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A 5-km charity run will be held at Villa Pamphilj park on Sunday 12 May to promote healthier lifestyles in children and to raise funds to build the "Bimbi in Movimento" green area at the Bambino Gesù Palidoro paed...
A man dressed as Blessed John Paul II has been confounding tourists on Via dei Fori Imperiali in recent days.
The Slovakian, who bears a striking resemblance to the late Polish pontiff, wears a white cassock and...
Wanted in Rome has moved to its new office on Via di Monserrato 49.
We are now just off Piazza Farnese, another beautiful part of the centro storico.
For users of public transport we are on the 116 bus route which...
On Thursday 9 May the Grande Giro Lamborghini and its 350 supercars come to Rome as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Italian luxury sportscar.
The cars drive down Via della Conciliazione, Via del Velab...
A series of readings and conversations organised by the American Academy in Rome on 9-10 May explores the life and work of the great Latin poet
Irish Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney is the William B. Hart Poet-in-Re...
The 70th Rome Master tennis tournament, known officially as the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, takes place in Rome's Foro Italico from 11-19 May and features the world's greatest tennis stars.
The top-ranking male playe...
Four British tourists on holiday in Rome were charged €64 for four ice cream cones at Caffetteria Antica Roma on Via della Vite near the Spanish Steps, according to a report in Italian daily newspaper Corriere della...
Many expats in Rome have their favourite “overheard question” asked of the city’s tour guides. Wanted in Rome asked three Rome-based tour guides to describe the most unusual questions they have faced....
On 3 May Italian police arrested 19 Alitalia airport baggage handlers accused of stealing cash, cameras, telephones, jewels and other valuables from passengers' luggage, after a sting operation at Rome's Fiumicino intern...
The nocturnal flight pattern of seagulls in Rome has been captured in a long-exposure image by Gabriel Bouys, the head photographer at the Rome bureau of French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The spectacular...
Giulio Andreotti, who has died at the age of 94 in Rome, was one of Italy’s most well-known politicians in the second half of the 20th century. There is probably no other politician of his generation who held so ma...
There were 35 new papal Swiss Guards sworn in on the afternoon of 6 May, after they took a solemn oath of allegiance to the pope at a ceremony in the S. Damaso courtyard of the Apostolic Palace.
The colourful ce...
The Spanish Steps with the famous view of Trinità de' Monti are currently in full bloom with azalea plants. An annual tradition, this splash of colour in the historic centre is one of Rome's most photographed scen...
The limited traffic zone (ZTL) in Trastevere and S. Lorenzo is now active from Wednesday to Saturday nights from 21.30 until 03.00 the next day.
The system will not be in operation in August but from 4 September to 2...
Rome's historic villas and parks are brought to life through a series of free guided tours by the Servizio Visite Guidate, the official body in charge of giving tours of the capital's parks as well as their centuri...
The summer bus service to beaches along the coast from Ostia south to Torvaianica resumed on 1 May.
During the week the 070 Express runs from the Fermi bus station in EUR through Casalpalocco and Castel Porziano to th...
Guided tours of the Colosseum take place every Thursday and Saturday night from 2 May until 2 November.
The "Luna sul Colosseo" tour lasts 75 minutes and begins in the heart of the arena, incorporating the underground...
The Coppa Italia final between AS Roma and Lazio will go ahead as planned on Sunday 26 May, however the match will kick off at 18.00, three hours earlier than previously scheduled.
The announcement was made by Giovann...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is expected to move into his new Vatican residence on Thursday 2 May, according to Vatican spokesperson Father Federico Lombardi.
Benedict XVI has been staying at Castel Gandolfo...
The Gelato World Tour takes place in Rome's Pincio area between Villa Borghese and Piazza del Popolo, from 3-5 May.
The event, which is being held in eight cities across five continents, showcases high-quality, artisa...
On 1 May every year Italy dedicates a public holiday to its workers.
In Rome buses and trams will run from 08.30 to 13.00 and from 16.30 to 21.00, with the usual night hour services during the nights either side of th...
Rome's beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners reopened on 25 April.
The 7,000-sqm stretch of sand known as Bau beach is located near Fiumicino airport in the Maccarese area west of the city and c...
Google Transit, a new interactive resource to help commuters calculate transit times, distances, routes and connections, has been launched on Rome’s public transport network.
The free service, which is available...
An Apennine brown bear (Orso Marsicano or Ursus arctos marsicanus) was run over and killed in a road accident at the end of April on the motorway between Rome and Aquila in Abruzzo. The bear, a young male weighing about...
The extension of the tram tracks from Largo Argentina to Piazza S. Marco just off Piazza Venezia is now causing serious traffic problems in the centre of Rome.
All traffic coming down Corso Vittorio Emanuele, includin...
At almost the exact time that Italy’s new government, led by the young and untried Enrico Letta, was being sworn in at the Quirinale Palace, a man walked across the downtown square in front of the cabinet offices a...
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 68th Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from Nazi occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war two.
A public holiday across Italy, all state scho...
Many of Rome's museums, galleries and contemporary buildings to which there is normally limited public access are open free of charge over the weekend of 4-5 May.
Dedicated to Rome's varied and sometimes off-lim...
The 14th edition of Rome’s Komen Italia Race for the Cure takes place on the streets of the capital on Sunday 19 May to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer.
The annual event is divided into three categor...
James Walston examines the re-election of Giorgio Napolitano as president of Italy for a second term in office.
We also print the text of his blog below.
For a brief moment, the helterskelter is in a tr...
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