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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...
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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...
Sally Axworthy to succeed Nigel Baker as British ambassador to the Holy See.
Sally Axworthy will succeed the outgoing British ambassador to the Holy See, Nigel Baker, whose imminent departure is being marked by a specia...
Britons lose supreme court ruling on ex-pat voting in EU referendum.
The British supreme court has ruled against a last-ditch appeal by two British ex-pats to overturn a law barring Britons who have lived abroad for...
Rome resolves to move summer bars and stalls following petition to save Kentridge mural.
Rome has pledged to reorganise the placement of the Tevere Estate bars and shops along the banks of the Tiber, following a petit...
Rome appeals to Italian and foreign sponsors for €500 million.
Rome's outgoing commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca has issued a €500-million appeal to private donors and companies to sponsor the restoration of the cit...
80 per cent of Rome city employees strike over contract renewals.
About 24,000 Rome municipal employees are striking on 25 May to call for the renewal of their contracts, as well as a chance to renegotiate a 20 per ce...
Rome artists appeal to protect Kentridge mural from being obscured by summer bars and shops.
Leading figures from the Italian art world have signed an online petition to halt the summer-long Estate Romana string of st...
Harry Shindler takes case to supreme court over ex-pats' right to vote in Brexit referendum.
Two British ex-pats have taken an emergency case to the British supreme court after losing their latest attempt to overturn...
Ecumenical choir performs English sacred music in Rome.
The Sutton Chorale, an ecumenical choir based in London, will perform English sacred choral music at several churches in Rome in late May, according to Vatican R...
Prestigious Rome horse show combines equestrian events with high society.
The 84th edition of the annual Piazza di Siena horse show-jumping competition takes place in Rome's Villa Borghese from 25-29 May.
The five-...
440 vintage cars arrive in Rome as part of annual Mille Miglia event.
A fleet of 440 vintage cars from 36 countries arrives in Rome on the night of Friday 20 May, as part of the Mille Miglia race between the northern...
2,000-year-old military base discovered during works for Rome's Metro C.
The Italian culture ministry has unveiled an ancient Roman barracks, found during Metro C works in the S. Giovanni area of Rome in November, in...
Rome drain covers and fountain tops sold to illegal scrap merchants.
Dozens of cast-iron manhole covers have been stolen recently in Rome's suburbs, with about 50 alone taken from along Viadotto Gronchi, in the north-...
European court accepts case brought by Amanda Knox against Italy.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted an appeal against Italy by Amanda Knox, the American woman acquitted last year by Italy's highe...
Fassina back in Rome's race for mayor.
Italy’s highest administrative court has readmitted Stefano Fassina, Rome mayoral candidate for Sinistra Italiana (SI), to local elections in June.
The Council of State ove...
The exclusion of Stefano Fassina leaves four candidates in the race for Rome's mayor.
The Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) has upheld the exclusion of Stefano Fassina, Rome mayoral candidate for the smal...
War veteran Shindler to receive honoury doctorate together with Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti.
The American University of Rome (AUR) is to confer honourary doctorates on British war veteran Harry Shindler MBE and the...
Civil unions in Italy become law.
The chamber of deputies has given definitive approval to a controversial bill introducing civil unions for same-sex couples.
The bill passed on 11 May after first being put to a...
At present five candidates are running for Rome mayor in June.
There are currently five main candidates in the running for the post of Rome mayor in local elections on 5 June, with the second-round ballot scheduled...
Virginia Raggi against Rome Olympics for cost reasons.
Rome mayoral candidate Virginia Raggi has reaffirmed her opposition to Rome's 2024 Olympic bid following a key meeting with Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) presi...
Archeoboat connects Rome to ancient Fiumicino port at weekends until 30 October.
A new tourist service called Archeoboat provides boat trips along Rome's Tiber, connecting the city with the ancient Roman harbour near...
FAO and Nobel laureates unite to outline links between food security and peace.
Four Nobel laureates will highlight the critical links between food security and peace at an event hosted by the Rome-based United Nation...
Baubeach has been a summer haven for Rome's dogs for 18 years.
Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners reopens on Saturday 7 May and this year celebrates its 18th anniversary.
The 7,000-sqm st...
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