Appeals court upholds convictions of Lee Elder Finnegan and Gabriele Natale-Hjorth.
Two American men convicted of the 2019 killing of an Italian police officer in Rome had their sentences reduced significantly by an app...
ITA Airways cancels 24 flights due to strike.
Air travellers in Italy face disruption to flights on Friday 5 July due to strikes by ground staff at several airports in a dispute over pay.
Staff will stage walk outs f...
Strike called after workplace death of Rome public transport worker.
Rome commuters face an eight-hour public transport strike on Thursday 4 July, from 08.30 until 16.30, affecting buses, subways, trams and light-rail s...
Works in Rome piazza are well underway.
Rome is set to partly reopen Piazza Augusto Imperatore, the public square around the ancient Mausoleum of Augustus, by the end of this year, the city's mayor said on Tuesday.
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Substitute buses serving Metro A route.
Rome closed the Metro A line between Termini and Battistini due to a "lack of electricity" at rush hour on Wednesday morning, the city said, with extra buses serving the busy subw...
Trial project set to help homeless people overcome barriers to access healthcare.
A bill that extends public healthcare to homeless people in Italy was passed unanimously by the chamber of deputies on 25 June and now mo...
Rome's summer sales start on 6 July 2024.
Summer sales in Rome and the Lazio region begin officially on Saturday 6 July with discounted clothes, shoes and accessories on offer for the following six weeks.
Italy's sum...
Strike to affect Trenitalia, Italo and Trenord services.
Italy faces a national 24-hour rail strike this weekend, from 21.00 on Saturday 6 July until 21.00 on Sunday 7 July, affecting train services across the country....
Quo Vadis? returns to Rome this summer.
Rome's Parco archeologico del Colosseo in collaboration with Italy's national film archive will stage a free film festival at the Temple of Venus and Roma from 8 to 17 July.
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Young people can explore Lazio for free by bus and rail.
The Lazio region around Rome is offering its residents aged 14 to 29 the chance to travel for free on regional Cotral buses and Trenitalia trains this summer....
Rome celebrates Santi Pietro e Paolo on 29 June.
Rome will light up the sky with a spectacular fireworks display on the night of Saturday 29 June to mark a holiday in honour of the city's patron saints Peter and Paul....
Fratelli d'Italia rattled by bombshell Fanpage report.
Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni has finally addressed the scandal involving her party's youth wing after some of its members were secretly filmed making racist and a...
Rome marks Festa di SS. Pietro e Paolo on 29 June.
Rome celebrates its patron saints Peter and Paul with a public holiday in the Italian capital on Saturday 29 June, leading to the closure of many shops and offices in t...
Rome temperatures to hit 35 degrees on Saturday.
Italy's health ministry has issued an orange alert heat warning for 17 cities including Rome on Saturday 29 June as a new heatwave sweeps the country.
Weather forecast...
Campaign hits out at "cowards" who abandon their pets.
Rome has launched its annual awareness campaign urging the capital’s residents not to leave their pets behind as they set off on their summer holidays.
The "Enou...
City to upgrade toilets for Jubilee Year 2025.
Rome has unveiled plans to renovate more than 100 public toilets, many of which are in a poor state or closed, tackling a problem faced by tourists and residents for years....
Maximum dog weight on flights rises by 2 kg.
There is good news for people who wish to travel with their dogs in Italy as ITA Airways raises its weight limit for pets from 8 kg to 10 kg on domestic flights.
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Tiberis beach to stay open until 15 October.
Rome's artificial beach on the banks of the river Tiber is to be transformed into a permanent park at the end of this summer season, the city's mayor said on Tuesday.
Spea...
Rome triples the number of bins on city streets.
Rome has started the process of installing 18,000 new rubbish bins, tripling the total number on streets around the capital, in time for the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025....
Activists stage protest at Rome landmark.
Rome's Spanish Steps were sealed off on Wednesday following a protest by feminist activists who threw red paint over the 18th-century landmark in the city's historic centre....
Funaro defeats former Uffizi director Schmidt.
The Italian city of Florence on Monday elected Sara Funaro as its first woman mayor in a decisive win for the centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) councillor.
Funaro won...
A local's guide to the best events and things to do in Rome in July.
July in Rome sees the city's outdoor festivals in full swing, with a packed programme of opera, cinema and concerts under the stars, before things qui...
Last of Churchill's Few meets daughter of Italian girl who risked her life to save him.
The last surviving RAF fighter pilot from the Battle of Britain has met the daughter of an Italian girl who saved his life in north...
Outcry in Italy over death of Satnam Singh.
The Italian government is to step up measures to combat gangmasters and the exploitation of migrant workers, the labour minister Marina Calderone said on Saturday.
Pledging...
Sangiuliano was speaking at book festival in Sicily.
Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano came under fire on Sunday over a gaffe involving the explorer Christopher Colombus and the scientist and astronomer Galil...
Gladiator star to stage concert at Temple of Venus and Roma in the shadow of the Colosseum.
Russell Crowe will perform with his band The Gentlemen Barbers at the Temple of Venus and Roma, in the Roman Forum opposite the...
For four decades the Orlandi family has sought answers to one of Italy's greatest mysteries.
Italy marks 41 years since the 15-year-old schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi disappeared while returning to her family home in Vatic...
Rome hosts music festival overlooking Colosseum.
A music festival offers open-air jazz and blues concerts with panoramic views of the Colosseum by night this summer, from 21 June until 22 September 2024.
The Live @...
Rome taxis make news headlines again for the wrong reasons.
Most people living or passing through Rome will be familiar with the difficulty in getting a taxi, particularly during the recent surge of tourists visiting th...
Robbery took place during Italy-Spain match.
Italian football legend Roberto Baggio and his family were victims of a violent robbery on Thursday night while they were watching the Italy-Spain Euro 2024 match.
An arme...
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