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Second season of Netflix series Suburra hits TV screens in February.
Netflix has announced that the second series of the crime series Suburra, set in Rome's underworld, will hit television screens on 22 February.
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Free opening of Rome's state and city museums for La Befana.
Italy's state-run museums and archaeological sites are open free of charge on Sunday 6 January 2019 as part of the Italian culture ministry's Domenica al Muse...
Vatican spokesman and deputy stand down abruptly on New Year's Eve.
Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of Vatican spokesman Greg Burke and his deputy Paloma Garcia Ovejero, according to an announcement by the Ho...
The Festa di Roma, Rome's celebrations for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, includes a 24-hour programme of free concerts and cultural events, beginning at the Circus Maximus at 21.00 on 31 December, known in Italy as...
Rome offers a wonderful range of exhibitions over New Year, with something for all ages and all tastes. Here are ten of Rome's best shows to catch during the festive season.
1. Pop art supremo Andy Warhol is not to be m...
Public transport in Rome on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
31 Dec. On New Year's Eve all metro services in Rome run until 03.30 at night (early hours of 1 January), substituted from 03.30 until 08.00 with nightbuses...
Giant New Year moon installation in Rome's Giardino degli Aranci.
Rome's Orange Garden on the Aventine hill rings in the new year with Museum of the Moon, a giant installlation by British artist Luke Jerram.
The moon...
Public transport tickets can be bought at 2,200 parking meters in Rome.
Tickets for Rome's public transport network can now be purchased at 2,200 parking meters across the capital, according to an announcement by the ci...
Rome mayor bans use of firecrackers and bangers over New Year.
Rome has banned the use of firecrackers and bangers from 00.01 on 31 December 2018 until midnight on 1 January 2019, following an order signed by the city's...
Glass bottle ban in place for New Year party in Circus Maximus.
Glass bottles have been banned from Rome's New Year's festivities in the Circus Maximus area, effective from 20.00 on New Year's Eve until the celebrations...
Earthquake felt by residents of east Rome.A 3.2-magnitude earthquake was registered at 00.52 on 30 December about 24 km east of Rome.
The earthquake's epicentre was between Gallicano and Colonna, and it occurred at a de...
How an Irish-Italian is at the forefront in the changing face of Rome's bar scene.
Affable and imposing in equal measure, Patrick Pistolesi has a commanding presence. Just turned 40, he is already a legendary figure in...
Vatican to inaugurate new energy-saving led lighting scheme on 25 January.
The Vatican has installed a new led lighting system in the interior of St Peter's Basilica following a two-year project carried out by the Germa...
Tourists in Rome continue to vandalise the Colosseum.
An American tourist has become the latest visitor to the Colosseum caught stealing a fragment of the monument as a "souvenir", according to local media reports.
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Volcanic activity at Stromboli also increases over Christmas.
The city of Catania in north-east Sicily was hit by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake at 03.19 on 26 December, according to Italian news agency ANSA.10 people recei...
Guide to celebrating the festive season in the Eternal City.
The Christmas season in Rome is a particularly festive experience thanks to the traditional display of Christmas street lights and Nativity scenes in churches...
Roof of 16th-century church at Roman Forum collapsed last summer.
The central Rome church of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami, whose roof collapsed on 30 August, will reopen to visitors during the Christmas period, from 22 Dec...
Galleria Borghese opens late on Thursdays for duration of Picasso show.
Rome's Borghese Gallery will stay open until 21.00 on Thursday nights until 3 February, for the duration of its exhibition of Picasso sculpture....
Animal rights activists say endangered penguins should return to South Africa.
The arrival of a group of African Penguins at Rome's Bioparco has provoked protests from animal rights activists who are demanding that the...
English-language religious services in Rome over Christmas 2018.
All Saints' Anglican ChurchVia del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881.24 Dec. Crib Service for children 17.00, First Eucharist of Christmas 23.30.25 Dec. Said...
Year 13 students from Southlands International School in Rome presented gifts to young patients of GB Grassi in Ostia.
Students from Year 13 at Southlands International School brought gifts and festive cheer to children...
Crouching Boy on loan to Alda Fendi's Rhinoceros from Hermitage in St Petersburg.Michelangelo's Crouching Boy, known as l'Adolescente in Italian, comes to Rome for the first time, on loan from the Hermitage Museum in St...
Defence minister says use of army to be limited to "emergency cases."
A plan to call in the army to fix Rome's potholed roads, as part of a €240 million package allocated by the Italian government, has been declared "in...
Colosseum most popular tourist attraction in world says TripAdvisor.
Rome's Colosseum has attracted 7.4 million visitors in 2018, an increase of 5.7 per cent compared to last year, according to the director of the Colos...
Net around Rome's Netflix-sponsored tree to prevent accidents and theft.
Rome's Netflix-sponsored Christmas tree has lost a little of its magic following the installation of a large net under the base of the 20-m high f...
Mini electric buses to return to Rome centre in spring 2019.
Rome's little electric buses, which have been absent from the city's streets since October 2017, are set to make a comeback in 2019.The "100 per cent electric...
Italian government allocates €240 million to fix Rome's potholed streets.The army will be drafted in to repair Rome's potholed roads as part of a €240 million funding package allocated by the Italian government.Rome's ma...
Lazio Region helps Rome as capital requests Abruzzo to take city's garbage.The Lazio regional government will take 400 tons of Rome's trash per day following a deal between Rida Ambiente, the company that manages a waste...
Rome replaces paper carte d'identità with electronic identity cards.
Rome is issuing plastic identity cards, or carte d'identità, replacing the existing paper format with a credit card-sized electronic card.
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Electric car race will take place once again in Rome's EUR suburb.
Rome is set to host the capital's second edition of the Formula E electric car race on 13 April 2019, with the EUR suburb once again welcoming the batte...
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