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85 per cent of city properties in Rome centre not paying rent.
Rome is owed €357 million in unpaid rent, accumulated over the years, from the city's 28,000 residential and commercial properties, according to a report...
All Rome flights to Brussels cancelled after Belgium terror attacks.
Rome's Fiumicino and Ciampino airports are in a state of heightened alert following the terror attacks in Brussels on the morning of 22 March.
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The debate rages (among men of course) about whether a pregnant woman should run as a candidate for mayor of Rome.
Are men simply jealous that they can't be pregnant and run for mayor of the capital? Or are they just...
Four-hour Rome bus strike coincides with 24-hour nationwide train strike.
A four-strike by Rome’s public transport company ATAC is scheduled between 08.30 and 12.30 on Friday 18 March, affecting buses, trams, metro an...
English-language religious services in Rome during Easter Week.
VATICAN CEREMONIES
24 March. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30.
25 March. Good Friday. Papal Mass, Vatican Basilica 17.00, Way of the...
Rome’s first Wall of Kindness designed to help the less fortunate.
Students from Rome's Marymount International School are creating a “Wall of Kindness”, where visitors can donate clothes to the less fortunate, on Sat...
Noted Italian buildings open for Giornate FAI di Primavera on 19 and 20 March.
Some 900 libraries, palaces, archaeological sites and religious buildings across Italy are open to the public free of charge on 19 and 20...
False friends, superabundant nouns and other confusables.
Martin Bennett
Sbagliando si impara, goes a wonderfully forgiving Italian proverb, tailor-made for non-native learners. Or, in blunter English: “You learn f...
Report shows quarter of Rome city staff off work at any one time.
Rome's commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca has promised to take tough action against absenteeism after leaked statistics published in the capital's dai...
WakeupRoma clean-up campaign promises to restore civic pride in Rome.
WakeupRoma, the largest voluntary clean-up campaign ever organised in Italy, is taking place on Saturday 12 March in four separate locations around...
Fundrasing in Rome for victims of Nepal earthquake.
Each year during the six weeks of Lent, Churches Together, an ecumenical fellowship comprising 11 mainly English-speaking churches in Rome, raises money for the Rice...
Rome's motorists blessed on feast day of S. Francesca Romana.
Each year on 9 March drivers in Rome can receive the blessing of the capital’s patron saint of motorists, S. Francesca Romana, at the monastery named in he...
Numerous "Festa della Donna" events in Rome for International Women’s Day.
Women have free admission to all state museums and archaeological sites across Italy for International Women’s Day on Tuesday 8 March. There i...
Roberto Giachetti voted Partito Democratico candidate on low turnout.
Roberto Giachetti won the Rome PD primaries to select the party's candidate to run for mayor in the June local elections.
Giachetti, the deputy...
Rise in seagull numbers coincides with decrease in Rome's sparrow population.
Andy Devane
St Peter's Square, 27 January 2014. As the Vatican's Sunday Angelus ceremony drew to a close, Pope Francis appealed for peac...
Anti-terrorism measures ahead of Vatican's Easter ceremonies.
Italian and Vatican security officials have outlined plans for the rapid evacuation of St Peter's Square in the event of a terrorist attack, according to a...
Guide to celebrating St Patrick’s Day in Rome.
St Patrick’s Day in Rome begins officially on Thursday 17 March at 10.00, with the annual Mass for Lá Fhéile Pádraig being celebrated by Mons. Ciarán O’Carroll at St Isid...
Release of Italian hostages follows deaths of two co-workers.
Two Italian construction workers who were kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) in Libya last July were reportedly freed on 4 March, following the deaths of the...
Italy gets tough with reckless drivers who cause road deaths.
The Italian senate passed a government vehicular-homicide bill on 2 March, setting harsh prison terms and penalties for drivers who kill people through rec...
Rat emergency in Roman Forum says archaeological superintendent.
Two booths at the newly-opened ticket office at the Colosseum were closed on 1 March after a dead rat was found on the premises, according to Rome daily...
Share N'Go becomes latest car sharing company in Rome.
The electric car-sharing company Share N'Go has launched in Rome, following in the footsteps of other car-sharing firms Enjoy and Car2Go.
There are currently 5...
Pixelpancho creates mural in Rome's Primavalle district.
Turin street artist Pixelpancho has completed a 10m-high mural depicting the Greek mythological tale of Theseus stabbing the Minotaur, in the disadvantaged west...
Lazio region offers €150 bicycle grant to Rome commuters with yearly pass.
The Lazio Region is offering a €150 "eco-bonus" to holders of Rome's yearly public transport pass to help them purchase a folding bicycle....
App to facilitate transport between pilgrims and clergy during Rome's Jubilee Year.
The people behind Scooterino, Rome's community-based platform allowing users to share scooter rides, have announced a new app that wi...
Italian composer wins first competitive Oscar.
Italian composer Ennio Morricone won an Oscar for best original score for his soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's movie The Hateful Eight at the Academy Awards ceremony in...
Rome procession offers solidarity to women facing violence and prostitution.
A Via Crucis procession offering prayers and support to young women who are victims of violence and prostitution takes place on the streets...
Italians protest outside Egyptian embassy in Rome.
Italy's parliamentary committee that oversees the country's intelligence services (COPASIR) has accused Egypt of attempting to cover up the murder of 28-year-old Ital...
Government imposes vote of confidence and scraps stepchild adoption.
On 25 February the senate passed on first reading a compromise bill introducing civil unions for same-sex couples but not stepchild adoption.
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Getting around Rome is not easy at the best of times but for the disabled it is particularly difficult.
Alessandro Ciccarese
To move, walk, travel – in a word, live. It would seem easy enough and most of us take it...
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