The new premises for the Monte Milvio market in Via Riano have opened, giving a permanent home to the 74 traditional stalls that have occupied the central reservation of Viale Tor di Qunto since 1982. New mayor Gianni Alemanno opened the... [more]

The Roseto Comunale, Rome’s city rose garden, opens this year from 3 May until mid June. This year the roses will be judged on Saturday 17 May by a panel of international judges as well as the judges of the local permanent... [more]

Italian archaeologists have found 27 new Etruscan tombs at the well-known burial site at Tarquinia, a town north of Rome. They have been digging since April after a chance discovery at a building site about 500 metres from the Monterozzi hill... [more]

Silvio Berlusconi on 7 May told Italian president Giorgio Napolitano that he had formed a new government, the fourth since the media magnate entered politics in 1994. The government of 21 cabinet ministers, which will be sworn in on 8 May... [more]

Rome residents planning a weekend by the sea along the coasts of Campania, western Calabria or the Aeolian Islands may want to think twice, as hordes of the Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish have already taken up residence. The pinkish jellyfish, which is... [more]

According to figures for the first quarter of 2008 released by the administrative governing body of the Fondazione Musica per Roma on 5 May, the number of visitors to the Auditorium Parco della Musica continues to grow. Compared to the same... [more]

Magistrates in the Rome district attorney’s office have opened an investigation into the online publication last week of all Italian taxpayers’ tax returns by outgoing finance minister, Vicenzo Visco. The magistrates, who will determine whether Italy’s privacy law has been infringed,... [more]

Rome’s Foro Italico becomes the centre of attention from 5-18 May when it plays host to the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis championship, commonly known as the Rome Masters. The tournament is divided into two weeks of action. Between 5 -11 May the... [more]

As of 3 May, passengers at Fiumicino airport embarking for flights to the United States and Israel will check in at the newly unveiled check-in area, called terminal 5. A remote structure 800 m from the main check-in area, terminal 5... [more]

The seventh Tekfestival will take place in Rome from 6-11 May at Cinema Farnese (Campo de Fiori) and Cinema Trevi (Vicolo Puttarello, 5) with screenings from 16.00 to midnight each day. The Tekfestival is an international film festival that takes place... [more]

Gianni Alemanno, the new conservative mayor of Rome, says a controversial covering structure for a major ancient Roman monument should be torn down, but says he will allow Romans to decide for themselves in a referendum. Alemanno, who won election with... [more]

Christian charities Caritas and the Community of S. Egidio have signed a deal to give free funerals to 50 of the city’s homeless who have no family members to take care of payment. The charities will be responsible for informing AMA,... [more]

For the first time in over 18 years, the city of Rome has a conservative mayor. In a run-off election held 27-28 April, Francesco Rutelli, a former left-of-centre mayor, was defeated by Gianni Alemanno, a member of the far right... [more]

Around 100 stolen paintings, statues, letters and manuscripts recovered by Italian art police from the black market have gone on show at Castel S. Angelo. The annual display highlights the behind-the-scenes operations in which police have retrieved a wide range of... [more]

A building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano has been given the go-ahead and will be constructed on the current site of the towers that once housed the ministry of finance in EUR. The plan for the building has been approved... [more]

On 25 April the “linee mare”, the city bus lines that make getting to the sea easier, will be back in circulation. The buses 062 “Mare 1” and the 07 “Mare 2” will go back and forth along the coast between... [more]

Excavations for the new Metro C line station at Piazza Venezia have revealed an ancient Roman staircase in the middle of the square. The white-marble staircase inset into pink granite has been dubbed “the imperial steps” by archaeologists, who believe they... [more]

Italian animal rights groups were up in arms after an Italian brown bear who wandered into Switzerland was shot dead this week. JJ3 had been living in the Swiss canton of Graubunden for the last year, but Swiss authorities decided he... [more]

Four out of ten Italian couples no longer have sex and only 30 per cent of couples are satisfied with their sexual life according to a study carried out by a group of sexologists, gynaecologists, and andrologysts. The study shows that... [more]

The work to repave the area around the base of the Colosseum on its western side has brought to light new archaeological findings. At the beginning of April a marble piece measuring a metre and a half of an equestrian statue... [more]