anniversary of Antonello Venditti's classic song Notte prima degli esami which is played repeatedly in the days before the country's final high-school e...
Orange heatwave warning in place in Rome.
The Italian health ministry has issued an orange alert heat warning for Rome and Perugia on Wednesday 18 June as the country faces its first heatwave of the summer.
Weather f...
Lake Bolsena island opens to visitors in 2024.
Bisentina, a tiny privately-owned island in the heart of Lake Bolsena in central Italy, reopens to visitors this summer, with guided tours on select dates from 21 June unti...
526,000 students in Italy to sit maturità this week.
More than half a million final-year students in Italy will start the maturità state exams, the Italian public high-school diploma, on Wednesday 19 June.
The maturi...
Walking into a store filled with wonder, adventure, education, and romance condensed into pieces of paper with ink is not an everyday occurrence in our media and technology-reliant world. Bookstores are few and far betwe...
The Mausoleum of Augustus, an iconic funerary monument located in Piazza Augusto Imperatore in the Campo Marzio district, is a testament to Rome’s rich historical and architectural legacy. Its story is interwoven with th...
How a pop-up bakery turned restaurant is changing how Italians view food and coffee.
Amid the bustling chaos of Ostiense, where the busyness of nine-to-five workers meets the carefree nature of families who live in t...
Salis had been held in Hungary for over a year.
Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis returned to Italy on Saturday after being released from house arrest in Hungary following her election to the European parliamen...
Joyce may have been inspired to write The Dead during his unhappy time in Rome.
Rome was rather tense in 1906. Pope Pius X, still smarting from his loss of the papal states some 30 years earlier, refused to move beyond...
Jubilee 2025 project is still on schedule.
A major infrastructural project near the Vatican is still on track to open in time for Jubilee Year 2025 despite the discovery of important archaeological finds, Rome's mayor s...
Your Music Rome — The Legendary Music Store in RomeIn the heart of Rome, atop the hills in Monteverde, lies a legendary music shop that has been home to Roman music lovers for decades. ‘Your Music’ first opened with one...
Influencer sailed to pink beach on Budelli island.
A Brazilian influencer who violated a ban by visiting a protected pink beach on an uninhabited Italian island off Sardinia has received a fine of €1,800.
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Protest will lead to traffic disruption in Rome.
Lazio fans are organising a protest in Rome on the evening of Friday 14 June in demonstration against Claudio Lotito and his management of the Serie A football club.
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