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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.
T...
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...
Scottish rugby fans arrive in Rome as Italy takes on Scotland in Six Nations.
Scotland plays against Italy at Rome’s Olympic Stadium on Saturday 27 February at 15.25 as part of the annual Six Nations rugby union champ...
Residents use smartphones in audiovisual project documenting real Rome.
An audiovisual project uniting footage made by Rome residents, showing the “real Rome”, will be presented as part of an installation titled React...
Second anti-smog Sunday this year in Rome.
Traffic in Rome has been banned from circulating within the fascia verde (green belt) on Sunday 28 February from 07.30 to 12.30, and from 16.30 until 20.30.
The move is pa...
AS Roma captain Totti dropped from Palermo game after RAI interview.
Comments by the captain of AS Roma football team, Francesco Totti, prompted the squad's coach Luciano Spalletti to leave him out of the Roma-Palermo...
Unanimous decision to award documentary Fuocoammare.
Fuocoammare is a film about ordinary people, the every-day heroes of Lampedusa, and a monument to the hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees who made it to...
One prisoner gave himself up, the other arrested outside Rome.
Two prisoners who escaped from Rome's Rebibbia jail on 14 February are back in custody after one gave himself up on the afternoon of 17 February and the o...
Political manoeuvring in Italy's parliament threatens gay rights.
It should have been a big day for gay rights in Italy with the approval by the senate at first reading of key parts of a bill introducing civil unions...
120 Rome train stations to be transformed by street art.
A total of 120 train stations in and around Rome will be decorated by street artists thanks to the project Arte in stazione e città a colori.
The initiative...
Young artist allows Rome's tree stumps to "live again".
Andy Devane
Rome is well known for its street art which has enlivened the city but now another art form is taking place on the streets, much nearer the ground...
Inmates remain at large after breaking out of Rome prison.
A police manhunt is in operation in the greater Rome area for two prisoners who broke out of the city's Rebibbia jail during the evening of 14 February.
Th...
Former civil protection chief Bertolaso is centre-right candidate for Rome mayor.
Italy's former civil protection chief Guido Bertolaso has accepted the nomination as the centre-right candidate in the race for Rome ma...
Celebratory events at French Academy in Rome to mark 350th anniversary.
To mark its 350th anniversary the iFrench Academy in Rome – Villa Medici is staging a series of cultural events, free to the public, over the wee...
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