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Rome Christmas lights ceremony celebrated with concert at Spanish Steps.
The popular Cartoon Christmas Lights return to Via dei Condotti, Rome's exclusive shopping street, for the second year in a row, for the duration...
Floods and mudslides cause €8 million damage to Matera.
While flood-hit Venice made headlines around the world, with the Italian government declaring a state of emergency in the lagoon city, the southern Italian city of...
Rome turns to comics to teach young people to respect their city.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has been portrayed as a vigilessa police officer in a comic strip with a civic message, aimed at young people and presented by...
Flooding situation critical across Tuscany.Florence is on alert as the waters of the river Arno have risen to the highest levels in 20 years, reaching 4.8 metres on Sunday 17 November.
However the river's waters in Flor...
Vatican to switch on Christmas tree lights on 5 December 2019.
This year's Christmas tree in St Peter's Square will come from the centuries-old forests in northern Italy that were devastated by storms in November 2018....
Tree destroyed parked Fiat Seicento in Rome suburb.
A large pine tree fell across a street in the south Rome suburb of Mostacciano, squashing a parked car, on the morning of Friday 15 November.
There was nobody injur...
Rome bus companies Roma TPL and Cotral go on strike.
Rome bus services operated by Roma TPL and the regional Cotral bus company will be affected by a 24-hour strike on Monday 18 November.
The strike, against late payme...
Greta will cost far less than Rome bike-sharing competitor Uber Jump.
Commuters and tourists in Rome now have a new bike-sharing option with the arrival in the capital of Greta, the pedal-assisted e-bike operated by Ame...
WWF Italy raises awareness of critically-endangered bear.
Italy's Marsican brown bear faces the prospect of extinction as experts say there are only about 50 of the animals left in existence.
The Italian branch of th...
Water levels in Venice have not been this high since 1966.
Venice mayor Luigi Brugraro has declared a state of disaster after the lagoon city in northern Italy was hit by the second highest tide in more than 50 years....
Barberini will only be open to commuters leaving the station.
Rome's central Barberini metro station, which has been closed since its escalator collapsed on 21 March, is expected to reopen in December but only to commut...
Commuters have been evacuated from the Spagna station on Rome's Metro A line due to smoke.
The fumes were possibly caused by a broken-down train being towed from the Cornelia station where it had earlier caused the c...
Rome's Metro A line is closed between Ottaviano (St Peter's) and Battistini after a train broke down near Cornelia station at 14.15 on Tuesday 12 November. Substitute shuttle buses are running in place of the metro, acco...
No injuries in latest Rome bus fire.
A Rome city bus burst into flames while on duty at 05.30 on the morning of 12 November.
There were no passengers aboard at the time and the driver escaped unhurt.
The driver attemp...
City issues weather warning for 12 November.
Rome residents can expect more heavy rain, as well as thunder storms and gales, on the afternoon of Tuesday 12 November and for the following 12-18 hours, according to a weat...
Rome firefighters rescue motorists from floods.
Four people, including two children, were rescued from two cars stuck in floods on the afternoon of Monday 11 November, following a day of torrential rain.
The incident...
Major exhibition in Venice on 40th anniversary of death of Peggy Guggenheim.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection celebrates the Venetian years of its art collector founder who lived in Venice for three decades, from 1948 un...
Nutella Biscuits launched by Ferrero in Italian supermarkets.
Ferrero, the Italian brand behind the Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread, has introduced its first Nutella-filled biscuits in supermarkets across Italy.
Th...
ATAC seeks hidden talent for its Christmas concert.
Rome city bus company ATAC is holding auditions to find talented singers, musicians and dancers among its employees who will have the chance to star alongside professi...
Fourth fire in Centocelle area of Rome.
A police investigation is underway after a bar in Rome's Centocelle suburb was burnt down in the early hours of 9 November, days after another fire destroyed La Pecora Elettrica,...
Italian culture minister sanctions €25 million to complete museum.
Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini has sanctioned state funds of €25 million - cancelled by the previous government - to complete the National...
Post-Thanksgiving sales in Rome on Black Friday 2019.
Black Friday, the American custom dedicated to shopping at hugely-discounted prices the day after Thanksgiving, is slowly being embraced by shops in Rome.
Black Fri...
12 Lazio ultras arrested for clashes in Piazza Risorgimento.
Another Celtic fan was stabbed in Rome in the early hours of 8 November, according to Corriere dello Sport, following Celtic's defeat of SS Lazio 2-1 in a Eur...
Rome mayor accompanied 145 school students to Auschwitz this week.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has described as "inexcusable" the threats made against 89-year-old Italian life senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segr...
Earthquake felt distinctly in Rome and Naples.An earthquake with a magnitude of between 4.4 and 4.9 struck central Italy at 18.35 on Thursday 7 November.
Its epicentre was in the province of L'Aquila and the earthquake...
Anti-abandonment alarms on children's car seats required by Italian law.
Italy has introduced a new law obliging parents of small children to fit alarms to their car seats to prevent babies being abandoned in cars.
T...
Keats-Shelley House to restore ceilings of museum and library.
The museum and library of the Keats-Shelley House in Rome will close for important restoration work from 8 December to 23 February, reopening to the public...
Skin will be DJ at Rome's New Year concert in Circo Massimo.
Rome will ring in the new year with 1,000 artists performing over 24 hours in the area around the Circus Maximus, from 31 December 2019 into 1 January 2020....
Italian schools to devote one hour a week to studying climate change from next year.
Italy will become the first country in the world to make learning about climate change compulsory for school students, with 33 hours a...
Rome residents and cultural figures gather in solidarity with La Pecora Elettrica bookstore.
A police investigation is underway after a fire gutted a renowned anti-fascist bookshop and cafè in Rome - for the second time...
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