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Margaret Stenhouse has now published her second and more authoritative book on Lake Nemi and all its fascinating history, ancient and modern. She goes right back to its glacial formation and finishes in contemporary time...
Maya Ballumbrosio (aged 11) from St George's British International School Nomentana, writes about her Year 6 poetry and art projects with ARTandSEEK.
One of the most exciting activities that happened in Year 6 this ye...
Thanksgiving festivities in Rome on 24 November.
Thanksgiving is not a holiday widely celebrated in Rome, but there are some places where you can enjoy traditional food and festivities on Thursday 24 November.
Amer...
Restored site opens to public afer seven-year closure.
The archaeological site at the southern end of Rome's Circus Maximus will reopen to the public on 17 November following seven years of excavations, restoration an...
Strike to hit Rome’s public transport network.
A 24-hour strike affecting Rome’s public transport network ATAC has been confirmed for Tuesday 15 November. The shutdown is planned from 08.30 until 17.00 and from 20.00...
Tusk snapped off Bernini obelisk in Rome centre.
Rome's Elephant and Obelisk sculpture designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini was vandalised in the early hours of 14 November.
A tusk detached from the 17th-century elefan...
Roma Convention Center La Nuvola will open from 8-11 December.
The newly-inaugurated Roma Convention Center La Nuvola will be open to the public, free of charge, on 8, 9, 10 and 11 December, according to its managers...
Service at Commonwealth cemetery in Rome on 11 November.
The annual Commonwealth Remembrance Day service takes place on Friday 11 November at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia 50 i...
Ticket inspectors return on trial basis as Rome prepares for 150 new ATAC buses.
Permanent ticket inspectors are to begin work on five ATAC bus lines in Rome, from 15 November, as part of an experiment to reduce fare...
Rome mayor “declares war” on gambling.
Slot machines are to be prohibited in the centre of Rome according to new regulations proposed by the city's mayor Viriginia Raggi who has "declared war" on gambling.
The new...
Roaming the linguistic jungle between Italian and English.
Martin Bennett
Visit Rome’s Bioparco in Villa Borghese and una gazzella is a gazelle, una pantera a panther, un serpente a serpent, and so on. What you see...
Suburra will be first Italian original series for Netflix.
Netflix, the international provider of on-demand internet streaming films and television shows, has begun filming Suburra, its first Italian original series,...
Violent storm causes two deaths in Rome area.
Two people were killed during a violent storm in the Rome area on the evening of Sunday 6 November.
One man who was hit by a fragment of cornice that fell from a church...
Rome votes to postpone changes to existing commercial licences until 2020.
Rome's city council has approved a motion presented by mayor Virginia Raggi's Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) to postpone implementation of a Europea...
Italian president to attend military parade in Piazza Venezia.
Italian president Sergio Mattarella will attend the annual ceremony at Rome’s Altare della Patria to mark national unity and armed forces on Friday 4 Nove...
Rome's theatres highlighted on subway-style map.
A new map showing Rome's theatres in their proximity to the city's metro stations has been creating a stir on social media in the capital.
Designed in a subway forma...
Health authorities shut down Rome food market over sanitation irregularities.
Rome health authorities shut down the city's Nuovo Mercato Esquilino fruit and vegetable market on 2 November for irregularities relating t...
Wanted in Rome put a series of questions to Roman artist Mauro Pallotta, better known as Maupal, about his Pope Francis murals which have generated headlines around the world.
Andy Devane
You recently created a mural i...
Biggest and brightest supermoon in almost 70 years.
On the night of 14 November, the moon will be the closest it has been to Earth since January 1948, appearing up to 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than a...
Ciampino airport was closed temporarily for two weeks in October.
Rome’s second airport Ciampino reopened on the evening of 29 October, resuming full service from Sunday 30 October, following a two-week closure.
Th...
Earthquake closes capital's schools and causes damage to Rome basilica.
A powerful earthquake which hit Italy's central Umbria region at 07.41 on 30 October was felt in Rome, leading to the closure of the city's schoo...
Pope Francis to say Mass for All Souls at Prima Porta.
All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on Tuesday 1 November is a public holiday in Italy, resulting in the closure of offices and schools, and public transport runs acc...
Rome pub supports annual event to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
Rome's Shamrock pub on Via del Colosseo is once again supporting Movember, the global, month-long initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds f...
Architect Massimiliano Fuksas hesitant about attending inauguration.
The so-called Nuvola conference centre in Rome’s southern suburb of EUR will be inaugurated on 29 October, after €239 million and 18 years of contro...
Italy's oldest amusement park reopens after years of closure.
The Luneur fun park in Rome's southern EUR suburb reopened on 27 October, in time for Halloween children's activities, after being closed to the public for...
Rome's collection of bulky refuse suspended since June.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has drawn ridicule from the opposition after voicing her suspicions over an allegedly large amount of refrigerators and sofas abandoned...
Raggi wants Rome to have cable car "like London and Berlin".
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has revived her proposal to introduce a cable car network in the city, first announced in her election campaign earlier this year....
Taxis on strike at arrivals areas of Rome's Fiumicino airport.
Taxi drivers are striking at the arrivals areas of Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at Rome's Fiumicino airport from 08.00 until 14.00 on 25 October.
Unions have c...
Daylight will begin one hour earlier.
Clocks go back one hour at 03.00 on the night between Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October, bringing an end to daylight saving time, or “summer” time.
Mornings will be lighter on...
Hungary has always nurtured close ties with Italy.
Margaret Stenhouse
Ever since the reign of King Mattias Corvino, the 15th-century Hungarian national hero, a silver thread of culture and faith has linked Hungary...
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