Fragments fall off St Peter's ceiling as Pope Francis says Mass

Nobody injured as fragments fell from ceiling of St Peter's. Fragments from the ceiling of St Peter's Basilica fell to the ground during a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on the afternoon of 4 Octobe...

Where to have lunch in Rome

  The age- old dilemma of what should I have for lunch can be especially tricky to resolve in a city where eating on the go is largely considered strange. The options on offer can seem limited to a...

Rome braced for bus, metro and bin strike

ATAC and AMA unite for general strike in Rome on 25 October. Rome is braced for a general strike involving all sectors of the city's 18 municipal companies on Friday 25 October. The strike is expe...

Rome trash agency will not be privatised says mayor

Rome mayor intervenes after resignation of AMA board. "AMA is and remains public, it will not fail and will not be privatised", the mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi posted on her Facebook page. The ma...

Rome metro: Roma Metropolitane to go into liquidation

Opening of Rome's Metro C station at Roman Forum slips to 2024. Roma Metropolitane, the company overseeing the construction of Rome's Metro C project, will go into a "controlled liquidation", however...

Rome man evades house arrest to escape wife

Man under house arrest hands himself in to Rome police. A 49-year-old Rome man under house arrest presented himself at his local police station, telling officers that prison was preferable to staying...

Tourists caught carving name into Leaning Tower of Pisa

American tourists carved name "Jeffy" into landmark monument. Two American brothers, both medical doctors, were arrested for carving one of their names into the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which dates to...

Salvini stages sit-in against Rome mayor

Lega calls for Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi to resign. A sit-in against Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has been organised by the right-wing Lega party at city hall on Friday 4 October at 11.00. Under...

Rome's Bioparco welcomes two white rhinos

Rhinos have been absent from Rome's zoo for 20 years. The Bioparco di Roma has welcomed two white rhinos, Thomas and Kibo, to a new 2,600-sqm area in which an African savannah setting has been recons...

English language bookshops in Rome

Rome has a handful of bookshops stocking exclusively English language titles, in addition to larger Italian stores with small sections dedicated to books in English and other languages. Here is our li...

Doctors issue health warning over Rome trash

Principals say Rome schools may have to close for health reasons. Doctors say there is "no time to lose" regarding the escalating rubbish crisis in Rome, calling for "all those with responsibility" f...

Weddings on Ostia beach near Rome

City will present wedding couples with free steel water bottles. Couples can get married on the beach at Ostia, the coastal district south-west of Rome, from Friday 4 October onwards. Civil weddin...

Rome's Metro B closes for three weekends in October

Weekend closures affect 13 stations on Rome's Metro B line. In addition to closing at the earlier hour of 21.00 each night until 9 December, half of the stations on Rome's Metro B will be completely...

How to celebrate Halloween in Rome

Guide to Halloween 2019 for kids and adults in Rome. Rome embraces the ghoulish festival of Halloween - still a slightly foreign concept in Italy - a little more each year with Halloween-themed event...

Rome says no to McDonald's at Pantheon

Local Rome council rejects McDonald's request to transfer license at Pantheon. American fast-food giant McDonald's has reportedly been refused authorisation by the local council of Rome's central Mun...

Rome museums celebrate Grandparents Day

Rome's museums free for grandparents on Festa dei nonni. On Wednesday 2 October, on the occasion of Grandparents Day, all over-65s who visit Rome's municipal museums accompanied by a grandchild will...

Rome trash crisis: AMA board resigns over clash with city hall

AMA board accused Rome city council of "inertia and failure to cooperate". The entire board of Rome's waste collection company AMA resigned on 1 October due to a dispute with the city council, accord...

Rome's historic bank buildings open their doors

Free guided tours of around 100 bank buildings across Italy.The historic head offices of banks in Rome and across Italy open their doors, free of charge, as part of the 2019 edition of Invito a Palazz...

Rome weather warning for 2 October

A weather warning has been issued for Rome and the Lazio region, beginning on the morning of Wednesday 2 October 2019 and lasting for the following 12-18 hours. The weather alert, issued by civil p...

Nicholas Green - The boy who changed Italians

At the end of September 1994 a seven-year old American boy, Nicholas Green (9 Sept 1987 – 1 Oct 1994), was shot and killed in an attempted automobile robbery on the autostrada in Calabria. Following...
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