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Tourists caught getting into Rome's fountains during summer heat.
Rome police have fined eight tourists €450 each for entering the waters of the city's fountains in the historic centre of the capital.
The tourists we...
Earthquake felt clearly by many Rome residents.
A 3.7-magnitude earthquake was registered in Rome's Castelli Romani area, about 20 kilometres south-east of the capital, at 22.43 on 23 June.
The earthquake's epicentre w...
Transport union calls strike over health and safety of ATAC workers.Employees of Rome's public transport company ATAC are scheduled to engage in a 24-hour strike, effective from 08.30 to 17.00 and from 20.00 until end of...
“Trash skips must be emptied”Rome doctors have highlighted the health hazard caused by overflowing trash skips on the city streets, baking under the summer heat.
"With the arrival of the heat in a filthy city with tr...
Rome's summer 2019 sales last until 17 August.Summer sales in Rome and throughout the Lazio region begin officially on Saturday 6 July with discounted clothes, shoes and accessories on offer for the following six weeks,...
Villa Ada is the second largest park in the city of Rome following closely behind the Villa Doria Pamphilj. Often referred to as a green lung of Rome due to its large scale and shape, the vast and hilly grasslands were o...
24/7 monitoring and maintenance.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has promised to tackle the disastrous condition of the city’s main roads, after some – such as the Via Salaria or the Via Cristoforo Colombo – had a 30kmh speed l...
Rome’s district of Trastevere is perhaps the most lively and vibrant sector of the city in terms of nightlife. Sitting on the right bank of the Tiber river and just South of the Vatican City, Trastevere has always been c...
Often considered to be one of the greatest artistic by-products of the Italian Renaissance, the historic Villa of Farnesina is located adjacent to the Tiber river in Trastevere.
Construction of the estate was conclude...
First abandoned, then home for displaced Roma.
The abandoned former paper factory on Rome’s Via Salaria, for many years a temporary home for gypsies expelled from their camps in the city, is being turned into an ar...
New pedestrian routes through Roman and Imperial Fora – and beyond.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi and Italy's culture minister Alberto Bonisoli on Thursday inaugurated a new pedestrian route connecting the Roman Forum...
Cobblestones to be laid in many pedestrian areas of Rome.
The quaint cobblestone surfaces of 68 central Rome streets are to be removed and replaced by more traffic-friendly asphalt surfaces, mayor Virginia Raggi ha...
Probably coming into effect in July.
Just in time for the summer holidays, the company managing the A24 and A25 motorways warn that they will have to increase the toll charge in July.
These are essential route...
Raggi wants to bring back "civic sense" to Rome's tourists.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has written to foreign ambassadors in the capital to highlight the bad behaviour of some of their fellow citizens while on holiday...
German student carves initials on Colosseum in Rome.
A 14-year-old schoolboy from Germany has become the latest tourist to be caught vandalising the Colosseum.
The student, who was on a school tour in Rome, decided t...
Rome updates 73-year-old legislation available to city police.
Rome city council has updated existing legislation governing decorum in the capital, updating a raft of regulations dating back to 1946.
The new rules, a...
Fashion brands continue to sponsor restoration of Rome sites.Luxury fashion house Gucci is to provide €1.6 million for the restoration of Rome's Tarpeian Rock in a two-year project due for completion in 2021.
The 25-m h...
Liberation of Rome anniversary coincides with death of Mario Gullace.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has said that "Rome was, is and always will be anti-fascist."
The mayor was speaking at a ceremony in city hall on 4 Jun...
Metro A works begin on 8 June and end on 25 August.
Sections of Rome's underground Metro A line will be closed at weekends in June and July, with more extended closures in August, to allow for maintenance works.
Rome...
Driver of Fiat Panda said he was in a hurrry.
A motorist was photographed driving his Fiat Panda 4x4 down the staircase connecting Villa Borghese park with Valle Giulia on the morning of 3 May.
The driver, who allege...
Fendi sponsors cleaning and repair of four fountains in Rome.Luxury fashion house Fendi is to sponsor the cleaning of four well-known fountains in Rome as part of its Fendi for Fountains project which began with its €2 m...
Top international athletes converge in Rome for the 2019 edition of Italy’s annual track and field event.
The world’s fastest and strongest athletes will return to light up the Eternal City as the 39th Golden Gala Diamo...
Rome city museums and some state museums free on 2 June.
All city-run museums will be open free of charge for the 73rd celebration of Italy's national day, Festa della Repubblica, on Sunday 2 June.
The following stat...
Rome city bus knocks down man after altercation with driver.
Rome's public transport company ATAC has suspended the driver responsible for knocking down a pedestrian in the city's Corviale suburb, according to Italian n...
Rome to undertake restyling project in city's parks.
Rome is to spend €12 million "restyling" 20 of the capital's parks, historic villas and green areas, according to the city's mayor Virginia Raggi.
The city is in t...
Senegalese woman slipped off platform of Rome metro station.
A 33-year-old woman from Senegal has died after becoming trapped under a train on Rome's Metro A underground line, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
T...
New iron bins for Rome's city centre.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has announced that new iron bins will be placed on streets around the city centre, replacing the transparent bins that were introduced several years ago fo...
ATAC opens investigation into "very serious" incident.
A video that appears to show the driver of a Rome city bus deliberately knock down a pedestrian has been published online by Micaela Quintavalle, a well-known trade...
Chilling message in German left on Holocaust memorial in Rome.
A sticker with an inscription in German stating: "The murderer always returns to the scene of the crime" was attached to a Holocaust memorial cobblestone on...
Driver ends up more than 1,000 km off course.An 81-year-old motorist who left his Newcastle home to make a pilgrimage to see the pope ended up in Germany after inadvertently typing "Rom" instead of "Rome" into his satell...
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