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The construction sites of Rome's troubled Metro C reopened on 10 September following a late-night agreement reached on 9 September between Roma Metropolitana, the Metro C consortium and the city.
Construction work had...
The British embassy in Rome is advising all British nationals in Italy to look after their passports and to make sure they renew them in good time.
According to embassy figures, in May this year 107 emergency travel d...
Archaeologists in Rome have uncovered the remains of a sixth-century archaic temple on Via Petroselli between the Tiber and the Circus Maximus.
Hailed as a significant discovery, the temple dates back to the reign of...
The MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome is offering ticket discounts during August to residents of Rome and people up to the age of 26.
For the duration of the month the price of the entrance ticket...
The British ambassador to Italy Christopher Prentice issued the following statement regarding the birth of a baby boy to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her husband Prince William, in London on 22 July:
“I...
Davide Cefis, partner of the Eric Salmon headhunters firm, is the new director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Rome. This designation arrives just a few days after the one of John R. Phillips as new U.S. ambassado...
The British embassy in Rome has issued the following press release in relation to travel insurance for Britons travelling to Italy:
Get insurance that covers all your holiday activities
Britons going on holiday thi...
The long-awaited restoration of the Colosseum is set to begin within 10 days, the mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino said on 8 July.
The €25-m project is being financed by shoe magnate Diego Della Valle, the owner of h...
Rome's police chief Carlo Buttarelli resigned on Sunday 7 July, following a resignation letter sent the same day to the the city's mayor Ignazio Marino.
In the letter Buttarelli cited "personal reasons" for his decisi...
Employees of regional bus company Cotral are holding an eight-hour strike on Monday 8 July from 08.30 until 16.30.
The strike action has been called by the trade unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti and Ugltraspor...
The future of Rome's 060606 helpline has been secured following the extension of its contract by the capital.
The helpline had faced an uncertain fate in the lead-up to the city's recent mayoral election which saw the...
In addition to the heat on 20 June tourists had to contend with lightening labour protests at the Colosseum, the Baths of Diocletian and Caracalla, as well as at Leonardo da Vinci international airport.
The strike at...
The American actor James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the hit television series The Sopranos, died of a suspected heart attack in Rome on 19 June.
Gandolfini (51) had been on holidays i...
Commuters in Rome face another public transport strike on Monday 24 June, the third in the capital this month.
The 24-hour strike has been called by trade union SUL, on behalf of employees of Rome public tranpsort ATA...
British music fans heading to festivals and concerts across Italy this summer have been warned by the British Consul to keep their possessions safe from thieves.
To get the point across, the British embassy in Rome ha...
On the night of Sunday 23 June a pink full moon is expected to appear in the sky.
The event occurs once a year when the moon reaches its nearest point to Earth, making it appear much larger than usual as well as being...
A 21-year-old American university student died in Rome in the early hours of Tuesday 11 June after apparently slipping on the wall along the Lungotevere dei Tebaldi and falling over 15 metres to his death on the stone em...
The new terminus of the extended number 8 tram was launched officially on the morning of 6 June at its new location in Piazza S. Marco, just off Piazza Venezia.
The tram now bypasses its old terminus in Largo Argentin...
The gardens of the Quirinale, the residence Italy's president, are open to the public free of charge from 15.00-19.00 to celebrate the Festa della Repubblica on 2 June. However archaeological sites around the Colosseum a...
The 67th Festa della Repubblica celebrations to mark Italy’s national day take place in Rome on Sunday 2 June, in commemoration of the day in 1946 when Italians voted in favour of a republic and against the monarch...
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