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A dozen brides, all dressed in white, marched through the centre of Rome today during a flash mob organized by the Italian Association “regalo, bomboniere, wedding e confetti”.
The main slogan was "Give us back the fr...
Doctors in Italy make medical history.
Two female conjoined twins were separated by surgeons at Rome's Bambino Gesù children's hospital last month, in the first such case in Italy and possibly the world, news agency ANS...
Ennio Morricone features in Rome mural.
A mural of the legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who died in Rome yesterday aged 91, appeared overnight in the city's Trastevere district, where the maestro was born in...
Italy's health ministry orders one-week flight ban from Bangladesh.
Italy is suspending all flights from Bangladesh for one week due to a “significant number” of passengers who tested positive for covid-19 on a flight t...
Morricone to be buried at Laurentina cemetery in Rome.
The funeral of the legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who died aged 91 on 6 July, took place yesterday evening in the chapel of the city's Campus Biomedico...
Outdoor sculpture exhibition planned in central Rome.
The squares of the historic centre of Rome could soon be home to large-scale works by Spanish artist Manolo Valdés, reports Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
A tem...
Sophia Loren, from her home in Geneva, mourns the death of Ennio Morricone, who made cinema great and often moved her as a spectator. "I passed a really sad morning. As soon as I heard the news, I started to watch piece...
Auditorium Parco della Musica could become Auditorium Ennio Morricone.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has backed a proposal to rename the city's Auditorium Parco della Musica after Ennio Morricone, the world-renowned compose...
Italy is in mourning for the much-loved Morricone.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella led the tributes to Ennio Morricone, who died in Rome aged 91 this morning, hailing the legendary composer as an "eminent and brilli...
Ennio Morricone, who died today in Rome, wrote his own obituary yesterday. Tomorrow it will be published in all main newspapers in Italy.
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24-hour transport strike by ATAC, Roma Tpl and Cotral on Friday 10 July.
Rome commuters can expect disruption to public transport services on Friday 10 July due to a 24-hour strike called by the Faisa Cisal union repres...
Morricone died in a Rome clinic following a recent fall.
Ennio Morricone, the celebrated Italian composer, has died in Rome aged 91.
The Oscar-winning composer passed away at a clinic in Rome at dawn on 6 July, a few d...
Coronavirus testing for Rome's Bangladeshi community.
People arriving in Rome from countries outside the EU should be tested for covid-19 at Fiumicino airport and authorities should ensure quarantine measures for new ar...
Looking back on the coronavirus epidemic in Italy: How did we get here? After months of lockdown, almost 250 thousand cases of coronavirus, and tens of thousands of deaths, Italy has started reopening its borders, signal...
The governor of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, who had ceased the daily covid-19 press conferences on 30 June after 130 days, once again summoned journalists on 3 July and was furious.
"We have gone from low risk to high...
American embassy in Rome hosts virtual Independence Day celebration.
The US embassy to Italy will host a virtual party at Villa Taverna in Rome to celebrate the 244th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence at 19...
Fiat presents the new electric 500 to President Mattarella.
Italian car manufacturer Fiat presented its new electric Fiat 500 model to the president of Italy Sergio Mattarella on 3 July.
The presentation, which took...
Passengers on a private jet coming from Colorado US were denied entry to the country at a customs check at Elmas airport in Cagliari, Italy. There were about ten people aboard the plane. Five of them were in possessi...
New lights for Basilica di S. Maria in Trastevere in Rome.
Rome's Basilica di S. Maria in Trastevere, in the piazza of the same name, was newly illuminated in a ceremony attended by the city's mayor Virginia Raggi on th...
Free cinema under the stars in Trastevere and in outskirts of Rome.
The organisers of Rome's Il Cinema in Piazza film festival have proved to be as good as their word, with the 2020 programme of free summer screenings g...
Cable car project in south Rome has funding of €30 million.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has announced that preliminary works are underway on the EUR Magliana-Villa Bonelli cable car project, part of the capital's urban plan...
Pet-owners in Arezzo told to keep dogs and cats under close observation.
Pet-owners in the Tuscan province of Arezzo have been warned to look out for signs of illness or strange behaviour in their cats or dogs after a d...
In an interview with Corriere della Sera, CEO of Ryanair Eddie Wilson, questions Italy's decision to ban the use of overhead lockers for hand luggage.
"The ban on hand luggage is insane and exposes passengers to an inc...
Municipal museums in Rome are free to all visitors on 5 July.
Rome's city-run museums, which reopened recently after being closed for almost three months due to the covid-19 lockdown, will open for free to all visitors ...
Tedros praises how Italy and Spain have handled the coronavirus crisis.
Italy and Spain have been singled out by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) as good examples of how to successfully contain the corona...
Dr. Kristen DiMatteo, new head at the American Overseas School of Rome (AOSR ), spoke to Wanted in Rome about the challenges that lie ahead for private international education.
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Dr. DiMatteo, coul...
Record drug haul comprised 14 tons of pills hidden on ship from Syria.
Police in Italy have announced the "world’s biggest ever" seizure of amphetamines, produced by ISIS militants, during a massive drug bust in the por...
Italy keeps self-isolation rules for countries allowed to enter EU from 1 July.
Italy has chosen to keep its quarantine restrictions in place for travellers entering its borders from the list of "safe countries" whose c...
A sperm whale trapped in a fishing net off the coast of Salina, in the Aeolian Islands, was rescued and freed by the Cost Guard and a group of divers.
The biologist Monica Blasi, who runs a centre for the study of ceta...
Giulio Betti, a CNR researcher – National Research Council in Italy- has made collectors' eyes shine, and environmentalists' anger rise, by publishing a picture of a telephone card dating back to the 90s.
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