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Rumours suggest Bar Perù has been bought by Chinese investors.Bar Perù, Wanted in Rome's local bar, remains closed since it shut for summer holidays in late July, six weeks ago now.Rumours suggest that this neighbourhood...
ACEA to assess water situation in Rome day by day.The plan to reduce Rome's water pressure at night, which had been expected to take effect from 4 September, is now on hold, according to Italian news agency ANSA.The wate...
Weekend closure to allow for testing on Rome's third metro line.The entire Metro C line will be closed for testing during the weekend of 9-10 September. The closure will also facilitate works on the line's S. Giovanni st...
S. Susanna becomes St Patrick's Catholic American Parish in Rome.
Rome's American church, formerly S. Susanna, has moved from its Via XX Settembre base to take over St Patrick's church, until recently run by the Irish...
Metro A line reopens four days ahead of schedule.Rome's Metro A line returned to full service on the morning of 31 August, four days ahead of schedule, following a month-long partial closure to facilitate the completion...
Raggi announcement follows eviction of refugees from illegally occupied building.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi says that the city is investigating "about 100" illegally occupied buildings, both public and privately-owned,...
Police seize illegal water pumping systems from Lake Bracciano.Plans to reduce Rome's water pressure at night could be introduced on Monday 4 September, according to Italian news agency ANSA.The measures, being taken by...
Security raised at Italian president's residence.
40 large-scale flower pots were installed along the perimeter of Rome's Palazzo Quirinale, the official resident of Italy's president, on 28 August.
The move was ordere...
By Dana English.A hidden garden at the monastery of S. Gregorio al Celio is a tangible symbol of ecumenism in Rome.The ancient foundations of the Monastery of S. Gregorio al Celio have stood for over 1,500 years in the s...
Water reduction in response to Rome's ongoing drought.Water pressure in Rome and the nearby coastal town of Fiumicino is to be reduced at night due to the "extraordinary drought", according to a statement from the city's...
American visitor in breach of Rome's strict drone ban.
A 37-year-old US tourist was detained by Rome police for flying a drone over the Pantheon on 27 August.
The visitor was charged with violating the ban on flying dr...
Fired budget councillor says ATAC debts could prove catastrophic for Rome.
Rome city council is at risk of being put under a special commissioner according to former budget councillor Andrea Mazzillo, who was sacked by...
Police use water cannon against evicted migrants near Rome's Termini station.
A major clean-up is underway in Rome's Piazza dell'Indipendenza on 24 August after six hours of clashes between riot police and around 100 mi...
Opposition claim surprise move proves Raggi's "negative record" in office.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has appointed Gianni Lemmetti as new budget councillor for the capital, the fourth person in a year to hold the posi...
By Margaret Stenhouse.
Italy is working to salvage its cultural heritage after recent devastating earthquakes.
The doors of the vast hanger adjoining the Italian state forestry corps barracks at Cittaducale in northern...
2,500 people displaced as tourists flee holiday island.
Rescue teams worked around the clock on 22 August to save three brothers trapped under the rubble of a collapsed house in Ischia, following a 4.0 magnitude earthqu...
Anti-terrorism plan focuses on Via del Corso and Capitoline hill.
Rome is to introduce new security measures in key areas of the capital in the wake of the Barcelona terror attack on 17 August, when a van was driven int...
Guided tours in English and Italian until 18 October.The Baths of Caracalla will be open to the public every Tuesday and Friday evening until 18 October, with guided tours in Italian and English available from 19.30 to 2...
Seven-month-old baby saved from rubble.Two women were killed in a 4.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the holiday island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples, just before 21.00 on 21 August.
Around 40 people were injured in th...
Rome's urban art faces the perils of the street while MACRO ushers the counterculture movement inside.
By Andy Devane"Otto!" hissed the wide-eyed little girl, chasing after her labrador through a gap in the wire fence...
ATAC denies bankruptcy claims days after departure of director general.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has appointed Paolo Simioni as new president and managing director of Rome public transport company ATAC, following the d...
Italian health ministry places Rome at highest heat risk level.As Italy's heat wave intensifies, the Italian health ministry has put Rome on red alert on 1 and 2 August, according to news agency ANSA.Rome has been classi...
Rome summer public transport timetable coincides with Metro A closure.
Rome’s public buses, metro and trams are following a reduced summer timetable from 31 July until the end of August, in time for the reopening of the...
Raggi celebrates as central government averts water crisis.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has welcomed the intervention of Italy's central government in brokering a deal to avert water rationing being introduced in the drou...
Probe into Rome water authority as capital braced for water rationing.The president of Rome's water management company ACEA is under a criminal investigation following complaints from the public prosecutor in Civitavecch...
Quarry in Aprilia used as illegal toxic waste dump.The discovery of an enormous toxic waste dump in Aprilia south of Rome has led to the arrest of 22 people, including several Rome-based entrepreneurs involved in the was...
Water rationing in Rome could pose public health risk.
Italian health minister Beatrice Lorenzin has warned that the prospect of water rationing in drought-hit Rome could pose a public health risk, as the capital's wate...
Central section of Rome's Metro A line to close for works in August.
Rome's Metro A will be closed between Termini and Arco di Travertino from 31 July until 3 September, to facilitate the completion of the Metro C stati...
Tourist corridor in place at Rome's Trevi Fountain until September.
Rome has introduced a trial non-stop passageway at the Trevi Fountain, to deter large groups of tourists from congregating around the 18th-century mo...
100 Vatican fountains switched off as Rome faces water rationing.
The Vatican has turned off its 100 fountains in a show of solidarity with Rome as the capital grapples with worsening drought conditions.
Vatican spokes...
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