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...
Top administrative court overrules regional court in battle over Rome archaeological park.Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini has applauded the decision by Italy's top administrative court to overturn a previous...
The sovrintendente of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Carlo Fuortes, reveals that as many under-35s as over-60s are now going to the opera.
Wanted in Rome. Things have changed considerably since you became the sovrintende...
Water rationing could be introduced in Rome on 28 July.Rome’s water management company ACEA is considering turning off the water supply for eight hours a day in rotating districts of the capital, according to Italian new...
Dalia Impiglia, Year 12 at St George's British International School, takes a vivid walk to the Colosseum.The metro is sticky, alive; it is damp and I do not know why since the air outside is cool but the handle feels lik...
The ringleaders of the so-called Mafia Capitale case, involving a crime syndicate infiltrating Rome's city hall, were sentenced by a court in the Italian capital on 20 July.
Massimo Carminati, a notorious Roman underwor...
Abbey Theatre
Located a short walk from Piazza Navona in Rome's historic centre, the Abbey Theatre offers a wide selection of drinks as well as Irish, Italian and international bar food throughout the day. The pub shows...
A Rome subway driver is currently under investigation for causing bodily harm and violating health and safety procedures after a passenger was caught in the doors of a Metro B train and dragged along the platform of the...
London has Cockney, Liverpool its Scouse, Newcastle its Geordie. Rome has a strange offshoot of Latin, known pejoratively as Romanesco by some, Romano by others or, more usual, Romanaccio. The original form was extant in...
Artists and galleries can register until 15 September for Rome Art Week.
Registration is open until 15 September for the second edition of Rome Art Week (RAW), the contemporary art festival of free cultural events in...
Police arrest man on suspicion of causing Castel Fusano blaze.
A 22-year-old man faces charges of arson following a vast wildfire which broke out in the Castel Fusano area of Rome's Ostia coastal district on 17 July. ...
A doll restoration workshop in Rome showcases Italy’s tradition of craftsmanship.
A fine tinkle resonates when you open the door to Le Bambole di Testaccio, a small bottega (workshop) on Via Luca della Robbia. Inside...
The president of the Lazio region Nicola Zingaretti has called on the Italian government to declare a state of emergency over the ongoing spate of wildfires in the region.
Zingaretti said that on 16 July alone firefight...
Rome commuters will be affected by several nationwide and local public transport strikes on Thursday 20 July.
A 24-hour strike by Rome's public transport company ATAC is programmed from 08.30 to 17.00 and from 20.00 unt...
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has banned costumed centurions from operating around historic tourist sites in the capital, to ensure "decorum and security."
Those caught breaking the new rules, which remain in place until 31...
Dozen people injured at Ostia beach on Rome coast.
Around a dozen people were treated for injuries after a freak tornado caught beach-goers offguard on Rome's south-western coastline at lunchtime on Sunday 16 July.
The...
Tradition and quality are key ingredients at three of Rome's artisan bakeries.
BISCOTTIFICIO ARTIGIANO INNOCENTI: Three generations of biscuit specialists
On a narrow street in Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood, the...
A major exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale examines the close ties between the Spanish court and the Italian states in the 17th century.
Art for art’s sake, of course, but also in the Baroque period art was a dipl...
Number of fires around Rome quadruples since last summer.The spate of recent bushfires in the greater Rome area has been condemned by the president of the Lazio region Nicola Zingaretti who claimed that the majority of t...
Divo Nerone actors and dancers claim they have been left unpaid.The Divo Nerone rock opera faces fresh controversy after being temporarily shut down by the city in late June over a lack of license and for disturbing the...
600 Rome businesses closed their doors in the first six months of 2017, on top of the 2,000 that shut down in the capital last year, according to Italian business association Confesercenti.
The increasing closures of Ro...
Drinking ban covers every district of Rome except Ottavia where mayor lives.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has introduced an order banning the sale and consumption of alcohol in public places at night in an attempt to curb an...
Planetarium leaves Villa Torlonia for temporary home in S. Lorenzo.
Rome's Planetarium reopened in a new interim base at the Ex Dogana (former custom house) in the capital's S. Lorenzo district on 4 July.
The Plane...
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