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Skunk Anansie to perform at free Primo Maggio concert in Rome.
On 1 May every year Italy dedicates a public holiday to its workers, with a large, free concert taking place in Rome's Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano to c...
Harry Shindler loses high court battle over right to vote in Brexit referendum.
Two Britons living abroad have lost their high court bid to change a British law barring British expats who have lived abroad for more th...
Berlusconi backs Marchini as Forza Italia candidate.
Former civil protection chief Guido Bertolaso has pulled out of the Rome mayoral race, standing down as the Forza Italia (FI) candidate in favour of businessman Alf...
Fifth edition of Open House Roma features 200 buildings around Rome.
Many of Rome’s museums, libraries, galleries and contemporary buildings to which there is normally limited public access are open free of charge ove...
Rome event to mark persecution of Christians around the world.
Rome's Trevi Fountain is to be illuminated in red in recognition of Christians who have died for their faith, at 20.00 on Friday 29 April.
The initiati...
Rome celebrates 71st anniversary of liberation on 25 April.
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 71st Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of worl...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery.
Australians and New Zealanders in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2016 with a memorial service on Monday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia, in the Testaccio d...
Night tours and light shows in English of newly-illuminated Roman Forum.
Two outdoor spectacles with music, light projections and historical commentary will be held at the Forum of Caesar and the Forum of Augustus eve...
Four-hour strike coincides with Rome's birthday.
A four-strike by Rome’s public transport company ATAC is scheduled between 08.30 and 12.30 on Thursday 21 April, the day of Rome's 2,769th birthday, affecting buses, tr...
William Kentridge triumphs with mural along the river Tiber in Rome.
Andy Devane
“Every country has both a heroic history and a shameful history,” noted the internationally acclaimed South African artist William Ke...
Rome highlights the environment with Earth Day.
Rome is marking the international Earth Day initiative with four days of events at the Galoppatoio area in Villa Borghese on the theme of the environment and sustainabil...
Renzi government survives threats to its oil policies.
The government of Matteo Renzi comfortably survived two no-confidence motions in the senate on Tuesday, just two days after a referendum it opposed on the durat...
Page open to young Wanted in Rome readers.
This pretend-interview with Judy Boone, a character with Asperger’s Syndrome from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, was written by 14-year-old Gennaro Fusill...
Rome's commissioner Tronca scraps Marino's "Rome & You" city logo.
Rome's commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca has scrapped the controversial "Rome & You" city logo, introduced by former mayor Ignazio Marino in...
Historical groups evoke ancient Roman tradtions with Natale di Roma.
The capital celebrates its 2,769th birthday on Thursday 21 April, with events lasting until Sunday 24 April. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual bi...
Google Earth satellite imagery helps FAO with natural resource management.
The Rome-based United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has joined forces with multinational technology giant Google in using s...
Mutua Basis Assistance (MBA) offers special benefits to Wanted in Rome readers.
Mutua Basis Assistance (MBA), Italy's largest mutual aid society, offers readers of Wanted in Rome an exclusive package of special benefi...
Children's cinematherapy at Rome's Gemelli hospital.
A premiere of Disney's new children's film The Jungle Book took place at a new cinema facility at the Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, one of Rome's ma...
Daily tours in English of normally off-limits areas of Rome's Castel S. Angelo fortress.
Visitors to the Castel S. Angelo museum in Rome can take the new Castello segreto (secret castle) tour which includes areas usua...
22nd edition of Rome marathon takes place under the sun.
The 22nd edition of the Rome marathon on Sunday 10 April was once again dominated by African runners, with Kenyan Amos Kipruto winning the men’s race and Ethiop...
Gaby Ford's English Theatre of Rome celebrates 20th anniversary.
The English Theatre of Rome celebrates its 20th anniversary on 9 April. Formerly known as Off Night Repertory, the company was founded in 1996 and is ba...
Weekend of strikes, traffic bans and marathon in Rome.
A four-strike by Rome’s public transport company ATAC is scheduled from 20.30 until end of service on Friday 8 April, affecting buses, trams, metro and light rail...
Last anti-smog Sunday of the winter season coincides with annual Rome marathon.
Traffic will be blocked in Rome's ZTL (zona di traffico limitato) and green zone on Sunday 10 April between 07.30 and 12.30 and again b...
Prime Minister Renzi hopes environmental referendum will fail.
On 17 April Italians are called to vote in a referendum on the duration of existing oil and gas exploration and drilling concessions in territorial waters...
The Turano Valley has been of strategic interest over the centuries.
The impressive fortress of Rocca Sinibalda overlooks and protects the tiny mediaeval village at its foot, dominating the meandering lower reaches of t...
Registration open for the annual Rome marathon.
The 22nd edition of the Maratona di Roma, which begins and ends at the Colosseum, takes place at 08.40 on Sunday 10 April.
More than 16,700 athletes from 115 differen...
Rome's MAXXI museum in mourning over death of Zaha Hadid.
Giovanna Melandri, the president of Rome's MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, has paid tribute to the museum's architect Zaha Hadid who died of a...
Wartime bunker built for Italy's former royal family.
A bunker designed for Italy's former royal family has opened to the public for the first time, after being abandoned by 70 years, at Rome's Villa Ada park.
The...
Italy’s first Ivory Crush takes place at Circus Maximus in Rome.
Italy joins the international fight against the poaching and illegal trafficking of elephant ivory and rhino horn, with the nation's first public ivory...
Rome's Muslim and Jewish communities help to design routes for Vatican Jubilee Year of Mercy.
A programme of 20 cultural itineraries featuring 330 sites around Rome was presented by Italy's culture ministry on 29 Marc...
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