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Rome movie crowned best foreign language film at Hollywood ceremony
Paolo Sorrentino's La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) won an Oscar for best foreign language film at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Ang...
The eviction of the Bar della Pace from its historic location just behind Piazza Navona is one step nearer after the latest court sentence in favour of the landlord, the German church nearby.
The family that has run t...
Renzi promises funds but criticises Marino's "tone"
A spat has developed between Italy's newly sworn-in premier Matteo Renzi and the mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino over special funding for the capital.
The mayor clai...
Mercedes car sharing may launch in March
Rome will welcome the Smart car-sharing scheme Car2go in March, following its success in Milan where it was launched last summer.
The Mercedes-Daimler subsidiary is set to b...
Renaissance frescoes to be restored in €1 million scheme
A year-long €1 million restoration of the Farnese Gallery at Rome's Palazzo Farnese, home of the French embassy to Italy, will begin in March.
The...
Rome's carnival season is in full swing
Rome is holding many events to celebrate the traditional carnival season which began this year on 22 February and ends on 4 March.
Piazza del Popolo, Piazza di Spagna and Pia...
Australia's Cardinal Pell to head central Vatican office Pope Francis has announced the establishment of a powerful new department to oversee the Vatican's economic and administrative affairs.
The new Secretariat for...
Third weekend of Six Nations saw an influx of Scots to RomeThe third installment of the annual Six Nations rugby tournament began on the night of Friday 21 February when Wales beat France in a convincing 27-6 defeat in C...
Austerity measures in response to expected budget deficitThe Vatican has announced an immediate hiring freeze and a suspension of salary increases and overtime as part of cost-cutting measures to offset a bleak economic...
Painter and feminist was leading avant-garde figure in RomeThe Italian abstract artist Carla Accardi, who achieved fame in the post-war years, died in Rome on 23 February, aged 89.
Originally from Trapani in Sic...
Investigators try to piece together student's final hours
A police investigation is underway into the death of John Durkin, a 21-year-old American student who died in a railway tunnel in Rome in the early hours of 20...
A 21-year-old American student who went missing in Rome on the night of 19 February has been found dead inside a railway tunnel between S. Pietro and Trastevere, after apparently being hit by a train.
John Durkin was...
John Durkin last seen in Campo de' Fiori
A 21-year-old American student went missing in Rome on the night between 19 and 20 February.
John Durkin is a student of Bates College in Maine but is enrolled in a study-ab...
Third anti-smog Sunday in Rome this year Traffic in Rome has been banned within the fascia verde (green belt) on Sunday 23 February from 07.30 to 12.30, and from 16.30 to 19.00. The ban was originally scheduled un...
Italy bows to foreign and domestic protests
After a week of rumours and uncertainty the controversial 20 per cent withholding tax on all income transferred from abroad into personal bank accounts in Italy has been sus...
16 cardinals under the age of 80 become cardinal electors
Pope Francis will create 19 new cardinals at the Vatican on 22 February, the Feast of the Chair of Peter, following a two-day consistory reflecting on t...
Renzi to prepare his list of ministers
Matteo Renzi is now confident that he can form a government and will present his list of ministers to Italy’s president, Giorgio Napolitano, on Saturday before presenting h...
Over 13,000 runners expected in annual sporting event
The 40th Rome-Ostia half marathon takes place at 09.15 on Sunday 2 March. This year more than 13,000 runners are expected to take part in the 21-km marathon whic...
British war veteran and campaigner honoured by Queen
Harry Shindler, a veteran of the Battle of Anzio and the liberation of Rome in world war two, will be presented with the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Emp...
Pink Floyd musician attends commemorations for his father
Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters was made an honorary citizen of Anzio on 18 February on the 70th anniversary of the death of his father, Lt Eric Fletch...
PD leader set to become Italy's youngest premier
Matteo Renzi has been asked by Italian president Giorgio Napolitano to form a new government following a meeting at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on 17 February.
Renzi...
Matteo Renzi pushes for nomination to form a new government
Italian premier Enrico Letta resigned at 14.00 on Friday 14 February after tendering his resignation to Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano.
Letta announ...
Liz Knight from Rome...If You Want To highlights the top ten places in Rome to kiss your lover this Valentine's Day.
Happy Valentine’s Day, friends all over the world! Last year, I wrote about the very Ital...
Müller remains at the helm for third year The ninth edition of the Rome Film Festival will take place from 16-25 October this year, reverting to its original October slot from November, where it has been for the la...
Prisoners escape from Rebibbia jail
Two prisoners escaped from Rebibbia prison in north-east Rome just before midnight on 11 February.A manhunt is underway for the two inmates who sawed through the bars of their third...
Drivers swap coins for payment by smartphone
Payment for parking in Rome's striscia blu (blue) parking zones can be made via smartphone from 12 February.
The "atac.sosta" service allows drivers to make an electron...
Passport applications for Britons resident overseas must now be made online British residents living in Italy must now make their passport applications online via the GOV.UK website, as part of a worldwide change to the...
Recent bad weather continues to cause problems for Rome's commuters
Sections of a number of major roads in north-west Rome are closed, including Via Trionfale which is closed in both directions between Via Carlo Evang...
AS Roma captain glorified in home neighbourhood
A giant mural of AS Roma captain Francesco Totti has appeared on the façade of the footballer's old school in the city's Porta Metronia district.
The mura...
The second weekend of the annual Six Nations rugby tournament saw resounding victories in all three matches
On 8 February Ireland hammered Wales 26-3 in Dublin, followed by England's unequivocal 20-0 victory over Scot...
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