Rome's 060606 helpline is set to close on 22 June according to former city culture councillor Silvio Di Francia who informed La Repubblica newspaper that the switchboard's contract with its management company Almaviva en...
The Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome’s Flaminio district celebrates a decade of cultural activity with a special day of free concerts and events on Sunday 9 June.
The party is being organised by the Accadem...
To celebrate the opening of his new boutique on Via Condotti, legendary Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani is throwing a "One Night Only Roma" party on Wednesday 5 June in the Palazzo della Civiltà in Rome's...
The first scholarship in memory of the murdered English student Meredith Kercher is to be officially announced in Perugia on Tuesday 4 June in a ceremony with the city’s mayor, Meredith’s sister Stephanie, an...
A nationwide 24-hour strike by local public transport providers has been scheduled for Monday 3 June.
The action involves the capital's bus, metro, trams and light-rail service Roma-Lido, Termini-Giardinetti and...
Whether you want to realise the dream of buying a home in the Italian countryside, make a property investment, or find an accommodation solution while living or working in Italy, buying a property need not be daunting if...
The 67th Festa della Repubblica celebrations to mark Italy’s national day take place in Rome on Sunday 2 June, in commemoration of the day in 1946 when Italians voted in favour of a republic and against the monarch...
The gardens of the Quirinale, the residence Italy's president, are open to the public free of charge from 15.00-19.00 to celebrate the Festa della Repubblica on 2 June. However archaeological sites around the Colosseum a...
The British embassy in Rome has asked Wanted in Rome to publish the following announcement about changes to the passport services for British nationals living overseas:
The British Government is making important chang...
Rome's Ponte della Musica bridge near the Auditorium is to be dedicated to the prolific Roman composer and pianist Armando Trovajoli who died aged 95 in February.
The ceremony takes place at 17.00 on Thursday 30 May a...
Security on the streets of Rome has become the prime focus for both contenders in the upcoming mayoral runoff on 9-10 June, following three separate murders in the greater Rome area within 12 hours of each other on 28 Ma...
11 June-3 July. Rome book enthusiasts breathed a sigh of relief at the long-waited announcement that the yearly Rome Literature Festival has received the necessary approval and funding. Therefore the 12th edition of the...
The city's mayoral elections will go to a run-off on 9-10 June between incumbent mayor and centre-right candidate Gianni Alemanno and his centre-left challenger Ignazio Marino, after neither obtained more than the 50 per...
Lazio beat arch rivals AS Roma 1-0 in the Coppa Italia final on Sunday 26 May, guaranteeing the club a place in the Europa League next year. Both sides missed numerous opportunities to score throughout the match, except...
An abandoned stolen car containing four sacks of unprocessed mail was discovered in the early hours of Monday 27 May on Corso Italia, according to reports in La Repubblica.
Police found over 1,000 letters after search...
The Lazio branch of the association of historic houses, Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane (ADSI), provides a unique opportunity to visit the courtyards of some of Rome’s most important historic homes on Saturda...
Anti-gay graffiti has appeared outside Rome's Circolo di Cultura Omosessuale Mario Mieli, directed at Rossana Praitano, the centre’s former president and independent city councillor candidate backed by the Partito...
Archbishop David Moxon has become the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Holy See and director of the Anglican Centre in Rome, following the retirement in mid-April of the centre’s former direct...
As Rome's municipal election campaign steps up a gear, the top four of the 19 candidates running for mayor are preparing to hold high-profile rallies in the capital on 24 May, ahead of the vote on 26-27 May.
The main...
A man is still perched on St Peter's dome after spending the night of 20 May on a ledge above a window near the top of the 138-m cupola.
Marcello Di Finizio, who is protesting against Italy's economic crisis, is a Tri...
Spain's Rafael Nadal beat Swiss rival Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3 to secure his seventh title in nine years at the final of the 70th Rome Masters on 19 May.
Nadal began the event seeded in fifth place after he lost ranking...
It promises to be another venerdì nero for Rome's commuters on Friday 24 May.
A scheduled 24-hour public transport strike will affect the capital's bus, tram, metro and the Rome-Lido, Termini-Giardinetti and Ro...
As the summer nears, there is good news for beach lovers in Lazio.
The region has retained its five “blue flag” beaches from last year, with Anzio, Circeo, Sabaudia, Sperlonga and the Cala Nave beach...
The second stage of the Italy/Switzerland Gaelic Football league takes place on 18 May at the Rugby Roma pitch, the training grounds of the Rome Gaelic Football Club which was established last year to play Ireland&...
A diamond solar plant has been unveiled by national electricity supplier ENEL on Via Antonio Gramsci in Rome's Valle Giuila area.
The "Diamante" photovoltaic power plant converts solar energy into clean electricity, a...
Tourist cruises along the Tiber have been suspended indefinitely by the management company Roma Barche due to the polluted condition of the capital's river.
Tour operator Mauro Pica Villa of Roma Barche told French ne...
The 81st edition of the annual Piazza di Siena horse show-jumping competition takes place in Villa Borghese from 23-26 May.
Known as the Concorso Ippico Internazionale, the prestigious horse show combines equestrian e...
Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona has been on the receiving end of two separate acts of anti-social behaviour over the weekend, leading to an appeal by residents for greater protection of the baroque...
The street performer who dressed as Blessed John Paul II and posed for tourists on Via dei Fori Imperiali was detained by police on 10 May on charges of “usurpation of title”.
The Slovakian, who bears a st...
Museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological sites in Rome and throughout Italy open free of charge on the night of Saturday 18 May from 20.00 until 02.00, with last admission at 01.00.
Rome’s fifth consecut...
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