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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...
Rome's former mayor Ignazio Marino speaks to Wanted in Rome.
Marco Venturini
Wanted in Rome. Professor Marino, among the things achieved or not achieved during your tenure as mayor of Rome, what are you proud of an...
Free eco-friendly disposal service in Rome on 15 January.
Rome’s refuse collection service AMA has requested that people recycle their Christmas trees, rather than dispose of them illegally in street bins, at any of i...
Fast food giant teams up with Vatican to provide homeless with free meals.
The McDonald's fast-food outlet near St Peter's Square is to distribute more than 1,000 free meals to local homeless people in collaboration w...
Culture minister says Pantheon's seven million visitors should pay.
Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini has raised the prospect of an entry fee to Rome's Pantheon, which welcomed seven million visitors in 2016...
Marymount International School to inaugurate FabLab facility.
Marymount International School will become the first private international school in Rome to have its own Fabrication Laboratory when the FabLab opens on 1...
Retake Roma "adopts" Rome metro station with street art.
Rome's S. Giovanni metro station is being decorated with street art following a collaboration between Retake Roma – a volunteer movement which tackles urban dec...
New national park will also include Domus Aurea, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum.
A new archaeological park, which will include the Colosseum, the Domus Aurea, Palatine Hill and Forum sites, has been announced by the It...
Rome cyclists allowed to carry bikes on select buses and trams.
Rome commuters will be permitted to carry their bicycles aboard select bus and tram routes in the capital from Monday 16 January.
Designed to promote...
Britain's new ambassador to Italy Jill Morris speaks to Wanted in Rome.
Marco Venturini
Wanted in Rome. Ambassador, like British residents in Italy, even Italians are worried about Brexit. Would you like to talk ab...
Religious feast forms backdrop to day of cultural festivities and shopping in Rome.
Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular one of La Befana, on Friday 6 January. It is a public hol...
Capital requests funds from Getty Foundation to revamp sports facility.
The Rome city administration has applied to the Getty Foundation for funds to restore the capital's Flaminio Stadium which has fallen into a stat...
Sales begin in Rome on 5 January.
The post-Christmas sales season begins in Rome and throughout Lazio on 5 January, running until 15 February.
The prices on items for sale must be indicated clearly, with the origin...
Most polluting vehicles banned from driving in Rome from 2-4 January.
Rome has banned the most polluting vehicles from circulating within the city’s fascia verde or green belt (the area inside the GRA ring road) from...
Rome's public transport system will follow a reduced schedule during the main holidays over the Christmas season.
Christmas Eve: Services until 21.00
Christmas Day: 08.30-13.00 and 16.30-21.00
New Year's Eve: ti...
ANAC says Raggi aware of Marra conflict of interests.
Italy's anti-corruption authority (ANAC) accuses Rome mayor Virginia Raggi of being "aware of the obvious conflict of interests" when her former right-hand man and...
Italian premier opens non-Schengen boarding zone at Rome airport.
The new non-Schengen boarding zone E at Rome's Fiumicino airport, which can accommodate six million passengers a year, was opened by Italian premier Pa...
Italian Fabrizia Di Lorenzo confirmed dead in Berlin terror attack.
Rome security chiefs have increased the capital's security arrangements following the terror attack in Berlin in which at least 12 people were killed...
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Sponsors pull out following scandals in Rome city hall.
There will be no New Year's Eve concert in Rome this 31 December after sponsors pulled out following the ongoing scandals i...
Barbara Jatta will replace Antonio Paolucci in January.
Pope Francis has appointed a new director of the Vatican Museums, Barbara Jatta, who will become the first woman to hold the prestigious position.
Jatta, who...
Numbers don't stack up for Raggi administration.
The 2017-2019 budget prepared by the administration of Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has been rejected by the city's independent auditing body, the Organo di Revisione Econ...
Hugh O'Neill was buried in Rome's S. Pietro in Montorio 400 years ago.
Mícheál MacCraith
More and more Irish visitors to Rome are including the Spanish Franciscan church S. Pietro in Montorio as an essential part o...
Luca Bergamo becomes deputy to Mayor Raggi.
Rome's culture councillor Luca Bergamo has become the new deputy mayor of Rome, following the reshuffle of Mayor Virginia Raggi's inner circle by her party leader Beppe Gril...
M5S party leader Grillo asserts control over Mayor Raggi.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has had her powers reduced by the leader of her anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) party Beppe Grillo, after the recent arre...
Raggi's head of personnel Raffaele Marra arrested on suspicion of corruption.
Rome city personnel chief Raffaele Marra, the right-hand man to mayor Virginia Raggi, was arrested on 16 December on suspicion of corruptio...
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