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Over half of stolen cars never recovered.
Over 300 cars are stolen a day in Italy, according to a report from the ministry of the interior.
But it is not the luxury cars that are disappearing. It is the smaller one...
Latest threat to Vatican reforms.
The script is better than a Dan Brown novel. A middle-aged good-looking Spanish priest associated with the ultra conservative religious order Opus Dei has been arrested and thrown int...
Colosseum affected by restoration and union meetings.
Visitors to Rome's Colosseum face disruption on Tuesday 3 November and Wednesday 4 November. On 3 November access is limited because of restoration works and on 4...
Joel Nafuma Refugee Center helps homeless project.
Migrants, refugees and other volunteers are joining forces to clean up areas used by Rome's homeless, at 10.00 on Wednesday 4 November, as part of the "This Is Our Ho...
Milan prefect takes over from ousted Rome mayor.
Milan prefect Francesco Paolo Tronca has been appointed by Italy's interior ministry to take control of Rome after the mayor Ignazio Marino was forced to step down on 3...
Street to be completely pedestrianised at weekends and public holidays.
The last sitting of Rome's administration under its mayor Ignazio Marino, just before he withdrew his resignation, approved the total 24-hour ped...
Partito Democratico city councillors to step down as Marino withdraws resignation.
The decision by Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino to withdraw his recent resignation on 29 October, just days before the 2 November deadline t...
Trevi restoration completed.
The Trevi fountain has been refilled with water ready for its official opening on 3 November.
Restoration work, sponsored by fashion house Fendi, has been completed after more than a ye...
Italy's civil aviation authority sounds alarm.
ENAC, Italy's civil aviation authority says that Rome's international airport will find it difficult to cope with the increase in passenger traffic expected during the sp...
Pope Francis to say Mass for All Saints at Campo Verano.
All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on 1 November is a public holiday in Italy. However this year it falls on a Sunday so it won't affect the closure of public offi...
Rome’s Mayor, Ignazio Marino, has withdrawn his resignation. Meanwhile Marino's Partito Democratico (PD) party is preparing to counter the move by asking its councillors to resign en masse in an attempt to remove the may...
Travel guide lists Rome in its top cities for 2016.
Rome has been included in the top ten cities to visit in 2016 by the guide book publisher Lonely Planet, according to its criteria which includes “topicality, excite...
Why do people want to study Italian?
Art, culture, music, food and wine: is this all Italy and the Italian language has to offer? Why is the language of a small country like this the most widely taught languages in th...
Privately owned palaces open for Palazzi di Roma a Porte Aperte.
Some of Rome’s most magnificent houses will be open to the public from 1-30 November as part of the third edition of Palazzi di Roma a Porte Aperte, org...
Marino could risk dividing his Partito Democratico party.
The outgoing mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino said on 27 October that his council is "at work and looks to the future", fuelling speculation that he could withdraw...
Halloween popular among young Italians.
The ghoulish festival of Halloween, still a slightly foreign concept in Rome, is becoming increasingly popular with younger Italians.
If you are looking for the perfect Hallo...
Second rally in favour of outgoing Rome mayor.
A large crowd gathered at city hall on Sunday 25 October to show support for outgoing Rome mayor Ignazio Marino, the second such demonstration calling on him not to resig...
Commuters to pay separate fee for Rome trains.
From 1 January Trenitalia is to opt out of the city's Metrebus ticket system, which currently allows commuters in Rome to travel on all forms of public transport.
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Clocks go back one hour at 03.00 on the night between Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October, bringing an end to daylight saving time, or “summer” time. Mornings will be lighter one hour earlier but evenings will be darker ea...
Better protection for foreign minors necessary.
According to latest figures presented by Italy's ministry of the interior 14,109 foreign minors have landed in Italy so far this year. Of these 10,322 were unaccompanied...
Fendi inaugurates head office in EUR.
The luxury fashion house Fendi inaugurated its new headquarters at Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, the landmark building in the south Rome suburb EUR, on 22 October with a gala di...
Technical fault shuts down busy central section of Rome's Metro B line.
Rome's Metro B line is currently closed between S. Paolo and Monti Tiburtini/Ionio due to a technical fault on the morning of Thursday 22 October...
Italian newspaper carries exclusive report of a curable brain tumour.
The Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi has denied a report that Pope Francis has a benign and curable brain tumor.
The report was carried by QN...
Emperor Domitian's ramp connects Roman Forum with Palatine hill.
A first-century ramp that leads from the Roman Forum up to the hilltop imperial palace on the Palatine hill opened to the public on 20 October, followin...
Marino's supporters to hold demonstration in 25 October.
Ignazio Marino's supporters are expected to hold a demonstration outside city hall at midday on Sunday 25 October, calling on the mayor to remain in office.
In a...
Former chief of Rome's AMA rubbish agency faces corruption charges.
The first part of the Mafia Capitale trial into alleged criminal infiltration of Rome's city hall opens on 20 October when the former chief of the ci...
Drugs for cats and dogs cost too much.
A group of vets has written to the ministry of health objecting that the price of some medicines for Italy's 60 million cats and dogs is far too high. Many branded anti-inflamato...
Facilities introduced ahead of Holy Jubilee year.
The Pertini hospital in the Monti Tiburtini suburb of east Rome has received new accident and emergency facilities ahead of the Vatican's Holy Jubilee year which begin...
Health authorities concerned.
Only about 95 per cent of Italy's population is now vaccinated against a number of dangerous infectious diseases. Compulsory vaccinations for school children – against tetanus, diphtheria...
New wedding locations in Rome possible.
Rome could soon be inviting tenders for additional locations for civil weddings. In order to qualify the location must be of historic, cultural, scenic or tourist interest and mus...
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