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Teatro dell'Opera di Roma hosts Morricone's final concerts at Baths of Caracalla.
Celebrated Italian composer Ennio Morricone will conduct six open-air concert at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome as part of the summer 201...
Free museum Sunday precedes Settimana dei Musei.
Italy's state-run museums and archaeological sites are open free of charge on Sunday 3 March as part of the Italian culture ministry's Domenica al Museo programme.
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ATAC fleet of Rome city buses to be boosted by the summer.
Rome's public transport company ATAC is to hire 200 new bus drivers in June, according to an announcement by the city's mayor Virginia Raggi.
The mayor said...
Rome deploys extra staff in bid to speed up carta d'identità process.
Rome has increased the number of employees issuing electronic identity cards, or carte d'identità, in an effort to reduce the significant delays in r...
Raggi says "courage" required to chop down Rome's oldest pines which are no longer safe.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi is seeking the allocation of government funds in her plan to cut down the city's old and sick umbrella p...
Alemanno convicted of corruption and illegal financing.Gianni Alemanno, the former right-wing mayor of Rome, was sentenced to six years in jail on 25 February after being found guilty of corruption and illegal financing,...
Fallen tree closes Rome's Viale Mazzini.
Two people have been injured seriously after a large pine tree fell across Viale Mazzini in the Prati district of Rome on the morning of 25 February.
The tree knocked over a l...
Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli granted special protection by UNESCO.
Villa Adriana, the vast imperial residence of Emperor Hadrian at Tivoli to the east of Rome, has been granted "enhanced protection in the event of armed co...
ATAC employee drove Rome city bus home instead of returning it to depot.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has described as "unacceptable" the behaviour of a bus driver who parked an ATAC city bus outside his house after he fin...
Video of erratic police escort for Ireland's rugby team through streets of Rome.
Footage has surfaced of the Irish rugby team receiving a bizarre police escort to the city's Stadio Olimpico for the Six Nations match aga...
Trees fall across Rome during gales.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has ordered the closure of the city's parks, villas and cemeteries after strong winds battered the capital on 23 February.
The closure, effective throughout...
Foreign EU nationals resident in Rome must register by 25 February.
Foreign EU nationals resident in Rome are entitled to vote in the upcoming European Parliament elections on 26 May but must first register on the city'...
Maupal creates migrant themed work in Borgo Pio.
Rome street artist Maupal has created a new migrant-themed installation featuring a cut-out of Pope Francis throwing a life belt out a window near the Vatican.
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Incident took place at base of Rome's Trevi Fountain.
Rome police detained a 19-year-old Italian student after she was caught using a key to carve into the marble base of the Trevi Fountain.
The incident took place o...
Weekend of sport, culture and beer for Irish and Italian rugby fans in Rome.The Azzurri meet Ireland in the 2019 Six Nations rugby tournament at Rome's Olympic Stadium at 16.00 on Sunday 24 February.Fans of both rugby te...
Piccolo Cinema shows kids' movies in Trastevere.
Children in Rome can look forward to free animated movies screened on Friday afternoons over eight weeks thanks to the organisers behind Piccolo America.
The Piccolo C...
Mayor Virginia Raggi to confer honorary citizenship on Italian composer.
Celebrated Italian composer Ezio Bosso is to receive honorary citizenship of Rome, in a decision approved unanimously by the city council.
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Rome Ciampino flights diverted to Fiumicino on 20 February.
All flights due to depart from and arrive at Rome's Ciampino airport (CIA) are being diverted to the capital's main international airport at Fiumicino (FCO) on...
Best vantage points in Rome to view the supermoon.
A supermoon - the biggest and brightest moon of 2019 - will be visible over Rome on the night of 19 February.
The moon will be 30 per cent brighter than normal and -...
Warhol exhibition clashes with Vatican's plans for Leonardo da Vinci's 500th anniversary.
The Vatican has reportedly cancelled its plans to host a major exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol, intended to explore the "spir...
The 250-km Via dell'Acqua is planned along rivers in Umbria and Lazio.
Rome city council has backed a plan to create a bicycle path from Rome to Assisi, the birthplace of St Francis, in what is being promoted as a "cult...
Francis will be fourth pope to visit Campidoglio.
Pope Francis will visit Rome city council at the Campidoglio on 26 March, following an invitation from the capital's mayor Virginia Raggi.
Francis will become the fourt...
Passengers evacuated and flights suspended due to fire at Ciampino airport.
A fire at Rome's Ciampino airport has led to the evacuation of passengers and the suspension of flights on 19 February.
The fire, which brok...
Largo Argentina to become accessible to visitors thanks to Bulgari.
Rome's archaeological site at Largo di Torre Argentina is to be restored in a €1 million project sponsored by luxury jeweller Bulgari, with a completio...
Rome city council says AMA failed to meet set targets.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has sacked the entire board of the capital's waste management company AMA, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
The move came after t...
Rome's Ponte Flaminio needs urgent repair say experts.
Ponte Flaminio, a major Rome bridge connecting Corso di Francia with the affluent Parioli suburb, requires immediate repair works according to a report by SIMU, the...
Rome unveils river mural by Jerico at Museo di Casal de' Pazzi.
Rome mayor Virigina Raggi inaugurated a new mural along the exterior walls of the city's Pleistocene Museum at Casal de' Pazzi in the city's Rebibbia distr...
Rome accepted nickel valued at €40k to guarantee €55 million debt.Rome city hall is the victim of a €55 million scam involving a roll of nickel wire, in a bizarre tale reported by daily Rome newspaper Il Messaggero.
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25th Bond film to begin filming in April in Italy's European Capital of Culture.
Part of the new James Bond movie will be filmed in Matera, currently European Capital of Culture, in the southern Italian region of Basili...
Rome to compile list of tourists "guilty of crimes against the city." Rome mayor Virginia Raggi is working on a proposal to prevent "barbarian tourists" from returning to the capital, according to Italian news agency ANS...
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