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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...
Top international athletes come to Rome
The 34th edition of the Golden Gala, Italy's annual track and field event, begins in Rome's Olympic Stadium on 5 June. As usual the sporting event is a who's who from the worl...
Annual Mille Miglia race includes 450 vintage cars
A fleet of vintage cars arrives in Rome on the night of 16 May, as part of the Mille Miglia race between Brescia and the capital.
One of the world’s oldest...
But Colosseum to remain closed
The nationwide Notte dei Musei returns on Saturday 17 May, involving the opening of museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological sites in Rome and throughout Italy, from 20.00 until...
Commuters greeted with lively murals
The Spagna metro station in Rome has become a free art gallery for commuters, thanks to the efforts of six street artists from France.
The corridors of the station most frequent...
Italy has no museums in top 10 list
The Vatican Museums have come fifth in the list of the world's most-visited art museums in 2013, according to the annual attendance-based survey by The Art Newspaper.
An increase...
Great Britian in Rome. Prince Harry to attend event at MAXXI
Rome's Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo MAXXI is holding a day-long event dedicated to British culture on 18 May. Entitled Great Britain in Rome,...
Beefed-up security around Olympic Stadium
The upcoming match between AS Roma and newly-crowned Serie A champions Juventus has been brought forward by three hours on Sunday 11 May over security concerns.
The match,...
Wanted in Rome's guide to Mother's Day
Ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday 11 May, Wanted in Rome offers ten suggestions of how to celebrate the occasion in and around Rome. Note that while Mother's Day is celebrated in...
World's top tennis players come to Rome
The 71st edition of the Rome Master tennis tournament, known officially as the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, takes place in Rome's Foro Italico from 11-18 May and features the w...
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