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Mayor says 1,500 tons of trash left uncollected on streets of Rome.Rome is experiencing an "unacceptable" drop in waste collection in recent days, according to the mayor Virginia Raggi.
The mayor blamed private waste fa...
Giardino degli Aranci viewpoint closed for safety reasons.
The famed viewpoint at Rome's Giardino degli Aranci, or Orange Garden, has been sealed off to the public for safety reasons due to structural concerns.
Visit...
Rome mayor envisions a #Plasticfree city.
Rome residents who recycle plastic bottles at the city's town hall buildings will be able to accumulate credits to offset expenses for civil certificates, according to an announ...
Rome commuters recycle more than 350,000 plastic bottles since July.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has blasted the "incivili" who vandalised one of the city's three recycling machines which exchange plastic bottles for bus...
Netflix brings Christmas cheer to Rome for the second time.
American media-services provider Netflix is to sponsor Rome's 2019 Christmas tree, for the second consecutive year, according to Italian newspaper La Repubblic...
Street pharmacy opens in Trastevere area of Rome.
A farmacia di strada, or street pharmacy, has opened at Vo.Re.Co., a charitable organisation which helps former prisoners and homeless people, on Via della Lungara in th...
Retake Roma volunteers mark Coastal Cleanup Day and World Cleanup Week in Rome.
Volunteers from Retake Roma, the non-profit movement which tackles Rome's urban decay, organises a double event to clean up the coastal are...
Prince of Wales to lead UK delegation to see John Henry Newman declared a saint.
The Prince of Wales will attend the canonisation ceremony of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on 13...
More than 100 people have lost their lives on Rome's roads this year.There were 143 deaths recorded in traffic accidents on Rome's roads in 2018, according to figures released by the Associazione Sostenitori Amici Polizi...
Hundreds of passengers on Rome metro forced to walk through tunnel to Colosseum.
The morning of Friday 13 September has been a "venerdì nero" for commuters on Rome's underground network.
First, passengers at the city...
Fassi gets ready to celebrate 140 years of gelato in Rome.
Rome's oldest gelateria, Palazzo del Freddo di Giovanni Fassi, is preparing to celebrate its 140th anniversary by asking Romans for their memories of the famed...
Defrosted mini baguettes, single-portion jams, mystery milk, and self-service coffee supplied by machines. Worse perhaps, are the packaged biscuits and the fruit salad swimming in a sweet liquid. The bleak scenery of a m...
Man armed with pistol robbed six shops in S. Giovanni and Appio Latina areas of Rome.
Rome police are on the search for a criminal who carried out six armed robberies in the space of 25 minutes in the S. Giovanni and Ap...
Social media accounts of CasaPound and Forza Nuova shut down.
The official Facebook and Instagram accounts of two Italian far-right groups - Casapound and Forza Nuova - were shut down on 9 September for violating the pl...
Rome and Vatican co-organise 2019 Rome Half Marathon Via Pacis.
The third edition of the Rome Half Marathon Via Pacis, whose core principles are "peace, integration, inclusion and solidarity", is scheduled for Sunday 22...
Central Perk sofa in Rome for 25th anniversary of Friends.
A replica of the orange couch which featured so frequently in 1990s hit sitcom Friends will go on display in central Rome over the weekend of 21-22 September...
15-km circular stretch of Rome streets will be reserved for pedestrians and cyclists.
A 15-km "ring road" of Roman streets, known as Via Libera, will be closed to traffic and dedicated to pedestrians and cyclists on Sun...
Pizza Days festival enters record books in Rome.
Rome hosted the world's largest pizza party, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records, on the evening of 8 September.
The world record was achieved after 1,1...
Payment still applies for Friday night late opening at Vatican Museums.
The Vatican Museums are free to visitors on Friday 27 September, for the 2019 edition of World Tourism Day, from 09.00-18.00, with last entry at 16...
Peruvian tourist cited for violating Rome's drone ban.
Rome police caught a 28-year-old Peruvian tourist flying a drone over the Colosseum on 7 September.
The tourist faces charges of breaking Rome's strict no-fly po...
Rome's cable car project needs approval from new transport minister.
Funding for a cable car project in the western suburbs of Rome has reportedly been approved by Italy's transport ministry, according to Italian newspa...
American tourist engraved "Tait" into Colosseum column.
A 26-year-old visitor from the US has become the latest tourist to be caught vandalising the Colosseum.
The man used a key to carve his name - "Tait" - into an...
Rome landmark buildings illuminated in illicit protest.
Several landmark buildings and monuments in Rome were involved in an unauthorised protest during the evening of 5 September, with the word "Vendesi" (For Sale) pro...
No train service between Tuscolana and Ostiense on 7-8 September.There will be no trains to Rome's Fiumicino airport, also known as Leonardo da Vinci airport, over the weekend of 7-8 September.The closure is due to maint...
An endangered Grévy's zebra was born in Rome.
The Bioparco di Roma has presented a baby zebra, named Fiamma, born at the zoo on the night between 27 and 28 August.
The 10-day-old foal, in excellent health, is a rare...
Rome bus ticket inspector arrested for soliciting bribes from tourists.
A ticket inspector from Rome's public transport company ATAC has been arrested for soliciting and receiving cash bribes from ticket-less tourists o...
Walk through history on the Aventine, one of Rome's seven hills.
The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, was once a suburb of the ancient Roman city before becoming an important centre of Christian worship. Today...
Rome Instagram package costs €599 for three hours.
A tour company in Rome is offering an "Instagram Boyfriend" for hire.
The package provides tourists with professional photographers to follow them around Rome, speci...
Vatican police arrest man under Bernini's baldacchino.
A man was arrested by Vatican gendarmes for throwing a candelabra off the main altar in St Peter's Basilica on the morning of 4 September.
The man climbed onto t...
Traffic diversions for Rome concert by Thegiornalisti on 7 September.
An open-air concert by popular Italian band Thegiornalisti will take place in Rome's Circus Maximus on Saturday 7 September, leading to numerous road...
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