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Italy among five European countries facing air travel disruption this weekend.
Flight attendants and pilots from low-cost airlines Ryanair, easyJet and Volotea will stage a 24-hour strike in Italy on Saturday 25 June, w...
Di Maio parts ways with Movimento 5 Stelle led by Conte.
Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has left the Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) to establish a breakaway parliamentary group supporting the coalition government of p...
After a two-year hiatus due to the covid pandemic, Elizabeth Bick returns to the Pantheon in 2022 for her project Every God.
The New York-based photographer Elizabeth Bick has returned to Rome's Pantheon on 21 June, the...
Tourists can experience the Rome of 2,000 years ago with 3D bus tour.
This summer Rome launched the city's first Virtual Reality Bus, an immersive 3D experience which brings to life the central archaeological area of th...
Rome mayor asks residents not to waste water as several Italian regions hit by severe drought.
The Lazio region around Rome is set to declare a state of emergency as an ongoing drought raises the prospect of water ratio...
Rome Outlet Shopping Guide
Rome has experienced an influx of designer- discount pop- ups, targeted mostly to tourists, along main shopping arteries such as Via del Corso, as historic shops close.
With makeshift sig...
Tourist handed fine for dawn dip at Rome landmark.
A 26-year-old Spanish tourist received a €450 fine after Rome police caught him in the waters of the Trevi Fountain at around 05.00 on Sunday morning.
It is the late...
Museum collection contains antiquities repatriated from US.
Italy has opened a new museum showcasing ancient artefacts that were looted from Italian archaeological sites and trafficked abroad before being rescued by art...
Animal rights activists slam "heinous" plan.
The Lazio region around Rome has approved measures to drastically reduce its numbers of wild boar in response to the risk of African swine fever (ASF) for pig farms.
Under...
National strike to affect Italy's entire transport sector.
Italy's public transport network will be disrupted by a national general strike on Friday 17 June, with rail services affected from 21.00 on Thursday 16 June....
Kindergartens near fire site ordered to shut over fears of toxic fumes.
Rome has been plunged into a fresh rubbish emergency after a fire destroyed a major waste treatment plant at Malagrotta, the city's former dump wes...
Italy lifts covid mask rules for cinemas and theatres.
The Italian government on Wednesday approved measures to extend the mask mandate on public transport, with the exception of planes, until 30 September.
The ordin...
It’s the second Supermoon of the year. We will have actually seen four in a row between spring and summer of 2022. The one on 14 June is the last one before the summer solstice. In the culture of the ancient peoples of...
Rome police sealed off an area around Porta Maggiore on Tuesday after part of one of the arches at the monumental Roman gateway became dislodged and fell to the ground.
The incident occurred at around 06.15 at the inter...
Vasco Rossi "honoured and proud" to receive award.
Italian rock star Vasco Rossi is to receive the Lupa Capitolina, Rome's highest honour, following his two sold-out shows at the Circus Maximus last weekend.
The vete...
First direct flights between Italy and Australia to take off in June.
Qantas Airways is to launch a direct flight route between Australia and Italy, with the first non-stop service between Rome and Perth starting on 22...
Rome train station opened for 1990 World Cup.
Vigna Clara train station, which connects north Rome to the rest of the city, reopened to trains on Monday morning for the first time in 32 years.
Built for the 1990 Worl...
Four-hour strike to affect Rome's bus, metro, tram and light rail services.
Commuters in Rome face a four-hour public transport strike on Friday 17 June, from 08.30 to 12.30.
The strike will affect buses, trams, metr...
Helicopter went missing during storm on Thursday.
The bodies of seven people missing in a helicopter crash in northern Italy were found on Saturday, two days after the aircraft disappeared from radar during a storm....
Fears for Italy's food sector after swine fever detected in pigs on farm near Rome.
About 1,000 pigs are to be slaughtered in the Lazio region after two pigs tested positive for African swine fever (ASF) on a small fami...
Circo Massimo area to be closed off this weekend for Vasco Rossi concerts.
Italian rock star Vasco Rossi will perform two sold-out concerts at Rome's Circus Maximus on 11 and 12 June, after a two-year wait due to the co...
School is out! Parents have almost 14 consecutive weeks in front of them to manage their children.
School ends, along comes summer and the search for camps for children and teens, some 5 million of them, who will retur...
Rome mayor to join Roma Pride celebrations in Italian capital.
Rome will see a return of the RomaPride parade through the streets of the Italian capital on Saturday 11 June.
The colourful spectacle, which has not been...
Top international athletes compete in Rome on 9 June.
The 2022 edition of the Golden Gala, Italy’s annual track and field event, is taking place at Rome’s Olympic Stadium on Thursday 9 June.
The Rome event, which wil...
Incident comes as Rome prepares for wild boar cull.
A lake-side picnic near Rome to celebrate the end of school descended into chaos by the sudden arrival of a family of wild boar on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident...
Italy's mask wearing rules are due to expire next week.
Italy is set to lift the last remaining requirements to wear masks indoors after 15 June, health undersecretary Andrea Costa said in a radio interview on Wednesday...
Footage of Spanish Steps incident surfaces on social media in Rome.
A 28-year-old American tourist has caused €25,000 worth of damage to Rome's Spanish Steps after she flung an electric scooter down the marble staircase...
The Los-Angeles based foundation donated 250,000 euros to restore the Great Throne RoomConstantine triumphant in divine light, Maxentius overwhelmed by the fury of decline, Bacchus and Ariadne dance.In an unprecedented o...
Incident comes weeks after tourist drove Maserati down Spanish Steps.
Two American tourists were fined €400 each after throwing an electric scooter down Rome's Spanish Steps.
The incident, which occurred at around 02...
Rome's state and city-run museums free this Sunday.
State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 5 June thanks to the popular Domenica al Museo initiative.
The natio...
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