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Pence to meet pope, president and prime minister in Rome.
US vice president Mike Pence arrives in Italy on the morning of Friday 24 January, landing at Ciampino airport in Rome.
Donald Trump's second-in-command comes...
Rome-based artist Marione in hot water after depicting EU as Auschwitz.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has distanced herself from a cartoon depicting a jubilant fair-haired man waving a Union Jack as he flees a European Unio...
Rome street closures for Sardine rally on 14 December.
Rome will close numerous streets in the S. Giovanni area of the city for a demonstration of the Sardine movement on Saturday 14 December.
The rally, "to protest...
Raggi versus Salvini: "Look, he's talking to himself"Rome mayor Virginia Raggi posted a video mocking Matteo Salvini, the leader of the right-wing Lega party, who was walking around the Campidoglio on 27 November making...
Rome mayor accompanied 145 school students to Auschwitz this week.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has described as "inexcusable" the threats made against 89-year-old Italian life senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segr...
Opinion poll puts Giorgia Meloni as favourite for next Rome mayor.Eight Romans out of ten would not vote for the current mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi in the local elections in 2021, according to an opinion poll conducted...
Investigation into Lemmetti's transport expenses between Rome and Livorno.
Gianni Lemmetti, the city councillor in charge of Rome's budget, is under investigation by the audit court in relation to personal transport e...
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 the hashtag #Raggidi...
US Secretary of State holds talks with Mattarella, Conte and Pope Francis.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Rome's Ciampino airport on 1 October, on his first official visit to Italy.
Pompeo's first ap...
“The partnership must remain strong after Brexit.”
An opinion survey in the run-up to Brexit confirms the affinity between Italians and the United Kingdom and highlights what over eight out of ten Italians wish for the...
Social media accounts of CasaPound and Forza Nuova shut down.
The official Facebook and Instagram accounts of two Italian far-right groups - Casapound and Forza Nuova - were shut down on 9 September for violating the pl...
Putin to meet Conte, Mattarella and Pope Francis in Rome.
Russian president Vladimir Putin comes to Rome on a state visit on Thursday 4 July, at the invitation of Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte.
The visit will...
Salvini's Lega surges as Movimento 5 Stelle slumps.The right-wing Lega party of Italy's deputy premier and interior minister Matteo Salvini has won a major victory in the European elections, taking almost 35 per cent of...
Supreme court quashes two-year term for ex Rome mayor Marino.Italy's supreme court has acquitted former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino of charges of alleged embezzlement and fraud, quashing a two-year term in relation to a mu...
Italian government decree sets out details of residency, healthcare rules.
As Brexit looms and many British nationals living in Italy are unsure of how they will be affected, the Italian government has issued a d...
Brexit debate scheduled for 1 April.
The House of Commons has responded to the almost six million people who signed the petition to revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU, promising a debate on Monday 1 April.
The co...
Rome is an open, multicultural city, mayor Virginia Raggi tells pontiff.
Pope Francis called on Rome city councillors to seek to bring about the "moral and spiritual rebirth" of the capital, during his visit to city hal...
British nationals living in Italy are qualified to sign parliamentary petition to revoke Article 50.
Only little over 5,500 British nationals living in Italy have signed a petition calling on the government to revoke...
3,500 police on duty in Rome for visit of Chinese president.
The Colosseum and the surrounding area will be closed to the public on the afternoon of Friday 22 March, while Trajan's Markets will be shut for the entire da...
Marcello De Vito accused of corruption in relation to Rome stadium project.
The president of the Rome city council Marcello De Vito of the populist Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) was arrested on 20 March as part of an investi...
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Aperitif at the organic restaurant
Join Club Tutti Expats & Locals of Roma (https://www.meetup.com/clubtuttiroma) for a delightful aperitif which will be held on Friday April 26th at 6:30 PM at the organic restauran...
