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A 24-hour public transport strike is scheduled to take place in Rome on Friday 8 February, leading to yet another venerdì nero for the capital's commuters.
Although the capital's public transport is guaranteed...
An English rugby player resident in Rome was killed in a traffic accident in the Italian capital around midnight on Sunday 27 January.
Brendan Lynch, aged 26, was travelling on his scooter when he was struck by a vehi...
James Walston reminds readers of his blog that the history of Italy's 1938 Racial Laws and the fascist regime is still distorted today for political ends and that to do so, as Silvio Berlusconi did on the Day of Memory,...
The Italian fashion house Fendi has announced that it will provide €2.5 million for the restoration of the Quattro Fontane fountains at the intersection of Via del Quirinale and Via XX Settembre, as well as Fontana...
On the occasion of the 13th International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday 27 January, numerous memorial events are being held in Rome, many of them aimed at school children.
Established in 2000 by the European par...
New rules have been issued governing the appearance and decorum of Rome's municipal police, according to a report in Rome daily newspaper Il Messaggero.
The rules state that all serving vigili must avoid dressing slop...
Rome's Casa del Cinema exceeded its projected turnover of €250,000 in 2012 according to city culture commissioner Dino Gasperini. The past year was a particularly busy one for the state-of-the-art cinema facility wh...
Rome’s city assembly has approved a decision to rename part of Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano after Blessed John Paull II. The area in front of the diocese of Rome’s vicariate buildings, alongside Basilica S....
St Paul's Within the Walls, the American Episcopal Church of Rome, celebrates its 140th anniversary on Friday 25 January, on the festival of the conversion of St Paul. On the same day in 1873 the cornerstone of the churc...
Italian-American popstar Madonna has announced plans to open a new luxury Hard Candy Fitness centre in the Colosseum area of Rome this spring.
The 1,200-sqm centre will be part of Madonna’s Hard Candy global cha...
Fashion house Fendi is to fund the €2.5m restoration of Rome’s Trevi Fountain which suffered structural damage in summer 2012.
The sponsorship deal, agreed between Fendi and Rome heritage authorities, is sc...
A number of 24-hour public transport strikes have been scheduled to take place in Rome on Friday 25 January, leading to yet another venerdì nero for the capital's commuters.
The two main strike actions have bee...
The famous Fuksas Cloud, Rome’s new congress centre, is now taking shape in EUR.
Nick-named The Cloud because of the nebulous shape inside the building, the innovative structure is made of fibre glass and silico...
A decision on restoration work at the Colosseum has been delayed until 31 January at least, when Lazio’s regional administrative (TAR) is scheduled to rule on a dispute about the tender for part of the construction...
Queen Elizabeth II will be paying a visit to Rome for two days in March, according to royal officials in London.
Buckingham Palace said the monarch will be accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinbu...
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An unscheduled protest by employees of the duty free shops at Rome's Fiumicino airport led to some passengers missing their flights as well as delays at check-in, on Tuesday 15 January.
The workers blocked traffic fro...
Almost 10 per cent of residents in Lazio are turning off their heating in an attempt to save money, according to figures produced by the regional branches of CGIL, CISL and UIL trade unions.
Using data obtained from c...
On Thursday 17 January Italy celebrates the feast day of St Anthony Abbot, the patron saint and protector of animals. Each year an open air stable is assembled by the Italian Association of Livestock Farmers (AIA) at Pia...
The 14th edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union championship – which is contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales – kicks off on 2 February when the Irish squad travels to...
Nigeria's first resident ambassador to the Holy See, Francis Okeke, talks to Wanted in Rome about some of the reasons for his Ocountry's new mission
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While the city of Rome and the Vatican last year celebrated the 500th anniversary of Michelangelo’s completion of the Sistine Chapel frescos, a New York State resident is also celebrating Michelangelo and the appro...
The New York Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda will be showing in Rome at the Cinema Barberini on 22 January.
The Met’s Live in HD performances are transmitted i...
Rome's fleet of 80 ambulances came to a standstill for two hours during the afternoon of 9 January thanks to a shortage of hospital beds. The crisis was caused after patients were required to wait long periods in the eme...
The MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome is launching a series of promotions to attract new visitors during "a time of crisis", according to the foundation's new president Giovanna Melandri, minister of...
On 13 January it is one year since the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio. The anniversary is being marked with remembrance services around the world by the relatives of the 32 people...
James Walston explains the ins and outs of Italy's controversial electoral law, which was not amended in time for the February general elections even though all parties agreed that it was unjust and should be changed....
9 Jan. The S.S. Lazio, one of Rome’s most important football teams and sport associations, celebrates today its 113th birthday.
The society’s football team, founded in 1900 and better know as Lazio, plays...
Rome has banned the most polluting vehicles from circulating within the city's green belt (the area inside the GRA ring road) on Tuesday 8 January from 07.30 to 20.30, as part of its anti-smog measures. The ban affects t...
A giant sandwich appeared outside the Rome mayor's office in Piazza del Campidoglio on 6 January, designed to reignite the debate around the so-called "anti-panino" law that banned eating on the streets of the city's his...
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