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Rome restores ancient street as part of bimillennium of emperor Augustus
The ancient Vicus Jugarius in the Roman forum has reopened following a €1.3-million restoration over the last four years.
Located betwee...
ATAC, Roma Tpl and Cotral engage in strike action
Commuters in Rome face a 24-hour public transport strike on Wednesday 1 October.
The strike by Rome's public transport company ATAC and suburban bus company Roma T...
Mayors of Europe's capital cities hold meeting in Rome
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino will welcome his counterparts from Europe's capital cities to a meeting in Rome on 1 October.
Titled For the Development of a...
Nutrition is focus of joint competition
The Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an international photography competition in collaboration with National Geographic magazine....
Giant African bird seen circling over Rome
A Marabou stork has escaped from Rome's Bioparco and over the past few days has been sighted flying over the city's Prati district, according to a report in Rome daily Il Mes...
Rome's Greenwood Garden School is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and will mark the milestone with a party on 27 September.
The international pre-school and kindergarten was established in 1974 by Donna Se...
Several Rome fountains being restored with advertising money
The Barcaccia fountain at the foot of the Spanish Steps has been returned it its original splendour following a year-long restoration process to remove lime...
Rome one of 13 host cities for European Football Championships Three group games and a quarter final will be held in Rome's Olympic Stadium during the Euro 2020 football championships.
European soccer’s governi...
Overhaul part of reorganisation plan by Rome's bus company
ATAC continues to reorganise its service, changing another batch of bus routes on 22 September, for the fourth time over the last six months.
The changes...
Conductor Riccardo Muti has written to the director of Rome's Teatro dell' Opera saying that he can not guarantee his next two engagements, Verdi's Aida scheduled for November and Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro set for next...
Plan expected to meet opposition from traders
Rome has announced plans to move street traders from the city's most "precious" areas, according to new regulations approved by the capital and Italy's culture ministry....
First section of Metro C to open in October
City authorities are meeting to decide whether Rome's Metro C will have its terminus in Piazza Venezia or whether to continue the 21.5-km line further, to Piazzale Clodio i...
Proposal would take effect in 2017
Rome proposes to introduce a toll for private vehicles entering the city's anello ferrovario, the railway ring around the capital, according to new plans being put forward by the cit...
Mural forms part of the WALLS urban regeneration project
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino has ordered the removal of a mural in the S. Basilio district because it features pigs in police uniforms.
The mural depicts...
Focus on sustainable transport
Over 60 activities and events are scheduled in Rome for European Mobility Week, from 16 to 22 September.
Throughout the week Rome will be promoting bike and car sharing, the use of p...
But over 800 million still undernourished
One in nine people in the world are hungry. In sub-Saharan Africa one in four people suffers from hunger. And half the planet's 805 million hungry – or 526 million peopl...
Agreement made during US visit of Rome mayor
The mayors of Rome and San Francisco have signed an agreement that will see both cities twinned for Gay Pride, held every June.
The deal was signed by Rome mayor Ignazio...
"Large" cappuccino €8 outside Vatican Museums
Two Spanish tourists have complained of being ripped off after being charged €22 for two "large" cappuccinos and a small bottle of water at a café n...
Sicily copes with new influx of immigrants
Over 1,500 illegal immigrants were saved by the Italian air and naval forces from drowning in the Mediterranean in the second week in September, with several hundred more b...
Boutique for pet accessories to launch in Campo Marzio
A shop selling luxury pet accessories will open in the central Rome district of Campo Marzio on 13 September.
The For Pets Only outlet will offer animal costum...
Five days of talks, dance, literature, music and food
Rome hosts the seventh edition of the International Festival of Jewish Literature and Culture from 13-17 September. Family is the theme of the five-day festival...
Ex-occupiers move in next door
The former occupants of Cinema America Occupato, evicted by police on 3 September, have moved into a disused bakery next door to the cinema building on Via Natale del Grande in Trasteve...
Mayor seeking corporate funds for restoration of Rome heritage
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino travels to California on 10 September to seek corporate sponsorship for the restoration of Rome's monuments.
Marino is...
Rome has more cultural resources than many cities twice its size, which is what makes managing and paying for them so difficult
Each month, as we compile the What’s On listings, it becomes increasingly obvious that Ro...
€1 entry to Rome museums
A nationwide programme of events takes place in Italy on 20 September to mark European Heritage Days which takes place across Europe on the second-last weekend of September.
Organised...
Mayor appeals to government for bailout
Rome mayor Ignazio Marino has appealed to the Italian government for €240 million to keep afloat the capital's public transport company ATAC.
Marino says that currently...
Popular Irish retail chain expected to open in 2015
Primark, the Irish low-cost retail chain, is expected to enter the Italian market and open stores in Rome, Milan and Venice by the end of 2015.
Since launching a...
Rome Mayor recognises “public interest” in project
Rome has given its initial permission for the state-of-the-art new stadium for Italian Serie A football team AS Roma in the Tor di Valle southwest distri...
Film on Rome's MAS clothing store shows at Venice Film Festival
A short film dedicated to the historic clothing outlet Magazzini Allo Statuto, better known in Rome as MAS, was premiered at the Venice Film Festival on...
Police evict activists from occupied space
The Cinema America Occupato building in Trastevere, which has been occupied illegally by activists and artists since November 2012, was cleared by police on the morning of 3...
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