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Exploro.it, a multimedia application for smartphones which provides information and services, has been launched in Rome. Comprising a system of touchscreen icons, in addition to directing users to the nearest train stati...
Rome commemorates the 67th anniversay of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre on 24 March, in which 335 people were killed by the then occupying nazi forces on 24 March 1944. The mass killing was in retaliaton to a partisan atta...
Two iconic trains are being moved by night through the streets of Rome from the Smistamento railway station in the north of the city to the Gallery of Modern Art near Villa Borghese, where they are to feature in a forthc...
The AS Roma football club will probably change owner on 28 March according to Rome
Centuries of historical archive material at Rome
Security has been increased at the embassies whose countries are currently involved in military action against Libya: the US embassy on Via Veneto, the British embassy on Via XX Settembre and the French embassy in Piazza...
A museum dedicated to the Roman Republic and the memory of Giuseppe Garibaldi has re-opened at the Porta S. Pancrazio on the Janiculum hill. The building was inaugurated by president of the Italian republic Giorgio Napol...
Rome's first theme park dedicated to magic is opening soon, south of the city in Valmontone. The 600,000 sqm park, known as Rainbow Magicland, contains 35 attractions, some of which have never been seen in Europe, such a...
On the night between 16 and 17 March Rome's museums and shops stay open late to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy. Reminiscent of the Notte Bianca from former mayor Walter Veltroni's administrat...
The 17th Rome Marathon takes place on Sunday 20 March at 09.00 on Via dei Fori Imperiali. This year's record turn-out sees 16,188 athletes from 84 nations competing in the 42 km marathon: 9,147 Italian and 7,041 foreign...
37 of Rome's bus routes will be diverted on the morning of 17 March, a public holiday, due to state celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.
At 09.00 the president of the republic, Giorgio...
On 17 March 1861, the new kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in Turin. It was the culmination of almost 50 years of struggles, some political, some revolutionary and some open war. Tomorrow
At midday on 17 March, 150 shots will be fired from the cannon on the Janiculum hill. In what is sure to be the loudest celebration of Rome's festivities in honour of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, th...
A fund to assist the victims of the earthquakes and tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March has been launched by the city of Rome. Titled "Corraggio Giappone" (Have courage, Japan) the money raised is designated for procur...
Veteran movie director Woody Allen has announced that Rome will be the backdrop for his next project. Currently untitled and at screenplay stage, Allen is remaining tight-lipped about the film's storyline or cast, althou...
As part of the celebrations of the fourth centenary of the death of Caravaggio, an exhibition of the artist's paintings from the chapel of Rome
A public transport strike scheduled for Friday 11 March has been called off by four of the eight unions involved in the dispute. Most public transport services in the city will therefore be running normally. However subu...
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, Rome
The Vatican Museums have introduced new multi-sensory tours for the sight- and hearing-impaired. The tours take place two days a week for a maximum of eight people and include visits to the Raphael Rooms, the Sistine Cha...
In May Ireland's low-cost airline Ryanair will launch five new routes from Rome's Ciampino airport: Memmingen in Germany, Riga in Latvia, Tampere in Finland, Thessaloniki in Greece and Vilnius in Lithuania. The new route...
On which side are you in the great 17 March controversy? Will you be observing the newly declared public holiday or will you be at work as usual?
For people with Irish roots there is no controversy. 17 March is quite si...
Recently released figures from Japan’s ministry of foreign affairs reveal that 2,234 Japanese people live in Rome. While this number may be miniscule, Rome’s Japanese community contributes actively to the cit...
As almost everyone knows, Rome is headquarters for the monolithic UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), but Italy also hosts several smaller intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) that address other issues of world...
A retaining wall outside the entrance to the early Christian Basilica of S. Balbina Vergina on the Aventine hill has collapsed. The subsidence comes about three weeks after another three-metre stretch of the same wall co...
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