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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens near Porta di Roma.
Europe's largest Mormon temple has opened in the north-east fringe of Rome, just inside the city's ring road, following a decade of construction....
Total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, will be the only one in 2019.
A total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon, will be visible over Rome at 05.41 on Monday 21 January.
The total eclipse will last for just over...
ATAC announces first strike of the year in Rome.
Rome commuters are braced for the first public transport strike of the year on Thursday 17 January, with two strike actions taking place concurrently.
A 24-hour strike...
Emma Bonino among speakers at 2019 Women's March in Rome.
The Women's March returns to Rome on 19 January, for the third consecutive year, taking place in the central Piazza dei SS. Apostoli - near Piazza Venezia - from...
Sicilian priest wins silver for Athletica Vaticana in Messina marathon.
The Vatican's fledgling athletics team has secured its first sporting successs after Don Vincenzo Puccio won a silver medal in the Maratona di Mess...
Former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino was instrumental in establishing the world's first dual international medical degree.Rome's Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) and the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia...
16-year-old Thor adopted following Rome's dog adoption campaign.
Life begins again for Thor, a 16-year-old dog, who was adopted after spending the last 11 years housed in kennels in the Muratella suburb of Rome.
Thor...
Rome mayor announces plans for playschool and library at waste treatment site destroyed by fire.
Rome is to build a new headquarters for the city's waste collection company AMA on the site of the Salario waste treatment...
Rome mayor says city will also give charity coins from other fountains.
Rome's city administration has backtracked on its contentious plan to claim the coins tossed by tourists into the waters of the Trevi Fountain - es...
Rome launches competition to design Garbatella logo.
Ahead of the centenary of Rome's Garbatella district in February 2020, the city has launched a competition to design a logo in celebration of the suburb's 100th anniv...
Rome city authorities to claim tourists' coins from Caritas.
Rome's city administration has pushed through its contentious plan to claim the coins tossed by tourists into the waters of the Trevi Fountain - estimated at...
Ex Dogana in S. Lorenzo hosts artistic protest against impending closure.
A group of artists has come together to hold a month of weekend exhibitions in support of Rome's Ex Dogana venue which faces closure after acting...
Rome installs new stolpersteine memorials as well as replacing those stolen in December.
Rome will install 26 new brass cobblestone memorials to Jewish victims of the Holocaust at various locations throughout the capita...
Vatican athletics team has its eye on the Olympic Games.
The Vatican's first athletic team, known as Athletica Vaticana, includes priests, nuns and Swiss guards, and is aiming to compete in international sporting compet...
Italy's deputy premier embroiled in social media spat with Rome mayor.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi and Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini have been involved in a spat on social media following a fatal shooting outsid...
Victim died after being shot execution-style outside nursery in Rome suburb.
A man shot outside a nursery school in Rome's Magliana district at around 08.50 on 10 January died from his injuries later that day at S. Cami...
Starbucks expected to launch in Vatican area of Rome in September 2019.
Starbucks is to open an outlet in Rome near the Vatican Museums, at an as-yet unidentified location, according to reports in local media.
The US-b...
Successful 2018 for Rome's Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo.Rome's MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo welcomed 204,000 visitors in 2018, recording an 11 per cent increase in ticket sales compared to...
AMA Roma replants healthy Christmas trees in Arcinazzo Romano.
Rome’s refuse collection service AMA Roma has requested that people "who do not have the opportunity to replant their Christmas tree in their garden" should...
Almost 49 million travellers pass through Rome's airports in 2018.
2018 was a record year for passenger numbers at Rome's two international airports, Fiumicino and Ciampino, which between them welcomed almost 49 million...
Joel Nafuma Refugee Center appeals for sleeping bags for homeless.
Rome's Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) is seeking donations of sleeping bags and blankets to help homeless asylum seekers facing the current freezing...
Medics express concerns to Rome mayor over "serious public health problem."
Rome's associaton of doctors and dentists has expressed public health concerns in relation to the capital's rubbish crisis which has escalated...
School principals threaten not to reopen Rome schools after Christmas.
The Lazio branch of the national association of school principals has written to Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi, demanding the removal of rubbish from...
Rome mayor bans costumed centurions from Colosseum until March.
Rome's costumed centurions have been banned from operating around the Colosseum and the historic centre following legislation introduced by the city's mayo...
Colosseum welcomed record 7.6 million visitors in 2018.
The area around the Colosseum is to be upgraded with new lawns and clumps of "ancient" rose bushes as well as ground-level lighting.
The project, which will hav...
Rome offers shelter to homeless people in city's metro stations.
As night temperatures in Rome drop below 0°, the capital has introduced a piano freddo, or cold plan, in preparation for the "eventuality of snow, ice and...
First ATAC bus to go on fire in Rome in 2019.
A city bus in the east Rome suburb of Tuscolana burst into flames on the morning of 3 January, becoming the first municipal bus to catch fire in the capital in 2019.
Ther...
President Mattarella dismisses idea of army fixing Rome's potholes.
A plan to draft in the army to fix Rome's potholed roads has been scrapped following the intervention of Italy's president, Sergio Mattarella.
In hi...
Giant mural in Rome organised by 999Contemporary.
Italian-Egyptian street artist Mosa One has created a large-scale mural on a building in Rome's disadvantaged east suburb Tor Bella Monaca.
Mosa One's work is part o...
Rome mayor announces "complete restyling" of Monti district.The Monti quarter of central Rome will have new pedestrian areas, wider pavements and reduced speed limits for traffic in 2019, according to the city's mayor Vi...
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