Rome on terror alert
Extra security in Rome during Holy Week.Police chiefs are meeting on 26 March to discuss security measures in Rome following a terror warning received by Italy's interior ministry in recent days, acco...
Anti-terrorism measures at Rome's Quirinal Palace
Security raised at Italian president's residence.
40 large-scale flower pots were installed along the perimeter of Rome's Palazzo Quirinale, the official resident of Italy's president, on 28 August....
Rome increases security after Barcelona attack
Anti-terrorism plan focuses on Via del Corso and Capitoline hill.
Rome is to introduce new security measures in key areas of the capital in the wake of the Barcelona terror attack on 17 August, when...
British embassy book of condolence for Manchester
Book of condolence open at British embassy in Rome until midday on 24 May.
The British embassy in Rome has opened a book of condolence for the victims of the Manchester terror attack that killed...
Italy sends condolences to Manchester
Italy's prime minister sends message of condolence after Manchester terror attack.
Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has sent condolences to Manchester following the terror attack that killed...
Rome raises security following Berlin attack
Italian Fabrizia Di Lorenzo confirmed dead in Berlin terror attack.
Rome security chiefs have increased the capital's security arrangements following the terror attack in Berlin in which at least 1...
Italian senate honours victims of Dhaka attack
Rome autopsy reveals victims died "slow and painful death".
Italy's foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni has told the senate in Rome that Italy "will not forget" the nine Italians killed during a 12-ho...
Italy mourns victims of Bangladesh terror attack
Rome commemorates nine Italians killed in Dhaka attack.
Italy is mourning the nine Italians who were among 20 civilians killed during a 12-hour siege at a restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital Dhak...
Rome increases security over Easter
Rome monuments illuminated in Belgian flag colours after Brussels attacks.
Rome is increasing its security measures once again, in particular over the upcoming Easter weekend, in the wake of the Br...
High security alert at Rome airports
All Rome flights to Brussels cancelled after Belgium terror attacks.
Rome's Fiumicino and Ciampino airports are in a state of heightened alert following the terror attacks in Brussels on the mornin...
Evacuation plan for St Peter's Square
Anti-terrorism measures ahead of Vatican's Easter ceremonies.
Italian and Vatican security officials have outlined plans for the rapid evacuation of St Peter's Square in the event of a terrorist at...
Two Italian hostages freed in Libya
Release of Italian hostages follows deaths of two co-workers.
Two Italian construction workers who were kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) in Libya last July were reportedly freed on 4 March, followi...
Anti-ISIS meeting in Rome
23 countries discuss strategies to combat ISIS.
Rome is hosting a key international meeting designed to build on recent military gains against Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Iraq and Syria.
C...
Living with the Holy Jubilee
The opening of the Holy Jubilee of Mercy went off smoothly but Rome remains on high terrorist alert.
Laura Clarke
When the sun went down on the opening of the Holy Year of Mercy on 8 December or...
Rome's illegal B&Bs possible terrorist threat
Appeal to help Rome combat terrorist threat.
Rome's commissioner Franco Gabrielli has urged Rome residents to report illegal Bed and Breakfasts in the capital as part of increased security measures...
Rome's security plan for Holy Jubilee
Rome's public transport and tourist sites to get extra security.
Rome will have more than 2,000 extra police officers on duty from 23 November, 15 days before the Vatican's Holy Jubilee of Mercy be...
FBI warns Italy of terrorist threat
ISIS issues latest threat against Vatican.
US intelligence services have warned Italy that St Peter's Basilica in Rome, as well as Milan's Duomo and La Scala opera house, have been identified as "p...
Extra security for Rome
More armed troops on Rome streets during Holy Jubilee Year.
An extra 700 soldiers will be on duty around Rome from 17 November and the use of remote-controlled drone aircraft banned over the capi...
Rome on alert after ISIS threat
Extra security in Rome in wake of Libya crisis
There is an increased security presence outside Rome's American embassy on Via Veneto and the Libyan embassy on Via Nomentana, as a special security t...
Italy steps up security
Border police ask for more resources at Fiumicino
Border police at Rome's principal international airport Leonardo Da Vinci complain of inadequate resources at one of Italy's most security-sensiti...
