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New reception area opens at Rome's Termini station.
A 3,000-sqm reception and commerical space located on the new partially-opened first floor of Rome's Termini station was inaugurated on 29 June by Italian transport...
Sir Antonio Pappano talks to Wanted in Rome about the special concert at the Foro Italico on 5 July and the importance S. Cecilia.
Think of taking a symphony orchestra out of its concert hall and moving it t...
Popular spaghetti western star dies in Rome aged 86.
The burly Italian actor Bud Spencer, who starred in numerous spaghetti western films, died in Rome aged 86, on 27 June.
Born Carlo Pedersoli in Naples in 1929, S...
Rome celebrates its Sts Peter and Paul with fireworks at Piazza del Popolo.
Rome celebrates its patron saints, Peter and Paul, with a public holiday in the capital on Wednesday 29 June. All public offices in Rome will...
Reduced public transport services in Rome during summer.
Rome’s public buses, metro and trams are following a reduced summer timetable from 28 June until the end of August, in time for the reopening of the city’s scho...
Sea water around Rome more polluted than last year.
The sea around Rome is "heavily polluted" according to an annual report by Italian environmental association Legambiente which described the situation in the capital...
Italy's leaders comment in wake of Brexit referendum.
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi has responded to the United Kingdom's historic decision to leave the European Union by tweeting: "We have to change to make [Eu...
Virginia Raggi becomes first female mayor of Rome.
Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) took office as the first female mayor of Rome on the evening of Thursday 23 June.
The 37-year-old...
Meryl Streep among stars announced for Rome Film Fest in October.
Academy Award winners Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep will be among the top Hollywood stars to grace the red carpet at the 11th Rome Film Fest, whose line-u...
The anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) emerged victorious from the ballot box in second-round local elections on 19 June with its candidates winning in Rome and Turin.
In the capital 37-year-old civil lawyer...
Historic Rome bar shuts down after eviction on 16 June.
Rome's Bar della Pace closed its doors definitively on 16 June after bailiffs evicted the Serafini family which managed the bar near Piazza Navona for more than...
Annual international event comes as refugee crisis escalates in Italy.
On 15 June, five days before World Refugee Day, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced that more than 3,400 migrants died or...
Roberto Giachetti (PD) and Virginia Raggi (M5S) face it off.
On 19 June Romans return to the polls for a run-off between Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and Roberto Giachetti of...
Rome scooter sharing system operated exclusively via Enjoy app.
The Enjoy scooter sharing system launches in Rome on 15 June with 100 Piaggio Mp3 three-wheeled vehicles, with plans to increase the fleet to 300 soon....
Latest street art includes Anna Magnani portait and Pinacci Nostro project.
One of Rome's most legendary actors, Anna Magnani, features as the latest in a series of staircase portraits by well-known Italian street D...
Candlelit service at Colosseum for victims of gay Orlando nightclub shooting.
Rome residents and members of the city's LGBT community gathered by the Colosseum on the night of 12 June to remember the 50 victims of the...
Doctor says former Italian prime minister "risked dying."
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is to undergo heart surgery next week for a malfunctioning aortic valve that could have killed him, according to his d...
Four-hour strike by ATAC on evening of Monday 13 June.
A four-hour strike by Rome’s public transport company ATAC, programmed for Monday 13 June from 20.30-00.30, is generating more controversy than usual as it coinci...
Rome's Big City Life project part of Italy's Taking Care pavilion at Venice.
Big City Life, a major street art project in the south Rome neighbourhood of Tor Marancia, is part of the Italian entry at the 15th edition...
10-km Rome race celebrates tenth anniversary.
Registration is open for the tenth edition of CorriRoma, an 10-km competitive race which takes place in the centre of Rome on Saturday 18 June at 21.00.
The course beg...
16th Quadriennale returns to Rome after eight years.
The 16th edition of the Quadriennale d'Arte di Roma returns to its historic venue, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, from 13 October to 8 January 2017.
The Quadriennale...
Pope Francis to speak on ending hunger on first ever papal visit to WFP in Rome.
Pope Francis is to visit the headquarters of the Rome-based United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), on the morning of Monday 13 June,...
Low voter turnout across the country.
The anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) claimed a “historic result” in the first round of voting in local elections on 5 June, with a particularly strong performance in Ro...
Local elections throughout Italy will be a major test for Matteo Renzi's government.
Local municipal elections take place throughout Italy on Sunday 5 June and again on 19 June in places where a run-off election is ne...
This page is open to young writers.
Maria Nyana’aar, a Year 11 student at St George’s British International School Rome, won the ARTiculation Prize Italia competition organised by the British Council. The competition...
Schettino found guilty of multiple manslaughter.
The appeal court in Florence has upheld a 16-year jail sentence for the former captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, who was found guilty of manslaughter...
Controversy over AMA employee cleaning taxi in Rome's Piazza del Popolo.
Consumer agency Codacons has called for an investigation after a uniformed employee of Rome's rubbish collection agency AMA Roma was filmed clea...
Highlight of national celebrations is Frecce Tricolori aeronautical display in Rome.
The 70th celebration of the Festa della Repubblica marking Italy’s national day takes place in Rome and across Italy on Thursday 2 J...
Rome "at risk of epidemic" over accumulated rubbish says Codacons.
Rome's refuse agency AMA participated in a nationwide 24-hour rubbish collection strike on Monday 30 May, resulting in heaps of trash piling up on man...
Four-hour strike by ATAC and 24-hour strike by Roma TPL.
A four-hour strike by Rome’s public transport company ATAC is scheduled between 08.30 and 12.30 on Tuesday 31 May, affecting buses, trams, metro and light rail...
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