Rome marks Labour Day 2018
Free Primo Maggio concert in Rome on Tuesday 1 May.
On 1 May every year Italy dedicates a public holiday to its workers in celebration of the Festa dei Lavoratori.The national holiday is marked in Ro...
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Rome's dog beach reopens for summer
Baubeach - a summer haven for Rome’s dogs - celebrates 20 years.
Baubeach, Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners has reopened for the summer season and this year celebrates it...
Chamber of deputies speaker Fico to explore possible M5S-PD alliance
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 th...
ANZAC Day in Rome 2018
Annual ANZAC commemoration at Rome War Cemetery.Australians and New Zealanders in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2018 with a memorial service on Wednesday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zab...
Liberation Day in Rome 2018
Rome celebrates 73rd anniversary of liberation on 25 April.
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 73rd Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule...
BNL International Tennis Tournament in Rome
Rome's prestigious tennis tournament at Foro Italico celebrates 75 years
The 75th edition of the Italian Open tennis tournament, known officially as the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, features some of...
Rome city museums free on 21 April
Municipal museums free for Rome's 2,771st birthday on 21 April.Rome's city-run museums open their doors for free on the occasion of Natale di Roma - the city's 2,771st birthday - on Saturday 21 April....
Italian senate speaker Casellati to explore government possibilities
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...
Seagull seeks job at Rome's rubbish agency
Maupal street art in Rome's Ostiense area depicts giant seagull with CV.A street art poster featuring a giant seagull with curriculum vitae clenched in its beak was affixed to a wall on Via Campo Boar...
Earth Day in Rome 2018
Rome highlights the environment with annual Giornata della Terra.Rome marks the 48th edition of the international Earth Day initiative on 22 April with five days of events on the theme of the environm...
Ticket controls on Rome's Cotral coaches
Passengers to board Cotral coaches from front door only.
Commuters using Rome's regional coach service Cotral will now have their tickets checked by "driver-ticket inspectors", according to the presi...
Disabled wolf cub killed in Rome
Wildlife officials suspect wolf cub may have been run-over deliberately.One of the first wild wolf cubs born in Rome in more than a century has been found dead at the Castel di Guido nature reserve wh...
Rome's Guido Reni District venue to close
Italian investment bank will not renew lease after it expires on 1 May.The Guidi Reni District cultural venue, housed in a large disused military barracks in Rome's Flaminio neighbourhood near MAXXI,...
Rome celebrates 2,771st birthday on 21 April 2018
Historical groups evoke ancient Roman traditions with Natale di Roma.
The capital celebrates its 2,771st birthday on Saturday 21 April, with events also taking place on the days either side of the an...
Rome's Spanish Steps blooms with azaleas
300 lilac and white azaleas decorate the Spanish Steps.
Rome's Spanish Steps, which link Piazza di Spagna with the church of Trinità de’ Monti, are currently decorated with 300 white and lilac azalea...
Memory, Martyrs and Mission
Rome's Venerable English College celebrates three significant anniversaries.
By Maurice Whitehead
A discreet brass nameplate on the inner entrance door at Via di Monserrato 45, a stone’s throw fro...
Formula E car race arrives in Rome
EUR hotels completely booked for weekend of Rome electric car race.The Formula E race arrives in Rome on 14 April, resulting in major traffic disruption in the city's southern EUR suburb. The race wil...
Rome police remove political street art
Rome mural by Sirante featured Berlusconi, Salvini and Di Maio.Rome police have removed a mural featuring Silvio Berlusconi, Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio, portrayed playing cards in period costume...
AS Roma chairman to restore Pantheon fountain
Pallotta makes €230,000 donation after jumping into Rome fountain.AS Roma chairman James Pallotta is donating €230,000 to the city for the restoration of the Pantheon fountain after being filmed jumpi...
Tattoos in Rome
By Rebecca Simonov
In collaboration with the American University of Rome
In a city famous for its role as a centre for art, it is no surprise that this trickles down into a diverse and talented...
