Rome taxi cooperative Samarcanda (065551) will offer totally free wi-fi connection in all of their 350 cabs from Monday 20 February, Customers need only ask the driver for the password to connect their laptop or tablet...
Many an Italian graduate in English arrives in London only to be surrounded by deepest Cockney, prompting doubts as to whether they have arrived in the right country. Native English speakers, visiting some bar in Pigneto...
The National Etruscan museum in Rome’s Villa Giulia inaugurated four new exhibition spaces in mid-January dedicated to the ancient city of Veio, as well as opening the nearby Villa Poniatowski. Bought by the state...
Rome has been ruled out of the race to host the 2020 Olympics after a unanimous decision by the government of Italian premier Mario Monti.
Acknowledging that the decision was
Throughout 2012 the Keats-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna 26, will host regular literary readings in both English and Italian, and often in both languages at the same event.
According to Curator Giuseppe Albano,
Residents in large cities like Rome and Milan have until 29 February to submit their Census 2011 forms and avoid a heavy fine.
For residents in towns or villages with population under 150,000 the deadlines are already...
For the Six Nations rugby match between Italy and England on Saturday 11 February, there will be extra transport to and from the Stadio Olimpico between 14.30 and 23.00.
There will be added services of the 910 Termini...
The fourth edition of Carnevale Romano has been organised by Rome's city council to celebrate the traditional carnival season. Taking place from 11-21 February, the carnival brings parades, theatre, music and colour to t...
A three-day conference to launch a global initiative to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse in the Catholic Church opens at the Pontifical Gregorian University on 6 February.
Rome is not enforcing its limited traffic zones (ZTL) in the historic centre and Trastevere on 6 February to facilitate drivers making their way through icy conditions in the capital. It is obligatory for cars in circula...
Schools in Rome will stay closed also on Monday, mayor Gianni Alemanno has announced.
The prefect will make the same decision for public administration offices, but those providing essential services will remain open,...
On 7 February, the day of the anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth in 1812, the classic film Great Expectations (1946), directed by David Lean, will be shown at the Keats-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna 26 at 14.30 (11...
Vandals have attacked and stolen several statues from the gardens of Villa Medici in Rome, the seat of the French Academy, situated between the Spanish Steps and Villa Borghese.
The academy
As a busy weekend of rugby approaches, with the beginning of rugby's Six Nations tournament, Wanted in Rome publishes the fixtures below. In the first weekend, Italy take on France in Paris, England face Scotland in Edin...
Snowfall in the city of Rome is seriously affecting traffic and public transport, with long tailbacks along the Lungotevere and fewer buses circulating. Crowds are gathered at bus stops in the centre and it is almost imp...
In the city center, a few steps from Termini Station, the Policlinico, La Sapienza University and the main Ministries we propose the rental of a three-room penthouse apartment of a...
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