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Extra finances result of protest by festival organisers
Rome is to provide an additional €600,000 to the organisers of Estate Romana, under whose banner a range of festivals take place in the capital each summer...
Street closures around Circus Maximus
Rome is gearing up to welcome the Rolling Stones who perform the only Italian date of their world tour 14 on Fire at the Circus Maximus on Sunday 22 June.
The preparations inc...
Ban affects areas most frequented by young people at night
Rome has introduced a ban on the consumption of alcohol in public every night from 22.00, following appeals from residents tired of anti-social behaviour in...
An ecumenical gardening project in the heart of Rome.
The monastery and church of S. Gregorio al Celio was founded by Pope Gregory around the year 575, when he converted his family’s patrician villa into a monastery....
Tickets on sale from 13 June
Additional tickets have gone on sale for the upcoming Rolling Stones concert in Rome on 22 June, after the first round of 50,000 sold out in under two hours in March.
The extra tickets...
Visit includes meeting with Pope Francis
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will meet Pope Francis as part of his three-day visit to Rome from 14-16 June. The visit comes exactly one year since the pontiff fi...
Wanted in Rome outlines ten of the best venues in the capital to watch the upcoming World Cup tournament which begins on 12 June.
The city will show the Italy games on a maxi screen near Piazza Madonna di Loreto near...
Imperial Roman monument on Appia Antica restored
The Mausoleum of Romulus on Rome's Via Appia Antica has reopened to the public after more than two decades. Built in the early fourth century AD, the circular monument...
Overhaul part of reorganisation plan by Rome's bus company
ATAC continues to reorganise its service, changing another batch of bus routes on 9 June. The changes affect 13 routes mainly in the Tiburtina, Prenestina an...
Four-hour strike in capital
Employees of Rome bus company ATAC are staging a four-hour strike on Tuesday 10 June from 11.00-15.00.
The strike has been called by transport trade union OrS.A. and will affect Rome's b...
Traffic chaos as city employees hold strike
Many of Rome's 24,000 city employees are engaging in a 24-hour strike over potential cuts to their salaries, causing widespread disruption in the capital on Friday 6 June....
Parade celebrates 20 years in RomeThe mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino will open this year's Gay Pride parade on 7 June. The parade begins at 15.00 and the route goes from Piazza della Repubblica to Largo Corrado Ricci...
Another car-sharing scheme for the capital
Roman drivers can now take advantage of another car-sharing scheme called Enjoy which arrives in the capital on 5 June.
The initiative is operated by Italy's national ener...
Temporary bridge will allow tourists to view fountain during restoration
A €2 million project to restore Rome’s Trevi Fountain will begin on 5 June, funded by fashion house Fendi.
Although the fountain w...
Return of Frecce Tricolori aeronautical display
The 68th Festa della Repubblica celebrations marking Italy’s national day take place in Rome on Monday 2 June.
The annual public holiday is held in commemoratio...
Pedestrian and cyclist bridge links Ostiense with Marconi
The Ponte della Scienza (Bridge of Science) in the Ostiense district of Rome has opened officially, following years of waiting.
The pedestrian and cyclist...
Part two in the series
One year on from our first article, we ask some more Rome tour guides about the strangest questions put to them by the city's tourists.
Tour guide Louise Egan from Ireland regularly gets com...
Rome extends traffic ban on Via dei Fori Imperiali
The capital plans to extend the ban of private traffic on Via dei Fori Imperiali from Largo Corrado Ricci to Piazza Venezia in the coming weeks.
This was one of a...
Residents oppose increases but mayor cites environmental policy
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino has announced that he wants massive price hikes to cost of residential and commercial parking permits in the limited tra...
Strike affects local, regional and national public transport
Commuters in Rome face 24 hours of disruption to city, regional and national public transport on Friday 30 May.
The strikes have been called by various t...
Marino's comments follow call for decriminalising cannabis
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino has said he is in favour of creating red-light districts for prostitution in the capital, however he said that “unfortu...
Several major international writers in festival line-up
This year the Festival of Literature moves to Piazza del Campidoglio from its previous location at the Basilica of Massenzio in the Roman Forum, and takes place...
Rome artisans involved in Cortili Aperti for first time
The Lazio branch of the association of historic houses, Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane (ADSI), provides a unique opportunity to visit the courtyards...
Marino calls for reform of drug laws
The mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, advocated the decriminalising of marijuana while speaking at the eighth annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Poli...
Main areas affected include Ostiense and S. Paolo
A Roman postman faces criminal charges after being found in possession of almost 4,000 undelivered letters and packages, some of which date back to 2012.
The disco...
European Parliament and many Italian municipalities
Next Sunday, 25 May, will be election day in Italy for 73 candidates for a seat in the European Parliament, but also for mayors and town councillors in over 4,000 mu...
Prestigious show combines equestrian events with high society
The 82nd edition of the annual Piazza di Siena horse show-jumping competition takes place in Villa Borghese from 22-25 May. This year the event has been d...
A memorial in celebration of the life of Professor James Walston will be held at the American University of Rome on Thursday 22 May at 11.00.
The memorial is open to the public, and all are welcome to share their memo...
Record attendance at this year's tournament Serbian Novak Djokovic and American Serena Williams were the respective winners in the male and female finals of the 71st edition of the Rome Masters tennis tournament on 18 M...
Monument open to limited numbers
The Colosseum will be open for the Night of Museums on Saturday 17 May but only to a limited number of visitors, following a last-minute agreement between Rome culture authorities and...
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