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Annual Mille Miglia race includes 435 vintage cars
A fleet of vintage cars arrives in Rome on the night of Friday 15 May, as part of the Mille Miglia race between the northern Italian city of Brescia and the capital....
960 employees missing from work each day.
An average of over 1,200 employees of Rome's transport company ATAC fail to show up for work for two months each year, according to a report in the capital's daily newspaper I...
Train company intensifies checks to catch commuters boarding without tickets.
There will be increased spot checks on trains in Rome to ensure that all passengers are boarding with tickets, according to an announcement...
16th anniversary of Baubeach.
Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners reopens on 1 May and this year celebrates its 16th anniversary.
The 7,000-sqm stretch of sand known as Baubeach is located...
Annual Primo Maggio concert in S. Giovanni
On 1 May every year Italy dedicates a public holiday to its workers. In Rome buses and trams will run from 08.30 to 13.00 and from 16.30 to 21.00, with the routes of several ...
Map available at tourist outlets
Rome has printed 50,000 copies of a new map highlighting the locations of 330 murals around the city.
The map, which features 150 streets in 30 districts from Testaccio to Tor Bella...
Fourth edition of Open House Roma features 170 guided tours and 70 events.
Many of Rome’s museums, libraries, galleries and contemporary buildings to which there is normally limited public access are open free of char...
City celebrates 70th anniversary of liberation.
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 70th Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war two....
Popular initiative runs until end of October.
From 24 April to 31 July, and from 4 September until 30 October, the Vatican Museums open every Friday evening (with the exception of 1 May) from 19.00-23.00, with last ad...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery.
New Zealanders and Australians in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2015 with a memorial service on Saturday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia, in the Piramide...
Speedier divorces have now been approved by both houses of parliament.
The introduction of “divorce” into the Italian legal system has had a long and difficult history accompanied by debates that have raged for over a...
Rome refugee centre holds solidarity events
Rome's Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) is collaborating with the Jesuit-run Centro Astalli refugee centre to hold a prayer flag project followed by an interfaith vigil ent...
Japanese sponsor opens pyramid on 20 April.
Rome’s restored Piramide Cestia was inaugurated on 20 April in the presence of the city's mayor Ignazio Marino and Yuzo Yagi, the Japanese entrepreneur who sponsored the monu...
Rome celebrates 21 April with new metro stop.
Rome’s municipal museums are open free of charge on Tuesday 21 April in celebration of Natale di Roma, the capital’s 2,768th birthday.
There is free admission to Centra...
The Spanish Steps, which link Piazza di Spagna with the church of Trinità de’ Monti, are currently in full bloom with about 500 azalea plants.
An annual tradition for the last 78 years, this splash of colour in the h...
Toaff remembered for historic meeting with Pope John Paul II.
Rome's former Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff died on 19 April, two weeks before his 100th birthday.
Toaff served as the Rome's chief rabbi for 51 years, until 2...
Residents commemorate 71st anniversary of Nazi raid.
Today is the 71st anniversary of the Nazi raid on Quadraro, a south-eastern suburb of Rome, during world war two.
The district was well known for its numerous pa...
Ancient Rome evoked by 50 historical groups from 10 countries
The capital celebrates its 2,768th birthday on Tuesday 21 April, with events beginning on Sunday 19 April. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birthday cel...
Italy's ministry of the interior has appealed to all prefects throughout Italy to find approximately 6,500 additional places to house the latest influx of immigrants into Italy over the Easter period. Most of the immigra...
Black Friday for Rome's commuters.
Several public transport strikes are scheduled to take place in Rome on Friday 17 April.
Two 24-hour strike actions will affect ATAC buses, trams, metro and light rail services Ro...
Three months of early closure to allow for maintenance.
Rome's Metro A line is to close each night at 21.30 from Tuesday 14 April for about three months, to allow for maintenance work, according to the city's mobility...
20-year-old student fell off Lungotevere parapet in January.
An American student has died almost three months after falling off the parapet over the river Tiber at Lungotevere dei Vallati in the early hours of 14 Janu...
Looking at Rome through the eyes of just a few of its illustrious tourists
“In this place we can reconnect with all the history of the world, and I count myself reborn, really resurrected, the day I set foot in Rome....
An immigrant with high hopes of El Dorado soon finds that his life has become a modern form of slavery
by Mike Dilien
“I can’t take it any longer but I have to go on,” Juan shrieks. “Look!” The fragile man shows his ha...
Street closures and bus detours for Good Friday ceremony
Via dei Fori Imperiali will be completely closed to traffic on 3 April, from 09.00 until midnight, to make way for crowds coming to see Pope Francis lead the tr...
Rome will have 46 Ryanair routes by end of year
Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced nine new flights from Rome, all of which will be available later on this year.
The Irish carrier will launch four new destinati...
Most Rome museums also open on Easter Monday
Rome’s civic museums are open free of charge to Rome residents on Easter Sunday, 5 April, as part of the city's ongoing monthly initiative.
On Easter Monday, 6 April, a...
Capital comes ahead of Naples and Milan.
Rome has been declared the most congested city in Italy, according to a report by traffic navigator TomTom which based its results on data recorded throughout 2014.
The capi...
Fossils, flints and bones 200,000 years old go on display.
The Pleistocine Museum of Rome been inaugurated by the city's mayor Ignazio Marino and admission is free to visitors.
Located in Casal de' Pazzi in the R...
English-language religious services in Rome during Easter Week
VATICAN CEREMONIES
2 April. Holy Thursday. Chrismal Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30
3 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, St Peter's Basilica 17.00, Way of...
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