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Former captain guilty of multiple manslaughter
The former captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to 16 years in prison by a court in Grosseto on 11 F...
English-language emblem causes controversy
Rome has dropped the "Capitale" from its traditional "Roma Capitale" logo and as of 11 February it has a new logo - two in fact.
The first logo is for institutional use an...
Ireland's Global Greening campaign includes Colosseum
For the first time, Ireland's annual Global Greening campaign for St Patrick's Day will include Rome's Colosseum which will be illuminated in green lights on 17 Ma...
Victims freeze to death en route to Italy
At least 29 African migrants have died from hypothermia while crossing the Mediterranean in extremely cold and dangerous conditions during the early hours of 9 February.
It...
Crater almost swallows car in Rome suburb
A giant pothole opened up in a carpark in an east Rome suburb on the afternoon of 8 February, leaving a parked car suspended over the chasm for a number of hours.
There was...
Controversial plan will see prostitution tolerated in non-residential area of EUR
Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino and his administration have approved plans for a red light zone in a non-residential area of the capital's...
Pontiff makes impromptu stop at shantytown en route to Pietralata
Pope Francis made a surprise visit to a shantytown in Rome's outskirts on the evening of 8 February, stunning the many South American residents.
The...
Some suggestions for a romantic Valentine's Day in Rome
For a romantic aperitivo on St Valentine's Day check out Etablì near Piazza Navona, the Gin Corner in Campo Marzio, Ciampini at the Spanish Steps, Ombrero...
UK launches Overseas Voter Registration Day
The UK electoral commission has launched a dedicated overseas voter registration campaign to encourage British citizens living abroad to register online to vote ahead of Bri...
Outlet takes place of McDonald's in Piazza della Repubblica
High-end Italian food mall chain Eataly is set to open its second food emporium in Rome, taking the place of American fast food outlet McDonald's in Piazza d...
Rome prepares for carnival season
Rome is holding numerous events to celebrate the traditional carnival season which begins on 7 February and ends ten days later on 17 February.
This year Carnevale celebrates Queen...
Defence ministry returns rooms for new exhibition space
Rome's Palazzo Barberini which hosts the national collection of ancient art will gain 700 sqm of new exhibition space under an agreement signed by Italy's cultu...
Sergio Mattarella becomes Italy's 12th president.
Sicilian anti-mafia judge Sergio Mattarella was elected Italy's new president on 31 January, succeeding 89-year-old Giorgio Napolitano, who resigned as head of state o...
FAO member countries to vote for José Graziano da Silva in June
José Graziano da Silva, the current director-general of the Rome-based United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is the sole...
Volunteer barbers will offer service on Mondays
Homeless people in Rome will be able to avail of a free shave and a haircut thanks to an initiative offered by the Vatican each Monday from 16 February.
The service w...
Register to include both hetrosexual and same-sex couples
Rome city council has approved the establishment of a civil union register which will automatically include same-sex marriages contracted abroad.
The contr...
Italy face Ireland in first Rome match
Italy's Six Nations rugby campaign gets off to a tough start when the Azzurri take on reigning champions Ireland at the Stadio Olimpico on 7 February.
Italian coach Jacques Br...
Fontana delle Anfore returned to former market site
Rome's revamped Piazza Testaccio has been unveiled, complete with its original Fontana delle Anfore which moved a few streets away to Piazza dell'Emporio in 1935....
Private traffic banned in Rome on 1 February
Traffic in Rome has been banned within the fascia verde (green belt) on Sunday 1 February from 07.30 to 12.30, and from 16.30 to 20.30. The move is par...
Letter posted in northern Italy in 1992 arrives in Rome in 2015
A Wanted in Rome reader has reported receiving a letter to his Rome workplace 22 years after it was posted in northern Italy.
The letter was post...
70 years since liberation of Auschwitz
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday 27 January, numerous memorial events are being held in Rome until 15 February.
Established in 2005 b...
Rome International Church launches on 25 January
The Rome International Church holds its first public worship service at St George's British International School in the La Storta district of north Rome at 11.00 on 25...
We continue our series of traditional Italian crafts with two workshops preserving family businesses in Perugia
There are many reasons for visiting Perugia, Umbria's historic capital. The mediaeval city centre is an...
Restorers find marks indicating sectors of stadium
Traces of painted red numbers have been discovered during the ongoing restoration of the Colosseum, indicating various sectors of the amphitheatre similar to the seat...
Italian police display recovered stolen treasures
Italian art police unveiled their largest-ever single seizure of looted antiquities, comprising more than 5,000 archaeological items, during a press conference at Rome...
Marginalised and forgotten, Roma children play football in dangerous conditions.
By Mike Dilien.
“Che c’è scritto?” the man yelled. “Che c’è scritto?” he repeated and pointed at the road signs I had ignored. What w...
Summer 1959. Under the auspices of Pier Paolo Pasolini, HCB, as Cartier Bresson liked to be called, finds himself in Via S. Angelo in Pescheria in Rome's ghetto, trusty Leica in hand. The scene all the more pro...
Rome-based aid agencies and church organisations tackle west African epidemic
Rome has been at the forefront in the battle against the world's most widespread outbreak of ebola since the disease re-emerged in the west...
Six-month training and trial period begins January
Italy's interior ministry has issued Rome police with pepper spray as part of a six-month trial, with 650 officers in the capital beginning training courses in its u...
The story behind Rome's brass cobblestones.
While a group of young school children kick a soccer ball around in the Jewish ghetto, their ball bounces over the sampietrini but also on top of some brass cobblestones tha...
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