3,500 police on duty in Rome for visit of Chinese president.
The Colosseum and the surrounding area will be closed to the public on the afternoon of Friday 22 March, while Trajan's Markets will be shut for the entire da...
Marcello De Vito accused of corruption in relation to Rome stadium project.
The president of the Rome city council Marcello De Vito of the populist Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) was arrested on 20 March as part of an investi...
China's Xi Jinping will be in Rome from 21-23 March.
Rome security chiefs will establish two "green zones" in the city during the visit of the president of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, from 21 to 23 March...
Alemanno convicted of corruption and illegal financing.Gianni Alemanno, the former right-wing mayor of Rome, was sentenced to six years in jail on 25 February after being found guilty of corruption and illegal financing,...
Pinuccia Montanari resigns from Raggi administration.
Rome's environment councillor Pinuccia Montanari resigned from her post on the evening of 8 February.
Montanari's surprise resignation follows her decision to vote...
City assembly passes motion to evict far-right group from illegally occupied Rome building.
Rome city council has passed a motion calling for the "immediate eviction" of the far-right organisation CasaPound from a city...
Italy's deputy premier embroiled in social media spat with Rome mayor.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi and Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini have been involved in a spat on social media following a fatal shooting outsid...
Virginia Raggi cleared of charge of lying over city hall appointment.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has been acquitted by a court of charges of making false public statements about a senior city appointment dating back to the...
Romadicebasta protest at Campidoglio attracts 10,000 Romans.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has dismissed the estimated 10,000 protestors who showed up at city hall as the "old guard of the Partito Democratico", the centre...
Mattarella appoints Giuseppe Conte as prime minister and approves new list of ministers.
President Sergio Mattarella has appointed law professor and political novice Giuseppe Conte to head up a coalition government comp...
The populist Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and right-wing Lega agree a government ‘contract’, but who will head the new executive remains unclear.
The populist Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and right-wing Lega have sa...
M5s and Lega reject Mattarella proposal, PD gives support
Italy must either give itself a ‘neutral’ government with cross-party support that will hold office until the end of the year pending new elections in 2019 or re...
New exploratory government formation mandate after talks with Lega fail
Chamber of deputies speaker Roberto Fico of the anti-establishment Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) has been asked to explore the possibility of for...
Casellati must “verify existence of majority between centre-right and M5S”
Senate speaker Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati of Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party has been asked to see if she can get the centre-righ...
Roberto Fico of M5S elected in the chamber of deputies, Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati of Forza Italia in the senate.
Roberto Fico of the anti-establishment Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and Maria Elisabetta Alber...
Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini the new forces in Italian politics.
Although counting is still underway it is now clear that the Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) and the Lega are the two main winners of Italy's general electio...
Four rallies taking place in Rome amid rising political tensions.
Rome police chiefs have drawn up a security plan to deal with four separate demonstrations scheduled in the capital on Saturday 24 February, as political...
Tight security and street closures in Rome for visit of Turkish leader.Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay an official two-day visit to Rome on 4-5 February, during which time he will meet Pope Francis, Itali...
US senate confirms Trump's nomination for the Holy See.
Callista Gingrich is the new US ambassador-designate to the Holy See following the US senate's 70-23 approval of her 19 May nomination by President Trump.As amba...
Trump nominee Lewis Eisenberg to represent US in Italy and San Marino.
Lewis Eisenberg, the new United States ambassador-designate to Italy, arrived in Rome on 1 October and is expected to present his credentials to...
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