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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...
Strike action from 08.30 until 12.30
A public transport strike is taking place in Rome and other Italian cities on Monday 30 March, from 08.30 until 12.30.
The strike action in Rome will affect ATAC buses, trams, m...
Visit for group of 150 followed by dinner.
A group of 150 homeless people will be taken on a private guided tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel on the afternoon of 26 March, according to Vatican newspaper L...
More light in the evenings but darker in the mornings.
Don’t forget to set your watches and clocks forward one hour at 02.00 Central European Time (CET) on Sunday 29 March.
Central European Summer Time (CEST) will...
71st anniversary of Rome massacre.
The traditional commemoration ceremony takes place at Rome’s Fosse Ardeatine mausoleum on Tuesday 24 March, in memory of the 335 people killed by the then occupying Nazi forces 71 ye...
Next year's marathon scheduled for April.
The 21st edition of the Maratona di Roma took place in heavy rain on Sunday 22 March, with Ethiopians coming first and second in both the men's and women's categories.
Abeb...
Wanted in Rome put a series of questions to the French street artist Clet Abraham whose mischievous stickers alter the meaning of Rome's street signs.
Can you tell us a little about yourself an...
Britain's ambassador to Italy reflects on the strong relationship between Italy and the UK and the vital role of Wanted in Rome for the capital's expats and Italians.
Italy has always been important to the UK. This is...
Tomorrow, March 20, due to the strike of personnel of the Air Traffic Control Agency ENAV, organized by the labour union UNICA from 10.00 to 18.00, Alitalia, like other carriers, had to program a relevant reduction of it...
Partial eclipse will be visible in Rome.
A rare total eclipse of the sun will occur on Friday 20 March, but can only be observed in its totality from the far-northern Norwegian islands of Svalbard and Faroe.
Rome r...
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