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Special final opening for Secret Impressionists show at Palazzo Bonaparte.
Rome's Secret Impressionists exhibition, which was forced to close along with all Italian musuems on 8 March due to the coronavirus pandemic, is...
Popular venue in Rome park damaged by blaze during the night.
Vivi Bistrot, a popular venue in Rome's Villa Pamphilj park, was damaged by fire in the early hours of 28 May, according to reports in local media.
The blaz...
Italy celebrates 100 years of Fellini.Rome has honoured Federico Fellini with the decision to name a section of the city's Lungotevere after the great Italian film director whose centenary is being celebrated this year....
Bioparco di Roma reopens to visitors after lockdown.
Rome's Bioparco, the capital's zoo, reopens to the public on Friday 29 May, following a closure of more than two months due to the covid-19 crisis, with social distan...
Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill reopen after coronavirus lockdown.
The Colosseum Archaeological Park, which in addition to the Colosseum includes the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill and Domus Aurea, will reopen to t...
Rome to hand out massive fines for dumped masks and gloves.
Rome is to issue fines of up to €500 for those caught dumping used protective masks or plastic gloves on the streets of the capital during the coronavirus pand...
Rome struggles on after the trauma of lockdown and a lost spring
By Andy Devane
Lockdown in Rome was a dark time with little light. The eeriness of the situation was summed up perfectly in Quarantine Mood, a short film...
Pompeii to open in two phases and with new time slots for visitors.
Italy's archaeological site Pompeii reopens to the public, in two stages, after being closed for more than two and a half months due to the coronavirus...
Italy cancels Festa della Repubblica parade in Rome.
Italy's Frecce Tricolori fighter jets are conducting a nationwide tour ahead of the 74th anniversary of the nation's proclamation as a republic on 2 June.
The tour...
Volunteers proposal sparks division in Italy's coalition government.
Italy’s coalition partners are divided over a proposal to recruit 60,000 volunteers to enforce social distancing measures among crowds in the country'...
Romans consume two million ice creams over first post-lockdown weekend.
Rome's artisan gelato shops registered a boom over the first weekend after lockdown as customers flocked to gelaterie across the capital as well as...
Reports of price hikes at bars, restaurants and hairdressers in Italy.
Italy's consumers are being charged €2 to €4 more than before the coronavirus emergency as bars, restaurants and hairdressers add a 'covid tax' to t...
Pope blesses faithful in St Peter's Square for first time in nearly three months.
The public returned to St Peter's Square in the Vatican to receive a blessing from Pope Francis at midday on Sunday 24 May for the first...
In Italy, like in many other countries, we are left without our sacred soccer matches on Sunday, we have no Formula One to watch on T.V., no Giro d’Italia and no Tour de France, no tennis at a professional level and not...
Visits to the Vatican Museums will be by reservation only.
The Vatican Museums will reopen to the public on 1 June after a closure of almost three-months due to the covid-19 emergency, however the museums will be access...
Is defence spending in China more important than a virus?
The Chinese government has announced that defence spending in 2020 will rise 6.6% from the 2019 figures. The new amount is 179 billio...
City gives Rome businesses more outdoor space to help them get through 2020.
Rome's restaurants, bars and bookshops will be granted the use of up to 35 per cent extra public space outside their premises throughout 2020,...
Italy to celebrate national day with aerial display by Frecce Tricolori.
Rome has cancelled the military parade that traditionally marks the Festa della Repubblica, a national public holiday on Tuesday 2 June, due to th...
The Lazio Region has thanked Rome street artist Harry Greb for his 'Abbraccio' (hug) mural dedicated to victims of covid-19.
The mural, described as a "significant and powerful gesture" by regional health councillor A...
Public transport at risk in Rome on Friday 29 May.Rome commuters can expect a four-hour transport strike involving the city's public transit authority ATAC on Friday 29 May, according to the website of Italy's transport...
Police in Rome to curb gatherings on first post-lockdown weekend.
Rome police are to patrol areas of the city associated with nightlife during this weekend - the first after Italy eased its lockdown restrictions on 18 M...
Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome to open by reservation only.
Rome's Doria Pamphilj Gallery and its priceless art collection reopens to the public on 30 May after a closure of more than two months due to the covid-19 cris...
Rome summer music festival at auditorium moves to 2021.
The 2020 edition of Roma Summer Fest, Rome's annual programme of live concerts at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, has been cancelled, organisers have announced....
New social distancing technology for visitors to the Duomo in Florence.
Florence's Duomo, the city's Cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore, reopens to the public on 22 May following a closure of more than two months due to It...
Italian premier calls on Italians to take staycation in Italy.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has invited Italians to spend their summer holidays in the capital - which she described as "a safe city" - as Italy's battered to...
Centenary exhibition to be held at Sordi's villa in Rome.
Rome will host an exhibition dedicated to the life and career of the much-loved Roman actor Alberto Sordi (1920-2003) at his former residence near the Baths of C...
Italian airports to reopen to domestic and international flights.
All Italian airports will start reopening again from 3 June, with flights permitted between regions as well as to and from foreign destinations, announce...
Rome residents can sunbathe and swim at beaches in Lazio from 29 May.
ROME. Sunbathing and swimming will be permitted at beaches throughout the Lazio Region from 29 May, following an order signed by regional president N...
Andrea Toscano talks to Wanted in Rome about the current situation of the Italian real estate sector as it deals with the fallout from the coronavirus lockdown.
by Marco Venturini
You are the managing director of Gru...
Italian flag carrier to restore New York and Spain flights from 2 June.
Alitalia is to resume its non-stop flights between Rome and New York, flights with Spain (Rome-Madrid and Rome-Barcelona) and direct connections be...
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