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Rome undertakes work to connect Metro B to Metro C at Colosseum.
Construction works to connect Rome's Metro C with the Metro B station at the Colosseum will result in the Laurentina-Castro Pretorio section of the city's...
Orto Botanico in Rome is now open every day.
Rome's Botanic Gardens, or Orto Botanico, is now open on Sundays meaning the public has access every day of the week.
The gardens, located in the Trastevere district, host...
Video emerges of Rome trash workers feeding wild boar.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has condemned a video which appears to show employees of the city's refuse collection service AMA feeding wild boar beside street bins....
Belarus tourist caught bathing in Piazza del Popolo fountain.
A 41-year-old tourist from Belarus was fined by Rome police after she was caught bathing in the waters of the Fontana della Dea in the central Piazza del Pop...
Rome mayor pledges zero tolerance for those who steal public assets.
19 employees of Rome's municipal public transport company ATAC have been fired in the last year for "behaviour that conflicts with the company's inter...
Palazzo Rhinoceros sits between the Arch of Janus and the Mouth of Truth.
Fondazione Alda Fendi – Esperimenti is a non-profit arts foundation created by Alda Fendi, of the famous Roman fashion dynasty, under the creativ...
Public advised not to touch dolphin carcasses.
In recent days two dolphins have been found dead off the coast of Ostia and Fiumicino, near Rome, bringing to 13 the number of dolphins washed up dead in the Lazio region s...
Free Wi-Fi via eIDAS network in Rome.
European citizens who come to Rome for study, work or as tourists can now use the capital's public Wi-Fi system for free, announced the city's mayor Virginia Raggi.
Rome is the f...
Rome shuts up shop for Ferragosto on 15 August.
Each year Italy marks the national holiday of Ferragosto on 15 August, the feast of the Assumption, the day when Catholics believe the Virgin Mary ascended to heaven, body...
Red alert remains in place in Rome on 13 August.
Rome remains on a maximum "level 3" heatwave warning as temperatures in the capital reach 36 degrees on Tuesday 13 August, a slight decrease on the day before.
In rece...
Palazzo Bonaparte to host large-scale exhibitions in the centre of Rome.
Rome welomes a major new exhibition space at the recently-restored Palazzo Bonaparte in the city centre, where Via del Corso meets Piazza Venezia....
Rome hires private staff to scan civil documents.
Rome city hall has been forced to hire external staff to scan civil documents after city employees claimed the task was beneath them, according to daily newspaper Il Mes...
Rome switches water back on at Fontana delle Naiadi.
The Fountain of the Naiads in Rome's Piazza della Repubblica is back in action following a lengthy procedure to fix an "infiltration problem" after its waters began s...
ATAC records 35 per cent increase in fines compared to July 2018.
Rome's public transport company ATAC issued more than 17,000 fines to fare-dodgers during the month of July, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
AT...
Temperatures set to reach up to 40 degrees in Rome.
Italy's health ministry has issued a red alert as Rome endures a new heatwave, with forecasters predicting that temperatures in the capital will reach up to 40 degrees...
McDonald's to take legal action after Italian culture ministry blocked McDrive project near Rome's Baths of Caracalla.
American fast-food giant McDonald's intends to fight the decision by Italy’s culture ministry to blo...
Italian farmers raise alarm over wolf sightings around Rome however experts reject claims.
Wolves are being sighted "within a few kilometres of the centre of Rome" according to Confagricoltura, the Italian agricultural...
Rome prohibits hanging clothes out to dry if visible from public streets.
Rome's time-honoured tradition of hanging clothes out to dry above the city's streets could become a thing of the past thanks to strict new regul...
David "Diavù" Vecchiato is one of Rome's best known street artists.Wanted in Rome: How was your passion for art born, in particular street art, and how long have you been painting on the street?
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Tourists sitting on Spanish Steps face fines of between €250 and €400.
Sitting on the staircase at Rome's Spanish Steps has been banned, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
The move is reportedly part of the raft...
American fast-food giant seeks return to Pantheon in Rome.
A new branch of McDonald's is set to open in front of the Pantheon in the heart of Rome's historic centre, according to reports in local media.
Construction...
August holiday month full of construction sites.
Rome city hall is taking advantage of the absence of many residents on vacation to tackle some urgent works which might cause delays above, under and on the ground.
Ap...
Rome is one of the world’s best places to experience culture at every level, from ancient sculpture to street art.
And it doesn’t disappoint when it comes to the theatre either.
Musicals, modern dance, comedy...
Rome comes alive at night and becomes one of the world’s most lively capitals.
From aperitivo hour to an all-night drinking session with friends, there’s something to suit everyone’s style.
Here are a few of our favo...
Work to be completed in 2021.
The demolition of some 500 metres of the raised section of Rome’s Tangenziale Est (East Bypass) in front of Tiburtina station will start on Monday 5 August.
With the closing of the overp...
Tiberis reopens on banks of the Tiber in Rome.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi opened Tiberis, the city's artificial beach on the banks of the river Tiber, on the evening of 3 August.
Located near Ponte Marconi, the 10,000...
The dream house of a legendary Swedish doctor and a secret love affair on the island of Capri.
Almost a century ago, The Story of San Michele by Swedish doctor Axel Munthe was a runaway bestseller. Translated into 50 la...
Mayor Raggi relieved after her own opposition confirmed.
Italy’s ministry of culture has moved swiftly to definitively block a bid to open a McDonald’s fast-food outlet right next to the Baths of Caracalla, one of Rome’...
Internal investigation launched over leaked photo.
In a bizarre twist to the case of the murder of carabiniere Mario Cerciello Raga, a photo has emerged of one of the two young Americans arrested, sitting blindfolded an...
Eight stab wounds as police intervene to stop blackmailers.
A teenage US student has admitted killing plain-clothes carabiniere Mario Cerciello Rega in a struggle which broke out as Cerciello Rega and his patrol colleag...
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