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Italy adds 4 November to list of free museum dates.
State museums and archaeological sites across Italy will open their doors for free on Saturday 4 November to mark national unity and the armed forces, the culture mini...
Rome mayor slams "unacceptable and miserable act".
Rome police are investigating the vandalisation of four bronze-capped cobblestones installed outside the former homes of Jews who were deported by Nazis to their deaths...
Meloni talks of "fatigue" over war in Ukraine.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni was recorded saying there was "a lot of fatigue" from "all the sides" over the war in Ukraine, during a prank call with a pair of Russ...
Pontiff to celebrate All Souls' Day Mass in Rome War Cemetery.
Pope Francis will celebrate All Souls' Day Mass at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the Testaccio area of Rome on Thursday 2 November....
All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on 1 November is a public holiday in Italy.
In 2023 the national holiday - also known as Tutti i Santi - falls on a Wednesday meaning that the country's schools and public offices will be...
A quick guide to Halloween events for kids and adults in Rome in 2023.
Rome embraces the ghoulish festival of Halloween - still a slightly foreign concept in Italy - a little more each year with themed events and spooky...
Skulls and bones of Capuchin friars on Via Veneto in Rome.
The vaults and walls of the crypt in the Capuchin Church of S. Maria della Concezione on Rome's Via Veneto are decorated with the bones and skulls of some 3,700...
100 Pittori takes place on Via Margutta.
100 Pittori, Rome's historic open-air art event, returns to Via Margutta with its 120th edition from 28 October to 1 November 2023.
The five-day art festival will feature work...
Rottweiler plunged around 10 metres and died from impact.
A pregnant woman was hit and seriously injured by a Rottweiler dog that fell out of a third-floor building in the centre of Rome on Friday.
The woman, a 28-ye...
Mayor under fire from Rome motorists as 10-year project gets underway.
Rome's mayor has come under criticism from Roman drivers over the intense traffic in the city centre following the partial closure of Piazza Venezia...
Farnese Nymphaeum has been closed for decades.
The Ninfeo della Pioggia or Rain Nymphaeum on Rome's Palatine Hill will reopen to the public on 1 November following extensive restoration works by the Colosseum Archaeolog...
Giambruno will retain editorial role in talk show.
Italian television journalist Andrea Giambruno, former partner of Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni, has stood down as the host of talk show Diario del giorno in the wake...
Rome's EUR circuit no longer suitable for electric car race.
Formula E organisers have dropped Rome as a race venue from its 2024 calendar, citing the EUR circuit as no longer suitable for the more powerful Gen3 cars....
Bologna moves traffic away from Torre della Garisenda.
Italy culture officials have raised concerns over the safety of the Garisenda Tower in Bologna as authorities in the northern Italian city closed off streets around...
Circus Maximus event on 4 November cancelled.
Italy has scaled back its celebrations in Rome to mark national unity and the armed forces on 4 November, cancelling a planned military event at the Circus Maximus for "secu...
Daylight will begin one hour earlier from 29 October 2023.
Italy's clocks go back one hour at 03.00 on the night between Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October 2023, bringing an end to daylight saving time, or 'summer' time....
Staino was best known as the creator of Bobo.
Italian figures from the world of politics and culture on Saturday paid tribute to Sergio Staino, the leftist cartoonist and journalist who died in a hospital in Florence at...
Split follows series of embarrassing off-air remarks by TV presenter Giambruno.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday announced the end of her relationship with television journalist Andrea Giambruno.
"My r...
Strike to affect Italy's public transport, schools and flights.
A national general strike scheduled in Italy on Friday 20 October is set to disrupt the country's education, health and transport sectors, including rail a...
New tariffs to take effect from 1 January.
The Vatican Museums is to raise the price of its ordinary full entry tickets to €20, up from €17, with effect from 1 January 2024.
There will be no change to the reduced far...
Italy chosen for Prime Air service in late 2024.
Amazon will start using drones to deliver packages in Italy by the end of 2024 as the online retail giant expands its Prime Air service, the company announced on Wednesda...
Palazzo Venezia side of piazza to close from 21 October.
Rome will partly close the central Piazza Venezia from Saturday 21 October to facilitate construction works for the Metro C subway station, in a move that will af...
Rome first capital city in world to confer honour on Assange.
Rome city councillors on Tuesday approved a motion to grant honorary citizenship to imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, weeks after Naples voted to...
Rome artists participate in 2023 edition of Rome Art Week.
The eighth edition of Rome Art Week (RAW), the contemporary art festival of free cultural events in Roman galleries and studios, takes place across the capital...
More than 3,000 people used high-speed rail link in first three months.
Italy's state railway company will offer its direct train service between Rome and Pompeii on Sundays throughout 2024, culture minister Gennaro San...
Colosseum combats ticket touts with new measures.
Italy's Colosseum is introducing tickets with the names of visitors to tackle the widespread practice of tickets being bought up by bots and resold at inflated prices....
Nazi raid in Rome's Jewish district took place 80 years ago today.Rome on Monday commemorates the 80th anniversary of the deportation of more than 1,000 of the city’s Jews to the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz.
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Nazis deported more than 1,000 Jews from Rome to Auschwitz in October 1943.
Rome is holding a series of special events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the deportation of more than 1,000 of the city’s Jews to the...
Festa del Cinema di Roma returns to Italian capital.
The 2023 Rome Film Fest runs from 18-29 October, offering cinema fans 12 days of movie premieres, screenings and special events.
The film festival will be based at...
Palazzo San Felice to host Library of Archaeology and Art History.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella on Thursday inaugurated construction works on Rome's new Library of Archaeology and Art History at Palazzo San Felic...
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