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Highlight is Frecce Tricolori aeronautical display.
The 69th Festa della Repubblica celebrations marking Italy’s national day take place in Rome on Tuesday 2 June.
The annual public holiday is held in commemoratio...
New system allows commuters to buy tickets via smartphones.
Rome's public transport company ATAC has launched a new smartphone app for purchasing tickets for the capital's bus, tram, trains and metro A and B.
The...
Caitlin Frost put some questions to one of the rising stars of the Italian art world, Roman artist Pietro Ruffo
Your work is rigorous, and raises challenging questions about the nature of human freedom. What are...
Roma fans stabbed outside Rome stadium.
Italy's ministry of the interior has announced that future derby football matches will be played only on Sundays at mid-day, according to the news agency ANSA.
The decision c...
Top international athletes come to Rome.
The 35th edition of the Golden Gala, Italy’s annual track and field event, begins in Rome’s Olympic Stadium on 4 June.
As usual the sporting event is a who’s who from the...
Prize-giving at Colosseum if Rome wins.
Rome mayor Ignazio Marino has proposed that medal ceremonies be held at the Colosseum if the capital wins its bid to host the 2024 Olympics.
Marino made his suggestion follow...
We have two free tickets for Rome's prestigious horse-jumping show, Piazza di Siena, with access throughout Sunday 24 May. To win, just upload a photo of Rome in the comment section on our website, under this article. Th...
Anti-fire law in force over summer.
Rome has banned smoking and barbecues in public parks and green areas across the city from 15 June to 30 September.
The law is part of measures to prevent and reduce the risk of...
Cortili Aperti celebrates five years.
The Lazio branch of the association of historic houses, Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane (ADSI), provides a unique opportunity to visit the courtyards of some of Rome’s most...
Lack of complete programme criticised.
The nationwide Notte dei Musei returns on Saturday 16 May, involving the opening of museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological sites in Rome and throughout Italy, from 20...
Black Friday for Rome’s commuters.
A 24-hour public transport strike is scheduled to take place in Rome on Friday 15 May, causing disruption to commuters from 08.30 until 17.00 and from 20.00 until end of service....
City offers support to GRAB bicycle greenway.
An ambitious proposal to create a 44.2-km cycle-pedestrian path around Rome has received the full support of the capital and its bicycle-friendly mayor Ignazio Marino....
Staff react over asbestos concerns following fire.
Workers at Rome's Fiumicino airport are staging a strike on Tuesday 12 May, from 11.00-12.50, over concerns for their health in the aftermath of the fire that devasta...
Prestigious show combines equestrian events with high society.
The 83rd edition of the annual Piazza di Siena horse show-jumping competition takes place in Villa Borghese from 21-24 May.
For the second consecutive...
Blaze may have been triggered by mobile air conditioning unit.
Days after a fire gutted Terminal 3 in Rome's Fiumicino airport, staff working in the area are being treated for nausea, irritated eyes, persistent coughs...
Ahead of Mother’s Day on Sunday 10 May, Wanted in Rome offers ten suggestions of how to celebrate the occasion in and around Rome. Note that while Mother’s Day is celebrated in most countries around the world this Sunday...
50 per cent of flights cancelled day after fire.
Only about 50 per cent of flights are operating to and from Rome's Fiumicino airport on Friday 8 May, the day after a major fire gutted a section of Terminal 3, which i...
Closure to allow for testing ahead of six new stations.
Rome's newly-opened Metro C will be closed for three days, from Saturday 9 May until Monday 11 May, to allow for testing to be conducted on the line before its s...
Annual Komen Race for the Cure begins and ends at Circus Maximus
The 16th edition of Rome’s Komen Italia Race for the Cure takes place on the streets of the capital on Sunday 17 May to raise funds and awareness for br...
Airport to remain closed until 14.00.
Rome's main international airport at Fiumicino remains closed after a fire broke out in Terminal 3, which is used for international flights, in the early hours of Thursday 7 May....
World’s top tennis players come to Rome.
The 72nd edition of the Rome Master tennis tournament, known officially as the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, takes place at the Foro
Italico from 7-17 May and features the worl...
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...
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