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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...
Tour operators unhappy with controversial increases
Hotel tax in Rome has doubled from 1 September following measures approved by city authorities at the end of July.
The price hike means that tourists staying at...
Reforms include several major Rome sites
Italy is changing the way its 20 most important museums and heritage sites are managed, according to radical reforms announced by the country's culture minister Dario Francesch...
US couple accept invitation for return visit
An American couple attacked at the Spanish Steps in early August has accepted an invitation to return to Rome by the city's tourism councillor Marta Leonori.
The tourist...
Foreign students should be careful when they drink too much in Rome
For a young, English-speaking tourist, Rome’s flourishing nightlife offers plenty of options, from jazz bars to disco clubs. Exploring the city at ni...
Increased ticket prices at ten other Rome museums
Seven of Rome's municipal museums are now free to visitors while ticket prices have been increased at another ten museums under city management.
The free museums a...
Saturday now car-free in addition to Sunday
The second experimental phase of pedestrianisation along Rome's Via dei Fori Imperiali, which began on 28 June, will continue until 25 October and not the originally schedul...
ATAC drops paper monthly tickets for electronic pass
Rome public transport provider ATAC is launching a new rechargeable electronic pass for monthly subscriptions, replacing the original paper version.
The switch f...
Below we publish the legal advice we have received from Studio Legale Annino for anyone who is detained by the forces of law and order in Italy, as in the case of the ex-pat photographer arrested at the Colosseum on 27 J...
Measures to protect tourists from pickpockets and fake porters
Rome's Termini station is to install barriers at the beginning of platforms to allow access only to passengers with tickets. The measures are designed as...
Rome's mayor expresses solidarity with city's Jewish community
Police in Rome are investigating a spate of anti-semitic graffiti that has appeared on shopfronts and walls around the capital in recent days.
The lat...
City votes to reduce advertising billboards
Rome has passed new legislation to reduce the amount and size of billboards that can be placed around the capital by advertisers.
The maximum size for the largest signs...
Rome's new culture councillor also faces problems at Teatro Valle and Teatro Eliseo
A tentative agreement has been reached between management and unions representing the staff of Rome's Opera House, following recent s...
The article below was sent to Wanted in Rome by Amber Paulen, freelance journalist working in Rome and wife of Simon Griffee who was arrested at the Colosseum
This past Sunday, 27 July, in Rome, Italy, 36-year old pho...
Historic movie theatre destined for retail and office use but will retain small cinema
Rome's former Metropolitan cinema building at the Piazza del Popolo end of Via del Corso could be turned into a shopping mall, aft...
Decision follows Rolling Stones controversy
Rome has approved significant increases in the cost of renting public spaces in the capital's historic centre. The move follows the controversy over last month's concert b...
Successful final voyage of shipwreck
The Costa Concordia shipwreck arrived at a port at Voltri, just outside Genoa in north-west Italy, five days after being towed away from the Tuscan island of Giglio.
The stricke...
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