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Disruption expected at Rome's city-run museums.A general strike on Friday 25 October could cause closures or disruption to services at Rome's city-run museums, according to a notice issued by Musei in Comune.
The strike...
Lazio Region catches floating plastic on Rome's river before it enters the sea.
An experimental barrier to catch plastic waste has been installed by the Lazio Region across the river Tiber near the coastal town of Fiumi...
Air, road and rail travel affected across Italy on 25 October.
Hundreds of international and domestic flights have been cancelled as part of a 24-hour strike called by Italian trade unions on Friday 25 October.
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Rome man shot after reacting when girlfriend was robbed.
A 25-year-old Rome man has died after being shot in the head during a robbery on a Rome street on the night of 23 October, on Via Teodoro Mommsen, near the Colli...
Jacorossi dies just weeks after opening private art museum in Rome.
The Roman entrepreneur and art collector Ovidio Jacorossi has died in Rome aged 85, just weeks after opening Musja, the privately-run museum dedicated...
Italy's culture minister opens restored Casa del Bicentenario at Herculaneum.
The ancient House of the Bicentenary, or Casa del Bicentenario, reopened at the Italian archaeological site of Herculaneum near Naples after...
Public holiday in Italy on 1 November 2019.
All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on Friday 1 November is a public holiday in Italy, meaning a long holiday weekend for most people.
The annual holiday comes the day after Ha...
Rome organises Tevere Day on Sunday 27 October.
"To give back the oldest monument of Rome, the Tiber, to citizens and tourists" is how Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi describes Tevere Day, scheduled for Sunday 27 October....
Mediaeval tombs discovered in the heart of Rome.
Two tombs dating from the Middle Ages were unearthed during gas works on Via del Governo Vecchio, a street near Piazza Navona in central Rome, according to the city's arc...
Rome's rose garden was once located near the Colosseum.
Rome's municipal rose garden, or Roseto Comunale, is located on the eastern side of the Aventine hill, overlooking the Circus Maximus.
Home to around 1,200 diff...
Court rules that 'Mafia Capitale' was not Mafia-style organisation.
The so-called Mafia Capitale case, also known as Mondo di mezzo, was a 'criminal' rather than a 'Mafia-style' organisation, according to a ruling by th...
Mayor urges unions not to grind Rome to a halt.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has pleaded with trade unions representing employees from the city's 18 municipal companies to call off the general strike scheduled for Friday 2...
Eviction date postponed until end of January.
Caffè Greco, Rome's oldest coffee bar, has had its eviction date postponed, yet again, until the end of January 2020.
The historic bar near the Spanish Steps had expected...
Raggi says Rome is ready for new bike sharing service.
Rome mayor called for the city's new Uber Jump bicycles - the capital's latest bike-sharing scheme - to be respected.
The mayor was speaking during the launch of...
Rome braced for general strike on 25 October.
Trade unions representing employees of the capital's 18 municipal companies say a general strike will bring "Rome to a halt" on Friday 25 October.
The heads of three trad...
Last-minute bid to save Rome's oldest coffee bar which opened in 1760.
Caffè Greco, the historic bar on Via dei Condotti near the Spanish Steps, opened to customers on the morning of 22 October on what could be its last...
Oxygen project will see Lazio Region plant a tree for each citizen.
The Lazio Region, which includes the Rome area, is to plant six million new trees: one for each citizen.
This is the target of Ossigeno (Oxygen), a...
AMA Roma appeals to Romans' public spirit.
Rome residents have been urged not to throw out any garbage on Friday 25 October, the day of a general strike, by the city's waste collection company AMA Roma.
Appealing to th...
Daylight will begin one hour earlier from 27 October.
Clocks go back one hour at 03.00 on the night between Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October 2019, bringing an end to daylight saving time, or 'summer' time.
Mornings...
Martin Scorsese to attend premiere of The Irishman at Rome Film Fest.
Martin Scorsese will attend the Italian premiere of his movie The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, at the 2019 Rome Film Festival on...
Tourist inadvertently captures engagement scene at Trevi Fountain.
A Canadian tourist has sparked an internet hunt for a couple after accidentally capturing the moment of their engagement at the Trevi Fountain in Rome,...
Uber chooses Rome to debut its bike sharing scheme Jump.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi launched Uber Jump, a new bike sharing service for the capital, at the Roman Forum on 21 October.
Uber chose Rome as the first Ital...
Rome investigates behaviour of bus driver.
City authorities have launched an investigation into the case of a Rome bus driver who ordered passengers off before loading his scooter aboard the bus and driving away.
The...
ATAC and AMA unite for general strike in Rome on 25 October.Rome is braced for a general strike involving all sectors of the city's 18 municipal companies on Friday 25 October.
The strike is expected to affect the entir...
Major water leak caused section of Rome street to collapse.
A parked car ended up in a chasm that opened up on a Rome street following a major flood during the early hours of 19 October.
The incident, which took plac...
Rome bus driver loaded his scooter on bus after dumping passengers.
A Rome bus driver reportedly told passengers to get off the bus before loading his scooter aboard and driving away, according to Italian daily newspape...
Rome mayor crops BBC video to avoid criticism of city's trash situation.
Rome's system of recycling plastic in exchange for bus and metro tickets continues to "please the entire world", according to the city's mayor Vir...
Rome's horse-drawn carriages still on city streets despite mayor's promises.
One of Rome's 'botticelle' horses collapsed on Via dei Condotti, the exclusive shopping street near the Spanish Steps, on the morning of 17 Oc...
Luca Signorelli and Rome. Oblivion and Rediscovery.
Luca Signorelli, most fortunate and most neglected among painters, was fortunate in his early patrons.
First there was Lorenzo de’ Medici; then came Sixtus IV for w...
Hollywood stars and world premieres at Rome Film Fest.
The 2019 Rome Film Fest, which kicks off in the Italian capital on 17 October, features a plethora of big names from US cinema including Bill Murray, Edward Norton,...
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