At 08.00 on Sunday 16 October, Piazza Repubblica was quiet. Gone were the crowds that swelled around Mario Rutelli's Fountain of the Naiads as they began their protest at 14.30 the day before.
On Via Nazionale there...
The sixth edition of the annual Run for Food event to highlight World Food Day takes place in Rome on Sunday 16 October, with the theme "Food prices - from crisis to stability."
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Protests scheduled for Rome on Saturday 15 October leave Piazza della Repubblica at 14.00 and go in the direction of Piazza Porta di S. Giovanni, where they are expected to finish at 21.00. There will be 39 bus routes af...
A public transport strike affecting Rome's suburbs has been scheduled for Friday 14 October from 11.30-15.30.
The four-hour strike has been called by workers at Roma Tpl, which operates 75 suburban bus routes.
For...
Protests around the centre of Rome, leading up to a large demonstration on Saturday 15 October, are stretching the capacity of the security forces in the capital.
On Tuesday 11 October the Biblioteca Nazionale was cl...
There have been 139 accidents in Rome involving minicars from January to September this year. That figure corresponds almost exactly with the number of minicar accidents recorded in the capital during the same period las...
As from 11.00 on 10 October 2011, many owners of BlackBerry throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East reported not being able to use the messaging system BBM and having difficulty sending emails and surfing the Web....
Rome's taxis are expensive and the taxi drivers are aggressive, do not respect speed limits, break the traffic lights and take long detours off the requested route. This is according to the EuroTEST report undertaken by...
The widely-anticipated 3D film The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn is to be screened at the upcoming Rome International Film Festival in the presence of the British actor who played Tintin
From Monday 10 October, commuter trains on the Tivoli-Rome line (Fr2) will return to Tiburtina, where two new platforms are ready to be opened.
Since the mysterious fire which gutted part of the new station on 24 July...
It is now forbidden to sit on the large flower pots outside Palazzo Grazioli, the Roman residence of the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Situated on Via del Plebiscito, just off Piazza Venezia, the flower pots had...
The Keats-Shelley Memorial House is in the process of selecting a new curator to replace Catherine Payling, who left Rome at the end of July on her marriage in June to Duncan Wu, one of the foremost scholars of the Roman...
Piazza S. Silvestro has never been a place to linger long, perhaps just long enough to jump on a bus or post a letter. It is difficult to think of any other square in the historic centre with so few attractions. Most gui...
Bouncing over the bumps and dips between the narrow rows of vines in a 2,000 year-old vineyard, perched on a futuristic ecologically-powered vehicle, is a thrilling and unique experience to be had only at the Monte Vibia...
As the debate rages on about the merits and demerits of the Knox-Sollecito verdict in the Perugia murder case of Meredith Kercher the United States and British embassies in Rome are coping with both the overwhelming infl...
As the debate rages on about the merits and demerits of the Knox-Sollecito verdict in the Perugia murder case of Meredith Kercher the United States and British embassies in Rome are coping with both the overwhelming infl...
A large digital clock has been installed at the building site above the underground car park in Piazza Cavour, with its electronic display showing the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the project
On-site restoration work on the statue of Blessed John Paul II in Piazza Cinquecento is taking place on 3 October after it was vandalised on 1 October. The statue, the work of master sculptor Oliviero Rainaldi and situat...
The American University of Rome (AUR) has announced the appointment of British archaeologist Dr Richard Andrew Hodges as president of the university. On 1 July 2012 Hodges will succeed acting AUR president Dr Andrew Thom...
Rome's anti-alcohol measures have been extended until 16 December, after the current ban expires on 30 September.
The order prohibits the take-away sale of alcohol from bars and clubs from 23.00 until close of busines...
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