Environment
Rome will avert Christmas rubbish crisis says mayor
Lazio Region offers temporary use of waste treatment plants as Rome considers hiking bin charges.Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has pledged that the capital will avert a rubbish emergency this Christmas,...
Rome mayor seeks help to avoid trash emergency
Loss of crucial rubbish facility in fire poses a major problem for Rome.
The mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi has appealed for help from "all the cities of Lazio and of the other regions" to avoid a rubb...
Rome issues starling hotline
Rome city council invites residents to report sightings of starlings.
Rome city council has issued a starling hotline as part of its efforts to move the birds away from the centre of the capital.Resi...
Rome sends in falcons to tackle city's starlings
Rome's starlings cause havoc for motorists on Lungotevere.
Rome city council has drafted in the help of falconers to move some of the wintering starlings - whose numbers are estimated between 1.5 and...
Protecting Rome from falling trees
The American University of Rome supports an innovative new project to survey the safety of Rome's trees using Ground Penetrating Radar.Those based in Rome will remember the massive storms that swept a...
Rome's butterfly house
Visitors can watch hundreds of rare and tropical butterflies flying freely.
The Casa delle Farfalle, a tropical greenhouse on Via Appia Pignatelli, offers the chance to admire hundreds of butterflies...
Reports of dogs dying after drinking water at Lake Bracciano
Environmentalists call for investigation into suspected toxic algae in lake north of Rome.Several dogs have reportedly died in recent days after drinking water at Lago Bracciano, a lake north of Rome,...
World Cleanup Day in Rome
Retake Roma volunteers unite with Estonian embassy to clean up Rome
World Cleanup Day will be marked in Rome on Saturday 15 September in an event organised by Retake Roma, the volunteer movement whic...
Rome to launch anti-seagull bins
Capital responds to New York Times article about seagull problem
Rome city council plans to introduce new iron bins around the capital to stop seagulls looting food from the rubbish, according to the...
Heatwave alert in Rome
Rome issues weather warning over heatwave.
Rome has been added to the Italian health ministry's list of cities on alert due to the ongoing heatwave.
The 11 cities on "level three alert" are Bologna,...
Peregrine Falcons return to Italian skies
Peregrine Falcons are breeding successfully in Rome after facing almost certain oblivion in Italy.In recent years Italy's Peregrine Falcons have staged a successful comeback following decades of despa...
Alarm over venomous spiders in Rome
Outbreak of spider bites causes concern in south Rome districts.
Residents of southern Rome areas are reporting increasing cases of being bitten by a species of venomous spider known as the brown rec...
Rome's mosquitoes to be controlled by swallows
Rome protects the nests of swallows, martins and swifts.Rome has brought in new legislation protecting its swallows which it says will encourage the environmentally sustainable control of tiger mosqui...
Lazio Region warns Rome area at risk of bushfires
Zingaretti appeals to local authorities to cut overgrown green areas.Local authorities in Lazio and the greater Rome area have been warned to cut the overgrown grass in "abandoned green areas" and roa...
Cows and sheep to tackle Rome's overgrown parks
City says sheep already used to maintain Rome's Caffarella park.Sheep could be used to maintain Rome's wildly overgrown parks, with cows being deployed where the grass is too high, according to radica...
Lazio awarded eight blue flag beaches
Number of bandiera blu beaches in Italy in reaches 368.Eight beaches in the Lazio region have been awarded the 2018 bandiera blu (blue flag) status for high water quality standards. The number of Lazi...
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...
Rome's tulip park devastated within 48 hours
Visitors discard 7,000 tulips to take home bulbs from Rome flower farm.
Tulipark, Rome's first pick-your-own tulip garden, has suffered widespread damage within 48 hours of its inauguration at Easter...
Tulipark becomes Rome's first tulip farm
Pick-your-own tulips at Tulipark flower farm in north Rome.
Tulipark, a 15,000-sqm flower farm in the Prima Porta area in the northern outskirts of Rome, will allow visitors to pick their own tulips...
Diesel car ban in central Rome from 2024
Ban will affect private diesel vehicles in Rome's historic centre.Rome will prohibit private diesel vehicles from circulating within the city's historic centre from 2024, mayor Virginia Raggi said on...
