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Raggi questioned over life insurance policy as part of corruption probe.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi, of the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S), faces fresh corruption allegations following an eight-hour hear...
Sit-in and vigil on Via Veneto in protest over Trump travel ban.
Two separate protests against President Donald Trump's order restricting entry into the US took place outside the US embassy on Rome's Via Veneto on 2 F...
Italy's rugby federation partners with culture ministry for Rome museum initiative.
There will be free admission for two people to ten Rome museums for holders of tickets for the Six Nations rugby tournament during th...
Visitors can reserve 3D tour of Nero's residence from 4 February.
Rome's Domus Aurea will offer virtual reality tours to visitors every weekend from 4 February, providing visual insights into how Emperor Nero's golden...
Trump names Lewis Eisenberg to represent US in Italy.
Lewis Eisenberg, a 75-year-old financier and veteran New Jersey Republican fundraiser, has been named to represent Washington in Italy and San Marino.
Once his...
Rome's oldest Irish pub has been an expat oasis for four decades.
Andy Devane
"There were queues outside every night,” Gino Bottigliero reminisces with a nostalgic twinkle in his eye, “we were packed from the start.”...
Mayor Raggi celebrates as revised Rome budget wins approval.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi hailed the "historic" approval of the capital's 2017-2019 budget on 30 January, a month after an earlier budget was rejected by th...
Rome's Chinese new year returns for the seventh time.
On 28 January 2017, the centre of Rome saw a colourful and cheerful festival that celebrated the first day of the lunar year, according to the traditional Chinese...
Pope Francis requests Vatican coat of arms and EU stars to replace his face on coins.
The Vatican will cease minting euro coins bearing the image of Pope Francis from March, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
I...
Rome transport initiative causes disbelief on social media.
Roman survivors of the Holocaust are to be granted free annual bus passes in an initiative announced on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January,...
Lions Club fund restoration of artists' fountain on Via Margutta.
The Fontana degli Artisti on Via Margutta has been restored following a €10,000 cleaning programme funded by the Lions Club Roma Aurelium.
The marbl...
Rome’s museums highlighted on subway-style map.
A new map showing Rome’s museums in their proximity to the city’s metro stations has been released on social media, two months after the launch of a similar map showing...
Judges overturn run-off vote, uphold winner’s bonus.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the run-off vote contemplated under the 2015 Italicum electoral law is illegitimate.
However, in its eagerly awaited deci...
Pope Francis asks Grand Master of Malta to resign.
The head of the Knights of Malta, an ancient Catholic order, has agreed to Pope Francis' request for him to resign from his post, following a row relating to the orde...
John Ochsendorf succeeds Kimberly Bowes as AAR director.
Dr John Ochsendorf has been named the 23rd director of the American Academy in Rome.
Ochsendorf, a preservation engineer, historian and educator, succeeds Ki...
Multimedia website presented by director of Vatican Museums.
The Vatican Museums' new multimedia website was presented on 23 January by the museums' recently-installed director, Barbara Jatta.
The new website, whic...
Raggi to be probed in relation to appointment of Rome tourism chief.
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi is under investigation as part of a probe into the proposed appointment as head of the capital’s tourism department of Ren...
Italian director's film nominated in best documentary section.
Gianfranco's Rosi's poetic film is about the inhabitants of the Italian island of Lampedusa against the background of the dramatic rescue of refugees from...
Six people aboard when helicopter crashed in poor weather conditions.
An emergency services helicopter has crashed in the central Italian province of L'Aquila, with six people aboard, according to Italian news agency...
Rome hosts three Six Nations matches.
The 18th edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union championship – which is contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales – kicks off on 4 February and fin...
Holocaust victims remembered in Rome 72 years after liberation of Auschwitz.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January is being marked in Rome with around 100 memorial events over a ten-day period from 23...
Rescuers airlift survivors to hospital from avalanche-hit hotel.
Six people – reportedly four adults and two children – have been found alive at the Abruzzo hotel which was hit by an avalanche on 18 January, following...
British tourist regrets stealing “souvenir” in Rome last year.
A British tourist has mailed a stolen Roman cobblestone, or sampietrino, back to Rome in the hope that it could be returned to its rightful home near Piaz...
Major traffic changes proposed for Monti district in central Rome.
A plan to reduce drastically the amount of traffic in the central Rome district of Monti faces strong opposition from local residents.
The proposal...
Abruzzo hotel buried by avalanche after earthquakes hit central Italian region.
Alpine rescue workers fear numerous deaths after a hotel on the Gran Sasso mountain in Abuzzo was hit by an avalanche, apparently trigger...
Civil rights march in Rome day after inauguration of Trump as US president.
The Women's March on Rome, designed to show support for human and civil rights, is expected to draw large crowds at the Pantheon on Saturday...
Italy should educate the public about disaster preparedness before the next earthquake strikes.
Mary Wilsey
“I didn't know that Italy had earthquakes,” was a common comment among foreigners in Italy and abroad soon...
Eternal footprints from Romulus’ huts to today’s sneakers: St Stephen’s first-hand experience in the preservation of Rome’s cultural heritage at the Palatine excavations.
James Hua, aged 17, St Stephen’s School of Rom...
Central Italy hit by 5.3-magnitude earthquake on 18 January.
A strong earthquake hit central Italy at around 10.25 on 18 January.
The quake was felt in the Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche regions, as well as in the capit...
Drunk tourists attempt break-in at Colosseum.
Two Brazilian tourists suffered injuries after attempting to break into the Colosseum in the early hours of 16 January.
The pair managed to bypass the surrounding fence...
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