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...
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...
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...
15 per cent of the 6,000 micro-cars registered each year in Italy are sold in Rome. According to figures from ANCMA, Italy's union for manufacturers of two-three wheeled vehicles and associated accessories, the micro-car...
Italy's ministry of agriculture has issued emergency measures to combat the rapid spread of the red palm weevil, which is responsible for the destruction of thousands of palm trees in Rome, the surrounding region Lazio,...
Rome has launched a design competition for a map that will become the official reference-point for tourists during their stay. The map should pay particular attention to the city's monuments and green areas, and feature...
Italian architect Renzo Piano is behind a plan for a 55,000 sqm green zone in the Flaminio-Parioli area of north Rome between Parco della Musica Auditorium, designed by Piano, and the national museum for 21st-century art...
19 Feb. From 15.00 to 20.00. Buses will be diverted along the route from Piazza Vittorio to Piazza Madonna di Loreto close to Piazza Venezia because of a demonstration by
The Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Rome's John Cabot University has announced Charles Wright as the poet in residence and Dorothy Allison as the novelist in residence for the 2011 summer sessi...
John Cabot University, an accredited American university in Rome, seeks an enthusiastic and well-prepared candidate to join a dynamic team in the role of Digital Marketing and Comm...
John Cabot University, a regionally accredited American liberal arts university in Rome, Italy, is currently looking for a full-time Program Coordinator for the N.U.in Italy Progra...
John Cabot University (JCU), a regionally accredited American university in Rome, is seeking a dedicated and dynamic individual to join our Career Services Center as a Career Servi...
St Georgeʼs British International School is seeking an experienced Teacher of French to work in the Senior School as a maternity cover starting in September 2025. The ability to te...