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Italy's state museums offer free entry to women on 8 March.
8 March. All Italian state museums and cultural sites will open their doors for free to women on 8 March, in celebration of International Women's Day, accordin...
Rome's MAXXI and GNAM museums free for women on 8 March.
International Women's Day, or Festa della Donna, is marked in Rome and across Italy on Thursday 8 March. This year it coincides with a national general strike ali...
International Women's Day strike to affect Rome public transport and schoolsA day-long national general strike is scheduled in Italy on Thursday 8 March - International Women's Day - threatening the country's education a...
Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini the new forces in Italian politics.
Although counting is still underway it is now clear that the Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) and the Lega are the two main winners of Italy's general electio...
Ancient Roman domus discovered at Amba Aradam site on Rome's Metro C line.Construction work for Rome's Metro C subway line has unearthed a sprawling second-century domus, or residence, of an ancient Roman military comman...
Once the shame of Italy, Matera is now the pride of Europe.
The city of Matera, former capital of the Basilicata region in southern Italy known for its sassi or cave dwellings, has recently received much-deserved recogn...
Ban will affect private diesel vehicles in Rome's historic centre.Rome will prohibit private diesel vehicles from circulating within the city's historic centre from 2024, mayor Virginia Raggi said on 27 February.
Raggi...
City closes all Rome schools on Tuesday 27 February due to snow warning.
Rome schools will be closed on Tuesday 27 February due to an ongoing snow alert, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
The measure, which takes...
Commuters advised to limit travel in Rome area on 26 February.
The army has been drafted in to clear snow from the streets of Rome after the capital woke up to a snowfall of around 10 centimetres on Monday 26 February....
Exhibition in St Peter's Square to explore Warhol's spiritual side.
The religious works of American Pop artist Andy Warhol will be the subject of an exhibition in the Vatican in 2019, according to The Art Newspaper.
V...
Rome's Irish community celebrates St Patrick's Day on 17 March.
St Patrick’s Day in Rome begins officially on Saturday 17 March at 10.00, with the annual Mass for Lá Fhéile Pádraig being celebrated by the rector of the...
City closes all Rome schools on Monday 26 February.
Rome schools will be closed on Monday 26 February due to a risk of snow and severe frost, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
The closure will affect all schools,...
Four rallies taking place in Rome amid rising political tensions.
Rome police chiefs have drawn up a security plan to deal with four separate demonstrations scheduled in the capital on Saturday 24 February, as political...
Mystery surrounded the identity of the Rome artist behind the saintly Einstein poster.
Selecting covers for our magazine is often a random process. Sometimes they are submitted by galleries, sometimes we request permis...
"I miss you very much" Michele wrote to Rina in Rome.
A postcard sent 60 years from Milan has finally turned up at its destination, the Centocelle suburb in Rome, according to Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica.Addre...
By Annabel Holland
In collaboration with the American University of Rome
For many travellers, it is easy to get caught up in the magnificence of Rome. However, in addition to the city's ancient sites it is worth co...
The colourful career of 18th-century artist and archaeologist Robert Fagan revolved around his discoveries in Rome.
By Peter Murray
Although described as an ”amateur” and ”an antiquarian and a great digger”, Robert F...
Scotland-Italy Six Nations rugby match on 17 March.
Italy will face Scotland in the Six Nations rugby union championship at Rome's Olympic Stadium at 13.30 on 17 March.
The 19th edition of the annual Six Nations – w...
Polls point to hung parliament after 4 March vote.
By Laura Clarke.
On 4 March Italians go to the polls to elect their new parliament, as well as the regional councils in Lazio and Lombardia. The parliamentary e...
Hummustown offers Syrian cuisine while helping Rome's Syrian refugees.Fundraising efforts are underway to support Hummustown, a Rome-based initiative to give Syrian refugees economic independence by cooking and deliverin...
Free-floating bicycle sharing service bails out of Europe.Gobee.bike, the free-floating bicycle sharing service, has announced that it is abandoning Rome, Milan and Turin on 15 February due to significant vandalism to it...
Street in Rome suburb collapsed into construction site.
Rome's public prosecutor has launched an investigation following the collapse of a street in the city's north-west suburb Balduina on the evening of 14 February. T...
Panic, collision, the silence of an empty road
By Anna Johnson, Year 11, St George's British International SchoolWe don’t decide what it is that we remember. From the thousands of finely interconnected events building u...
MAXXI and Ara Pacis have two-for-one ticket offer for lovers.
Rome's MAXXI Museo delle arti del XXI secolo celebrates St Valentine's Day with a two-for-one offer for "all couples: friends, lovers, grandparents and grand...
Open-air film festival to swap Piazza S. Cosimato for Rome's suburbs.Rome's popular open-air Festival Trastevere Rione del Cinema is leaving its base at Piazza S. Cosimato for three locations in the suburbs following a h...
Rome's Carnevale season ends on 13 February ahead of Lent.
Ash Wednesday or mercoledì delle ceneri signifies the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar and this year occurs on 14 February. It marks the end of Carne...
By Annabel Holland
In collaboration with the American University of Rome
As spring comes closer, Rome’s most popular attractions are beginning to flood with people from all over the world. Some sites, however, are...
Forgotten Project to hold Rome's first Free Art Friday on 17 March.
Four well-known British street artists will participate in the second edition of Forgotten Project, an urban art project dedicated to the forgotten bui...
Romantic suggestions for Valentine’s Day in Rome.Current exhibitions in Rome with an air of romance include Bernini at Galleria Borghese, Artisti all'Opera at Palazza Braschi, The Klimt Experience in Piazza S. Giovanni a...
Norwegian Air offers cheap flights from Rome to US later this year.
Low-cost airline Norwegian Air has launched cheap flights between Rome's Fiumicino airport and San Francisco, beginning on 7 February.
The new route f...
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