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Rome displays a variety of Christmas cribs, from traditional to unconventional, during the festive season each year.The 42nd edition of 100 Presepi, the international nativity crib exhibition, takes place at Sala del Bra...
Rome to host two Six Nations rugby matches in 2018. The 19th edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union championship – which is contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales – kicks off on 3 Februa...
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Future remains uncertain for Piazza Navona Befana market. Rome's Befana Christmas market, which was scheduled to return to Piazza Navona after three years on 2 December, has so far failed to open due to an argument betw...
New €2 entrance fee for Rome's Pantheon from May 2018.Visitors to Rome's Pantheon will have to pay a €2 entry fee from 2 May 2018, according to an announcement by Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini on 11 Decembe...
Andrea Loreni performs first high-wire act over Tiber in Rome. Italian performer Andrea Loreni has become the first tightrope walker to conquer Rome's Tiber, walking along a steel wire that linked the river banks near P...
Alfonsina Russo named director of new Colosseum archaeological park.Italian archaeologist Alfonsina Russo has been appointed director of the new Colosseum archaeological park which, in addition to the Colosseum, includes...
Rome, the Eternal City, Italy’s capital and one of the top destinations for tourism in Europe clearly doesn’t need much introduction as an interesting and beautiful place to visit. But what many don’t know is that some...
The public transport strike scheduled in Rome for 5 December has been postponed until 12 January. For transport updates see Muoversi a Roma website.
From handcrafts to vintage, Rome's Christmas markets help to create a festive atmosphere in the city each December. The capital's best known Christmas market, the Befana at Piazza Navona, returns in December - not witho...
24-hour strike in Rome scheduled for Tuesday 5 December. The latest strike by Rome's public transport company ATAC is scheduled on Tuesday 5 December, from 08.30 until 17.00 and from 20.00 until end of service. The s...
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When the independent bookstore Otherwise opens in the heart of Rome on 30 November it will stock exclusively English-language books and become a cultural meeting place for Rome's English reading community.
Rome's Methodists remember Henry James Piggott. A commemoration to mark the centenary of the death of Henry James Piggott, the founder of Wesleyan Methodist missions in Italy, will be held at the Non-Catholic Cemetery a...
Christmas tree and crib will remain in St Peter's Square until 7 January. The Vatican’s giant nativity scene and Christmas tree will be unveiled officially in St Peter's Square at 16.30 on 7 December, according to a rep...
Rome's Joel Nafuma Refugee Center holds Christmas appeal until 18 December. The Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) at the American Episcopal Church of Rome, St Paul’s Within the Walls, is holding its annual Christmas Gif...
Association offers support in Rome to seriously ill children and their families.Rome's Casa Andrea Tudisco, which provides support for seriously ill children and their families, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a par...
Installation in central Rome represents female victims of violence. 100 white silhouettes have been installed in Rome's Piazza S. Marco, just off Piazza Venezia in the city centre, to mark the International Day for the...
Starbucks to open outlets at Termini and Piazza di Spagna in spring 2018. Starbucks, the US-based chain of coffee shops, is reportedly set to launch two outlets in Rome next spring: one at Termini station and the other...
Non Una di Meno demonstration in central Rome on 25 November. Numerous initiatives are being held in Rome and around the world to mark the United Nations-backed International Day for the Elimination of Violence against...
A guide outlining the various types of Italian rental contracts, the legal rights of tenants, and the documents required to rent accommodation in Italy. “Law benefits and protects Landlords over Tenants, Creditors ove...
Tredicine family awarded multiple licences for Befana market in Piazza Navona. The Befana Christmas market returns to Piazza Navona after three years following the awarding of 48 operating licenses by the city administr...
Ravo spray-paints homage to Caravaggio at Gemelli hospital. Italian street artist Andrea Ravo Mattoni is recreating The Seven Works of Mercy, painted by Caravaggio circa 1607, in an outdoor mural at Rome's Gemelli hospi...
Group calls on volunteers to lobby MEPs to avoid "political stitch-up".The British in Italy (BiI) group is calling on its supporters to engage in an e-mail mass lobby campaign from 22-25 November, targeting their MEPs in...
Vehicle restrictions and car-free Sundays in effort to improve air quality.Rome has restricted the most polluting vehicles from circulating on weekdays within the city's anello ferrovario, the railway ring around the cap...
 By Mary Wilsey.   Tourists are spending less time and money in Rome “There is one point which cannot be sufficiently impressed upon those who wish to take away more than a surface impression of Rome; it is neve...
Oriental museum has closed pending move to Rome suburbs.The Italian culture ministry is to transfer Rome's recently-closed oriental museum from its Via Merulana base in the Esquilino district to the Museo Pigorini in the...
Thanksgiving is not a holiday widely celebrated in Rome but there are some places offering traditional food and festivities on Thursday 23 November. The American Episcopal Church of Rome, St Paul’s Within the Walls, cel...
An insider’s view on the disappearance of a once important industrial neighbourhood. Piazza Testaccio is an elegant square with clean benches, pruned trees and a white fountain. On this chilly Saturday evening, a teen...
Pasquini mural depicting love between two women was unveiled by Laura Boldrini. Celebrated Roman street artist Alice Pasquini has created a new mural at Rome's Testaccio market depicting the love between two women. Pas...
€50 million increase in income and 18.5 per cent rise in visitors from 2013-2016.Italian state museums registered an increased revenue of about €50 million between 2013 and 2016, according to figures released by Italy's...
Our guide to the civil documents required when registering births and deaths in Italy.Life is filled with joys and sorrows, the happiness of a birth and the deep  sadness on the death of a loved one. The last thing one n...
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