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The Swiss Institute in Villa Maraini near Villa Borghese is now welcoming visitors every Monday for guided tours in Italian, English and French at 15.00 and 16.00.
Located on Via Ludovisi, the villa was built between 19...
Rome has often been described as an open-air museum but its picturesque majesty and theatricality also lend themselves to providing an excellent film set. Be it ancient Roman splendour, baroque decadence or neo-realistic...
Two days before Christmas 2009, 350 people gathered in Piazza Vittorio in the Esquilino district of Rome for a community photo. The group was diverse in nationality, age, gender, social status, religion and occupation. I...
On 1 March foreigners in Italy are organising a 24-hour strike to underline their role in the country and to protest against recent episodes of racism and discrimination. Inspired by a similar protest in France on the sa...
Travellers in Italy can expect disruptions over the next few days due to strikes or threats of strikes in various sectors.
Pilots and flight attendants working for the Italian flag carrier Alitalia are striking on 16 F...
Nine thousand signatories have added their names to a petition to bring back the bus stops on Via del Plebiscito, in front of Palazzo Grazioli, Silvio Berlusconi's Rome residence. Serving 18 buses in all (13 daytime and...
Snow covered the centre of Rome early on the morning of 12 February, the first seen in five years. By mid-morning it was settling and traffic was beginning to have difficulties, especially on the main roads into the city...
Are you in love with art? Then on 13 and 14 February you and your beloved (or just your partner) can make the most of a Beni Culturali promotion. Buy one ticket to any state museum or gallery and the two of you can get i...
The tenth National Day for Medicine Donation - Giornata Nazionale di Raccolta del Farmaco - is on Saturday 13 February, when it will be possible to donate medicines to those in need. Participating pharmacies
On 14 February Pope Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to the hostel for the destitute run by the Rome diocese branch of Caritas on Via Marsala near Termini station. The Pope is expected to arrive at 10.00 and is sc...
Industrial production in Italy in 2009 fell by 17.5 per cent compared to 2008 according to the national statistics institute ISTAT. This is the sharpest annual fall since 1991, the first year in which these year-on-year...
Two British film makers claim they have found the primary source of Trajan
Rome city council and the ministry for cultural heritage have signed a protocol regulating the use of public land in the historic centre for cultural, sporting, religious, political and other events. A register of permit...
The new director of the privately funded American Academy in Rome has been announced as Christopher Celenza, who is currently a professor in the department of German and Romance languages and literatures at Johns Hopkins...
The first ground has been broken for a new marina on the Rome coastline, close to Leonardo Da Vinci international airport. The new project, which will have space for 1,400 yachts, is being built near the old lighthouse a...
For the second year running Rome city council has organized a programme of events to celebrate the traditional carnival season
Carnevale Romano runs from 6 February to Marted
The Six Nations rugby championship returns to Rome in February and tickets are sold out for the two home matches in the capital: Italy against England on 14 February at 15.30, and against Scotland on 27 February at 14.30...
Attracting up to 2,000 visitors a day, the Scala Santa, or Holy Stairway, adjacent to the basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano, is one of Rome
Investors have presented plans for a cinema theme park in the south of Rome, the first part of which could open in spring 2011.
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Investors have presented plans for a cinema theme park in the south of Rome, the first part of which could open in spring 2011.
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Investors have presented plans for a cinema theme park in the south of Rome, the first part of which could open in spring 2011.
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Metro stations are to remain open 24 hours a day from the evening of 27 to the morning of 30 January to provide shelter for homeless people against the cold. Stations normally close from around midnight to 05.30 when the...
Plans to increase the price of a taxi ride between the centre of Rome and Fiumicino airport from
Rome is to get two new tram lines under plans announced by local public transport provider ATAC. The new lines will be called 4 and 6 and they will take to 8 the number of operating tram lines in the capital.
Line 4 is...
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