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The following article was sent to Wanted in Rome by one of its readers, before the current heat wave, John Manisco, who recounts his first attempt at cycling across Rome.
I irresponsibly decided to bicycle to my 87-ye...
Rome's historic clothing outlet Magazzini Allo Statuto, better known as MAS, is to close at the end of the year (for real this time), with 50 per cent off all items until 31 December.
Located on Via dello Statuto in t...
Almost 40 museums and archaeological sites across Italy will be open on the last Saturday night of every month until the end of this year, thanks to an initiative launched by Italy's culture ministry.
Beginning on Sat...
The approaching 100th birthday of former SS officer Erich Priebke – a Rome resident and one of the world’s last surviving Nazi criminals – has prompted a statement from the partisan group Associaz...
The British ambassador to Italy Christopher Prentice issued the following statement regarding the birth of a baby boy to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her husband Prince William, in London on 22 July:
“I...
From 2015 the Fendi luxury fashion house will be based in Rome's Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, the landmark building in EUR which recently hosted Giorgio Armani’s One Night Only event.
Fendi has signed...
Five monumental buildings have been unearthed at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, located 30km north-east of Rome. Archaeologists came across the complex of buildings, surrounded by large statues, in an area previously regarde...
The pace of climate change in Italy is faster than the rest of the world, according to the country's Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) in a report presented on 17 July in Rome.
Descr...
The traffic lane on Via Labicana from Via Merulana in the direction of the Colosseum is closed until 29 July in preparations for the closure of Via dei Fori Imperiali to private traffic on 30 July.
During the work to...
The Festa de' Noantri, an important annual festival, takes place in the Rome district of Trastevere until 29 July. Central to the festival, which dates back to the start of the 16th century and whose name "Noantri" (noi...
Davide Cefis, partner of the Eric Salmon headhunters firm, is the new director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Rome. This designation arrives just a few days after the one of John R. Phillips as new U.S. ambassado...
Shopkeepers in the St Peter's area of Rome are complaining of an "invasion" of illegal street vendors in the wake of mayor Ignazio Marino's pledge to tackle the problem around five key zones: the Pantheon, Colosseum, Pia...
The British embassy in Rome has issued the following press release in relation to travel insurance for Britons travelling to Italy:
Get insurance that covers all your holiday activities
Britons going on holiday thi...
The long-awaited restoration of the Colosseum is set to begin within 10 days, the mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino said on 8 July.
The €25-m project is being financed by shoe magnate Diego Della Valle, the owner of h...
Why are we changing format? We know already that some of you won’t like it because it’s a break with tradition, it’s not what you have always known and – after all – A4 was/is such a useful...
Rome's police chief Carlo Buttarelli resigned on Sunday 7 July, following a resignation letter sent the same day to the the city's mayor Ignazio Marino.
In the letter Buttarelli cited "personal reasons" for his decisi...
The plan to ban private traffic from the stretch of Via dei Fori Imperiali near the Colosseum has "accelerated" according to Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino who presented the draft proposal to Italy's culture minister Massim...
Rome's historic Bar della Pace near Piazza Navona is at risk of closure over difficulties relating to the renewal of its lease.
In recent days residents, tourists and representatives from citizens' associations...
Roman taxi drivers have been voted the rudest in the world by a survey of British holidaymakers. The survey, taken by UK company Airport Transfers, was based on responses from 2,162 British holidaymakers who had taken an...
Pope John Paul II may be canonised by the end of this year after a second miracle attributed to him was approved by the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 2 July. Pending the signature of Pope Francis, th...
Swedish low-cost clothing store H&M is to take the place of Benetton's flagship store on Via Tomacelli in central Rome, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Benetton, an Italian clothing brand with a g...
An online restaurant reservation service has launched in Rome, allowing users to make direct restaurant bookings for free. The company, restOpolis, is already well-established in Milan and is currently expanding its netw...
Employees of regional bus company Cotral are holding an eight-hour strike on Monday 8 July from 08.30 until 16.30.
The strike action has been called by the trade unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti and Ugltraspor...
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino has requested "clarity" from the city's police prefect after a woman was seriously injured during a right-to-housing demonstration near the Campidoglio on the afternoon of 1 July.
M...
More than 80 trees are scheduled to be cut down in the centre of Rome at 09.30 on Monday 1 July as part of construction works for the Metro C project, according to Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
The 84 trees facing...
Rome's public buses and trams will follow a reduced summer timetable from 1 July until 2 September, when the city's schools reopen.
The move is to facilitate the summer holidays of employees of Rome bus company ATAC a...
Summer sales in Rome and across Italy begin on Saturday 6 July with discounted prices on offer until 31 August.
Shoppers can look forward to initial discounts of up to 50 per cent from the original price, according to...
Rome bus company ATAC is on the verge of bankruptcy according to a confidential letter sent by its chief Roberto Diacetti to mayor Ignazio Marino, reports Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Diacetti said the company...
Italian police have arrested a senior prelate in charge of Vatican accounts, an Italian secret service agent and a financial broker, in connection with an investigation into allegations of corruption at the Vatican Bank,...
On Saturday 29 June Rome celebrates its patron saints Peter and Paul with a public holiday in the capital. All public offices will be shut as will some shops while supermarkets may close at lunchtime.
There are liturg...
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