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Metro C works conclude in Piazzale Appio after six years.
The large-scale construction works in Rome's Piazzale Appio have come to an end after six years, as the city prepares to open the Metro C station in S. Giovanni....
Trump nominee Lewis Eisenberg to represent US in Italy and San Marino.
Lewis Eisenberg, the new United States ambassador-designate to Italy, arrived in Rome on 1 October and is expected to present his credentials to...
Museums in Rome free on first Sunday of every month.
State-run museums and archaeological sites are open free of charge on the first Sunday of every month, with the next edition of Domenica al Museo taking place on 1...
Fontana del Tritone turns gold ahead of Peter Pan marathon.Rome's Fontana del Tritone in Piazza Barberini is illuminated in gold lights on the nights of 29 and 30 September as part of the worldwide Light it up Gold campa...
Rome prosecutors drop abuse of office accusation against mayor.Prosecutors have requested that Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi, of the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S), be indicted for alleged false public stateme...
24-hour strike reduced to four hours from 08.30-12.30.
Rome's prefect has reduced the planned 24-hour public transport strike on 29 September to just four hours, from 08.30 to 12.30.The strike, called by Rome's public t...
Wolf family living in outskirts of Rome.
A family of wolves has been photographed by hidden cameras in a nature reserve at Castel di Guido, located between Rome and the capital's coastal district of Fregene, not far fro...
ATAC and Roma TPL to hold 24-hour strike in Rome on Friday.
A 24-hour strike by Rome's public transport company ATAC is programmed on Friday 29 September, from 08.30 to 17.00 and from 20.00. ATAC workers are also enga...
Late opening at many Rome museums on Saturday night.
A nationwide programme of events takes place in Italy to mark European Heritage Days which is marked across Europe on the weekend of 23-24 September.
Many of Rome's...
Lazio governor requests schools to raise awareness of violence against women.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has called on the Italian government to introduce new laws to crack down on sexual violence, following a spate of att...
Victim found tied up naked in Villa Borghese.A police investigation is underway after a 57-year-old German woman was raped in Rome's central Villa Borghese park in the early hours of 18 September.The victim was found tie...
Rome city bus now connects Ciampino to Metro B line.
Rome's public transport company ATAC has introduced a new city bus line connecting the capital's Ciampino airport with the Metro B station at Laurentina.
The 720 lin...
City relaunches tourist office at Rome's main airport.Rome's tourist information point in Terminal 3 has been reopened with more space and additional staff following refurbishment works.The office, whose official name is...
Blood donations suspended as Rome battles mosquitoes.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has ordered a complete suspension of blood donations in Rome's ASL 2 section, a public health area containing around two million people in ea...
City and Vatican co-organise Rome Half Marathon Via Pacis.
The Rome Half Marathon Via Pacis, schedued for 17 September, is described as the first multi-religious half marathon for peace.
The event is being organised...
59 different nationalities share continental breakfast.
St George's British International School in Rome has been awarded the Guinness World Record for 'Most Nationalities Sharing a Continental Breakfast'.
The school r...
Mayor says Rome does not accept any kind of violence.
A 23-year-old man from Bangladesh has been arrested for the alleged rape, assault and robbery of a 20-year-old Finnish woman near Rome's central Termini train statio...
By Peter Leech.
A British choir revives the forgotten glories of Rome's 18th-century music with two ground-breaking concerts this month.Harmonia Sacra was formed in Bristol in 2009 by the choir's conductor, Austr...
Weather alert remains in place as parts of capital still under water.
Several underpasses and low-lying areas of Rome remain flooded following violent rain storms which swept across Italy on Sunday 10 September.
In add...
ATAC and Roma TPL to hold four-hour strike.
A four-hour strike by Rome's public transport company ATAC is programmed from 08.30 to 12.30 on Tuesday 12 September.
The action will affect Rome’s buses, trams, metro and li...
Capital requests temporary hunting ban after heatwave and fires.
Rome has asked the Lazio Region to suspend the upcoming hunting season in the province of Rome due to the environmental damage caused this summer by prolo...
Polish tourist scaled Colosseum security gates after closing time.
A 23-year-old Polish tourist was arrested after Rome's urban police officers witnessed him breaking into the Colosseum at 18.30 on 7 September, accordin...
Raggi says privatisation of ATAC is not an option.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has pledged to save the capital's public transport company ATAC while acknowledging that the debt-laden firm had "risked bankruptcy".Raggi, of t...
Andrea Bocelli invites stars to Rome for week of charity fund-raising events.Sir Elton John will be among the guest performers at a private charity fund-raising concert inside Rome's Colosseum on the night of 8 September...
Raggi opposes Forza Nuova plan to commemorate Mussolini march.A planned demonstration in central Rome by far-right political party Forza Nuova (FN) faces opposition from the city's mayor Virginia Raggi as well as Rome me...
80 per cent of Italians holidayed in Italy this summer.Rome was the most popular travel destination for European holidaymakers during the summer of 2017, according to online data collected by travel website and tourism s...
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...
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