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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...
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...
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