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Roman artist Gio Pistone is known for her eye-catching murals which are characterised by strong colour, rich imagination and geometric patterns.
Wanted in Rome put a series of questions to Pistone who was born in 1974 a...
Baubeach has been a summer haven for Rome’s dogs for almost two decades.
Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners is now open until 30 September and this year celebrates its 19th anniversary.
The 7...
World’s top tennis players come to Rome.
The 74th edition of the Italian Open tennis tournament, known officially as the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, takes place at Rome's Foro Italico from 10-21 May.
The event fea...
President Mattarella visits revamped MAXXI in Rome.
Italian president Sergio Mattarella visited Rome’s MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo on the evening of 5 May for the launch of The place to be, the new...
US president to visit Vatican on 24 May.
Pope Francis will meet with US president Donald Trump at the Vatican on the morning of 24 May, the Holy See press office has announced.
Trump will also meet with the Vatican...
Telecoms company TIM donates €6 million for restoration project.
Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus is set to reopen to the public in April 2019 following a €6 million restoration funded by Italian telecommunications compan...
Matteo Renzi regains leadership of Partito Democratico (PD).
Matteo Renzi has regained the leadership of Italy’s ruling Partito Democratico (PD), securing 70 per cent of the votes in a primary election held on 30 Apri...
Free Primo Maggio concert in Rome on Monday 1 May.
On 1 May every year Italy dedicates a public holiday to its workers in celebration of the Festa dei Lavoratori.
The holiday is marked in Rome with a large, free Ma...
Rome mayor vows to fight court order reversing city ban.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has said that she will fight a ruling by Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) on 27 April which overturned a city order bann...
Open House Roma grants access to dozens of normally inaccessible buildings.
Many of Rome’s museums, libraries, galleries and contemporary buildings to which there is normally limited public access are open free of cha...
Trastevere residents complain of excessive noise.
Residents of Rome's Trastevere district have filed a complaint with the capital's prosecutor over the excessive noise levels in their neighbourhood at night.
The re...
Controversy over Rome’s LED street lights rumbles on.
Street lights removed recently from Rome's streets to make way for LED lighting can be bought for €70 each at the capital's Porta Portese flea market, reports Ital...
Visiting modern Rome in the footsteps of 18th-century Grand Tourists.
“Excellent choice, sir. That’s a good travel guide,” said the bookseller about the well-thumbed, dusty volume I had picked out of a box in Piazza del...
Rome's Jewish community to boycott annual Liberation Day march.
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 72nd Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of...
Rome highlights the environment with annual Earth Day.
Rome marks the international Earth Day initiative on 22 April with five days of events on the theme of the environment and sustainability at the Galoppatoio area...
US places Italy on list of travel risk for measles.
Italy has been identified as a country posing a measles threat for US visitors by the Centre for Disease Control of the US department of health, which has warned Ame...
British in Italy (BiI) mobilises to safeguard existing rights of Britons.
By Patricia Clough
Thousands of Britons in Italy are worried as to how Brexit – Britain’s leaving the European Union (EU) – will affect their...
Historical groups evoke ancient Roman tradtions with Natale di Roma.
The capital celebrates its 2,770th birthday on Friday 21 April, with events lasting until Sunday 23 April. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birth...
€450 fines for tourists caught in Rome fountains over Easter weekend.
Two Californian tourists, a male and female in their early 20s, were fined €450 each after climbing into Rome's Trevi Fountain on 17 April.
The...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery.
New Zealanders and Australians in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2017 with a memorial service on Tuesday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia, in the Testaccio...
Azaleas return to Spanish Steps for first time since 2015.
The Spanish Steps, which link Piazza di Spagna with the church of Trinità de’ Monti, are currently in full bloom with dozens of azalea plants.
An annual tr...
Bomb squads on duty as Rome prepares for Via Crucis at Colosseum.
The Colosseum will close to visitors at 13.00 on 14 April for security reasons ahead of the traditional Good Friday Via Crucis ceremony, led by Pope Fr...
1,400 Atac administrative staff to be recruited as ticket inspectors.
Rome plans to increase ticket controls on city buses by requiring around 1,400 administrative workers at ATAC, the capital's public transport compa...
Italian detained by police following daylight incident in Rome fountain.
A naked man paraded through the waters of Rome's Trevi Fountain during the afternoon on 12 April before being detained by police.
The man cla...
Ecuadorian tourist carves names into Rome monument.
A 55-year-old Ecuadorian tourist was caught carving the names of his wife and daughter into one of the columns of Rome's Colosseum on 10 April.
The man, who used...
Lent fundraising proceeds to be sent to Aleppo and Addis Ababa.
Each year during the six weeks of Lent, Churches Together, an ecumenical fellowship comprising 12 mainly English-speaking churches in Rome, raises money...
Free laundry facilities for Rome's homeless at Genti di Pace complex.
A laundry providing free services to Rome's homeless and poor people was opened on 10 April at the Genti di Pace complex operated by the Communità...
Art Stop Monti launches at Rome's Metro Cavour.
Rome is to decorate its metro stations with contemporary art works following the launch of a design competition open to artists under the age of 30.
Rome mayor Virgin...
English-language religious services in Rome during Easter Week.
VATICAN CEREMONIES
13 April. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30.
14 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, Vatican Basilica 17.00, Way of the...
Archaeologists announce "sensational discovery" on Rome's Coelian hill.
The unearthing of a Roman aqueduct has been announced by Rome archaeologists who describe it as a "sensational discovery of enormous importance,...
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