This year there are plenty of romantic St Valentine's Day events taking place in Rome whose Colosseum recently made the news after the discovery of a long-lost love letter.
Couples visiting Italy’s st...
Queen Elizabeth II will be paying a visit to Rome for two days in March, according to royal officials in London.
Buckingham Palace said the monarch will be accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinbu...
Luxury Italian fashion house Fendi renews its annual Christmas toy appeal for the children of Rome's Bambino Gesù hospital, between 6 and 23 December from 17.00 to 18.00 daily.
Each day during this hour, those...
All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on Thursday 1 November, a public holiday in Italy. The All Saints’ festival is followed by All Souls Day on 2 November, a Catholic tradition of mourning the dearly depar...
The Fontana delle Tartarughe is being restored again. This is what Wanted in Rome wrote on 21 November 2003.
The late 16th-century turtle fountain in Piazza Mattei, one of Rome's best-loved monuments, is being fitted...
During the night between 27 and 28 October, at 03.00 to be precise, don’t forget to set your clocks backwards by one hour. We will gain an hour’s sleep, but we will lose an extra daylight one.
Italy's first flash mob marriage proposal took place in Rome's Piazza del Popolo in late July.
The future bride Alessandra – oblivious to what was about to happen – was enjoying her birthday with her famil...
“I just wanted to see Rome,” is what the 11-year old boy is reported to have said when he was discovered alone and without a passport or ticket on a Jet2 plane from Manchester to Rome on 24 July.
The story...
During the night of 18 July a large fire destroyed the famous Number 5 theatre at the Cinecittà studios. Dense, high columns of smoke and acrid fumes invaded the whole district generating fear among local resident...
Dear friends, in the next few days we shall be updating our website wantedinrome.com. There may therefore be some disruption to the normal service from mid-day Saturday 14 July. We hope you will not be inconvenienced for...
The municipal rose garden located on the eastern side of the Aventine hill is hosting the 70th edition of the prestigious Premio Roma prize on 19 May.
The international competition selects the most beautiful rose in...
The First Minister of the Welsh government, Rt Honourable Carwyn Jones, has released the following message to mark the day of the patron saint, St David, on 1 March. The devolved government of Wales was established in 19...
Residents in large cities like Rome and Milan have until 29 February to submit their Census 2011 forms and avoid a heavy fine.
For residents in towns or villages with population under 150,000 the deadlines are already...
It had been our plan to put news on our website today of the new exhibition of work by Edith Schloss and her life-long friend Alvin Curran, which opens tomorrow 21 December. Instead we are bringing the sad news of her de...
Are you a perfectly English speaking , interactive story teller? You love to work with people, are energetic and love History? You live in Rome and have immediate availability to t...
Marymount International School is seeking One-to-One Learning Support Assistants for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Full time, Monday-Friday, 08:30-15:30.
Start Date: August/Septem...
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