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A four-hour public transport strike is scheduled in Rome on Friday 20 July, from 08.30-12.30.
The protest involves all of Rome’s public transport services including buses, Cotral coaches, trams, A and B metro li...
During the night of 18 July a large fire destroyed the famous Number 5 theatre at the Cinecittà studios. Dense, high columns of smoke and acrid fumes invaded the whole district generating fear among local resident...
Rome's municipal modern art gallery on Via Francesco Crispi presents a new exhibition of over 100 postcard-sized paintings that celebrate the capital, from 17 July to 28 October. Entitled "100 sguardi su Roma", the show...
Rome has established a task force comprising veterinarians, police and legal services from the animal rights association Earth to save abandoned dogs and cats in the capital over the summer when owners often leave their...
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35 areas across the capital have been made available to graffiti artists, in an agreement reached between the city of Rome and its “writers”.
The pact was presented on 12 July at the Monti Tiburtini metro...
Over recent nights there have been a number of high-profile incidents on Rome's streets, some of them involving tourists and foreigners. In the early morning of 11 July a 22-year old Australian woman was found suffering...
Rome is the third most-congested city in Europe according to a report by traffic navigator TomTom, which recorded a 34 per cent congestion level on the Italian capital’s streets between January and March this year....
With temperatures predicted to soar as high as 44 degrees the weekend of 14 July, those cooling off in the sea at Ostia’s free beaches will be under the watchful eye of a team of rescue dogs. Known as the "bau-wa...
The National Association of Filmmakers (ANAC) has appealed to Italy's premier Mario Monti and president Giorgio Napolitano to help Rome's Cinecitt
On the afternoon of 9 July the south of Rome experienced a minor earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Rome. The quake struck just before 17....
Rome's Bioparco in Villa Borghese is organising three "safari nights" on 11, 18 and 25 July, allowing visitors to observe the zoo's residents by night. Zookeepers will conduct the tours using special torches whose blue...
The three heat waves – named Scipione, Caronte and Minosse – that have hit Italy over the last month have already beaten some of the heat records registered in the dreaded 2003 summer. The African anticyclo...
The national museum of Castel S. Angelo opens its doors to the public on summer evenings until 9 September, with free guided tours in Italian, English, French and Spanish. Tours include areas usually closed to the publi...
Italy's foreign affairs ministry at Palazzo della Farnesina opens its doors on Tuesday 10 July, from 10.00-15.00, when the public can view its significant art collection for free. The collection charts Italy’s pri...
The International Rome Film Festival has announced that its 2012 programme under new artistic director Marco Müller will include 60 world premieres, will put more emphasis on contemporary film and will include a new...
Rome's public transport will follow a reduced summer timetable until the city's schools reopen in September. The frequency of a good number of buses however has not been reduced, including 7 and 062 sea buses, the line...
Summer sales in Rome begin on 7 July with the capital's shops offering discounted prices until 31 August. In some outlets in the capital, shoppers can take advantage of up to 70 per cent from the original price. Howeve...
Two men dressed as centurions, who charge tourists for appearing in their photographs, were arrested on 2 July after an altercation with Rome police near the Colosseum. Police spotted the costumed men, brothers Manuel a...
Rome's public transport will be affected by a 24-hour strike action scheduled for Friday 6 July. The protests, about job security, have been called by a number of trade unions representing public transport workers in L...
There has been an increase in incidents of cobblestones and other Roman artefacts being detected in the luggage of departing tourists at the capital's Fiumicino and Ciampino airports, according to a report in Rome newspa...
29 June is the feast of Rome’s patron saints Peter and Paul and a public holiday in the capital. Shops and offices are closed for the day, with services running on a holiday schedule. There are liturgical celebrat...
The Westminster Abbey Choir will sing with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia, the Sistine Chapel Choir, in a historic ecumenical event on 29 June that will be broadcast around the world. It is the first time that the Si...
The capital is to screen the Euro 2012 Italy-Germany football game in Piazza del Popolo on 28 June at 20.45, according to the mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno. The winner of the semi-final game, being played in Poland&rsqu...
Local elections normally just give politicians a hint of what they might expect in the general election; they allow the parties to adjust their sights to whatever is next. But not this year.
More than a wake-up call f...
Art Project, an initiative run by the Google Cultural Institute, was initially launched in 2011 and in April this year the second phase of the project went live. This brought the number of partner museums to 151, the num...
As an American mother of two and Rome resident since 2010, my advice about local schools is often solicited by new and imminent arrivals as they anxiously research educational options.
While I don’t claim to be...
A 24-hour strike by Rome's public transport companies is scheduled for Friday 22 June.
Organised by the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), the protest involves all of Rome
The bridge connecting Via Ostiense in Garbatella with the Ostiense ringroad will open to traffic on Friday 22 June from 10.00.
Situated near the Garbatella underground station, the
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