The stations between Saxa Rubra and Montebello on the Rome to Civita Castellana-Viterbo route are closed from 4 July until 3 September. The two-month programme of works is part of the upgrading of the Roma to Viterbo lin...
Rome is in shock after the recent shooting in the central Prati district of the city where a 33-year old Roman, Flavio Simmi, was riddled with ten bullets in front of his partner. The victim leaves two small children. Th...
Once again, prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is going to have a very difficult summer. For 17 years it has been unwise (and incorrect) to write him off, but now the wind really does seem to have turned. On other occasion...
A remote cork oak forest south of Rome has been undisturbed for centuries.
The little-known S. Vito cork oak forest of Monte S. Biagio, bordering the Monte Aurunci Park, is a treasure of nature that has been preserved...
Commuters in Rome's suburbs are facing a public transport strike on Friday 8 July from 8.30 to 16.30. The protest, organised by trade unions FILT-CGIL, CISL-Fit, Uiltrasporti, UGL Transport, is expected to affect six sub...
Bargain hunters besieged luxury shops in the historic centre of Rome when the summer sales opened on Saturday 2 July. Shoppers, many of them foreign tourists, were hunting for discounts of up to 50 per cent on quality it...
Rome launches a campaign on 1 July to help elderly people to avoid the worst effects of the summer heat. The plan includes the provision of bicycle-ambulances operated by Red Cross volunteers in the city
Civic museums in Rome are open every Saturday night from 25 June to 3 September from 20.00 until midnight.
Special events take place in most of the museums during the late openings, meaning that visitors can combine...
Against a backdrop of discrimination and forced re-housing, the Roma community plays an important role in recycling in Rome Rudi Salkanovic is one of Rome
A teenage Sofia Loren doing her first screen test, the dazzling costumes worn by Elizabeth Taylor as the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, a 19th-century Broadway in a New York before skyscrapers
The American cable network HBO, in conjunction with British broadcaster BBC2, is planning to produce a mini-series based on Robert Graves' "I, Claudius" novels, after recently acquiring the filming rights.
In 1976 th...
Rome, in collaboration with Bucharest, is hosting an event in Piazza Campidoglio on 15 June to highlight the cultural contribution of Romania.
Entitled "Romani Rumeni", the initiative is designed to strengthen cultur...
A cricket tournament is in full swing in the Caffarella Park on the Via Appia. Taking place every Sunday from April until the middle of July, most of members of the ten participating teams come from south Asian countries...
The celebrated conductor of opera and classical music Riccardo Muti has refused honourary citizenship offered to him by the city of Rome.
After a protracted process, the 35-member city assembly unanimously agreed to...
Italian voters have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the four referendums. Not only did the turnout reach 57 per cent of the electorate, well over the necessary quorum of 50 per cent plus one vote, but the votes in favo...
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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