From 10 to 25 May the villages of Fara Sabina con l’Abbazia di Farfa, Toffia, Poggio Moiano, and Bocchignano will become contemporary art exhibition spaces in the “20Eventi 08 Arte Contemporanea in Sabina”. The aim of this event is to...

The new premises for the Monte Milvio market in Via Riano have opened, giving a permanent home to the 74 traditional stalls that have occupied the central reservation of Viale Tor di Qunto since 1982. New mayor Gianni Alemanno opened the...

The Roseto Comunale, Rome’s city rose garden, opens this year from 3 May until mid June. This year the roses will be judged on Saturday 17 May by a panel of international judges as well as the judges of the local permanent...

Italian archaeologists have found 27 new Etruscan tombs at the well-known burial site at Tarquinia, a town north of Rome. They have been digging since April after a chance discovery at a building site about 500 metres from the Monterozzi hill...

Rome residents planning a weekend by the sea along the coasts of Campania, western Calabria or the Aeolian Islands may want to think twice, as hordes of the Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish have already taken up residence. The pinkish jellyfish, which is...

According to figures for the first quarter of 2008 released by the administrative governing body of the Fondazione Musica per Roma on 5 May, the number of visitors to the Auditorium Parco della Musica continues to grow. Compared to the same...

Magistrates in the Rome district attorney’s office have opened an investigation into the online publication last week of all Italian taxpayers’ tax returns by outgoing finance minister, Vicenzo Visco. The magistrates, who will determine whether Italy’s privacy law has been infringed,...

Rome’s Foro Italico becomes the centre of attention from 5-18 May when it plays host to the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis championship, commonly known as the Rome Masters. The tournament is divided into two weeks of action. Between 5 -11 May the...

As of 3 May, passengers at Fiumicino airport embarking for flights to the United States and Israel will check in at the newly unveiled check-in area, called terminal 5. A remote structure 800 m from the main check-in area, terminal 5...

Gianni Alemanno, the new conservative mayor of Rome, says a controversial covering structure for a major ancient Roman monument should be torn down, but says he will allow Romans to decide for themselves in a referendum. Alemanno, who won election with...