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Casa dell'Acqua kiosks offer free still and sparkling water and phone charging facilities.
Rome has unveiled a kiosk that dispenses free water, both still and sparkling, on Via dei Fori Imperiali outside the Colosseum...
Sixth century BC house may be proof of larger ancient capital than originally thought.
The discovery of a sixth century BC residence on Rome's Quirinal hill could prove that the ancient city was much larger than origi...
Rome mayor furious over appearance of mafia family on state television.
Rome's mayor Iganzio Marino has described the appearance on state television of two members of the notorious Casamonica family together with thei...
Children and adults to build a Colosseum mosaic at Pincio.
Children of all ages in Rome can participate in building a giant Lego Colosseum during the weekend of 12-13 September, from 10.00-19.00.
The Lego-themed e...
Vatican to provide accommodation for two refugee families.
The Vatican will take two refugee families currently sheltering on the Italian island of Lampedusa at the express wishes of Pope Francis who has said that he...
Rome considers €150 fine as part of measures to clean up streets.
People caught dropping cigarette butts in public places in Rome could face new fines of around €150 according to a report in Italian newspaper Il Messa...
Metro line returns to normal hours after five months of early closure.
Rome’s Metro A line has returned to its normal opening hours following five months of early closures to facilitate maintenance works on the line....
How an Afghan refugee found kindness at Rome's Joel Nafuma Refugee Center.
My name is Rakin and I am a refugee. It is difficult for me to share my story, but I feel it’s important because I want others to understand t...
Wanted in Rome recently asked our readers to list their top five favourite things about living in Italy. Here are their replies.
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1. You can walk for 10 minutes and see so much history within that ti...
Vatican launching train tour from Vatican City to Castel Gandolfo gardens.
The Vatican Museums is launching a new tour by train from the Vatican train station directly to the papal gardens at Castel Gandolfo, 25 km...
Capital stands up to organised crime following lavish Mafia funeral.
Politicians, trade unions and civil society associations are staging an anti-mafia protest at Piazza Don Bosco in Rome's Cinecittà district at 18.00...
Pontiff also recognises confessions made to irregular Society of St Pius X.
Pope Francis has given all priests discretion during the Catholic Church's Holy Year of Mercy to forgive women who have had abortions and are...
Europe's largest drive-in cinema reopens at Casal Palocco.
The long-abandoned drive-in cinema at Casal Palocco, a southwest Rome suburb, is reopening thanks to the efforts of the committee behind the Cinema America Oc...
How to get pilgrims to and from St Peter's.
Cleaning up the city is one project for the Holy Jubilee Year that opens on 8 December. A much more difficult one is how to cope with the traffic. This is the main headache...
Most restaurant customers are unaware of the human cost of their meals.
By Mike Dilien.
Rome. An evening breeze gently caresses your face after a suffocating day among the monuments. The street cobbles have dissipa...
American artist C. Finley is based between the US and Rome, and a detail of her work Fingaz 4 Daze featured on the cover of the August edition of Wanted in Rome magazine.
Your work has been described as “stylistically...
City starts public works.
The first public works in preparation for the Holy Year of Mercy are scheduled to start on 7 September around Stazione Termini.
The work around the station includes upgrading the surface...
Sweeping powers granted to Rome's prefect.
Rome prefect Franco Gabrielli has been granted sweeping powers to help the city's embattled mayor Ignazio Marino, following a decree approved by the Italian government on 27...
Square in Colle Oppio park to be named after Reformation leader.
Rome has approved plans to dedicate a piazza to Martin Luther, the 16th-century German theologian who rebelled against the Catholic church and began the...
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Sit-in set for 3 September.
A demonstration to protest the ostentatious funeral of the mafia boss, Vittorio Casamonica, is being called for 3 September.
The heads of Rome's 15 municipal districts have said that th...
Only three months before opening of the special Holy Year.
Announcing the city's plans for the coming Jubilee year Rome's mayor, Ignazio Marino, has outlined details and costs of some of the projects to make life easi...
20 journalists protected by armed escorts.
According to a report just published by Italy's anti-mafia commission threats and attacks on journalists are on the rise. There were 2,060 acts of intimidation against jour...
Hundreds missing.
Italy's news agency ANSA is reporting that about 300 people may have been saved from a boat off the coast of Libya carrying 700 immigrants heading for Italy.
The captain of the Irish rescue vessel...
Rome's mayor polishes city's tarnished image.
The fountain in Piazza S. Maria in Trastevere will be the first of 50 in the city's historic centre to be cleaned over the next few months.
The other fountains included...
Dual strike by ATAC and Roma Tpl.
Two public transport strikes are set to go ahead in the capital on Friday 7 August after mediation talks broke down between trade unions and the prefecture of Rome.
The strike acti...
Works to be completed ahead of Holy Jubilee.
The adminstration of Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino has sanctioned a €4 million project to upgrade the area around the capital's central railway station Termini.
The works,...
Works to be completed ahead of Papal Jubilee.
The adminstration of Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino has sanctioned a €4 million project to upgrade the area around the capital's central railway station Termini.
The works...
Unregistered drivers targeted tourists.
Police have impounded 38 illegal taxis and arrested their drivers at Rome's central Termini station in recent months.
The arrests – part of ongoing efforts by Italy's interio...
Street artist paints giant mural near prison.
Italian street artist Blu has painted a giant mural on Via Ciciliano in the north-east Rome suburb of Rebbibia.
The Bologna-based artist, who gained international recog...
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