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Rome tram services suspended until 8th December. Image credit: By Manny Mannheimer - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=124053851

Rome tram services replaced by free buses until December

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome will suspend all tram services from Monday 6 October, replacing them with free shuttle buses until 7 December.

Circeo National Park where the training aircraft crash happened. Image credit: Wikipedia

Two dead in Air Force training aircraft crash near Rome

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

ROME, Oct 1, 2025 — Two Italian Air Force service members were killed on Wednesday in a T-260B training aircraft crash during a routine exercise over Circeo National Park, near Sabaudia, south of Rome.

Swimming in the Tiber could soon be a reality says Rome Mayor. By Rabax63 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59186870

Rome Mayor: Swimming in Tiber ‘within reach’

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Swimming in the Tiber could be possible within five years, Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri has said.

Rome to invest €9 million in Aurelian Walls project

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome will spend €9.245 million to redevelop a five-kilometre stretch of the ancient Aurelian Walls, the city announced this week.

Rome to introduce 30 km/h Zones Photo © iStock/Xantana

Rome to enforce 30 km/h Zones

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome will impose 30 km/h zones in its historic centre and other districts to cut accidents and road deaths. The measure, announced by transport councillor Eugenio Patané, is set to become law in early September.

Outrage as memorial to Giacomo Matteotti vandalised

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Politicians from across Italy’s political spectrum have condemned the vandalism of a marble plaque marking the site where the body of Socialist MP Giacomo Matteotti was found in 1924 following his assassination by Fascist agents.

restaurant roof collapse kills sommelier and leaves three in critical condition

Sommelier killed in roof collapse at Michelin restaurant

July 8, 2025July 8, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A 31-year-old woman has died after the roof collapse at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the coastal town of Terracina, south of Rome, on Monday night.

Explosion at petrol station in Rome injures 45

July 5, 2025July 5, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A massive gas explosion at a petrol station in northeast Rome on Friday injured 45 people, including police, firefighters, and emergency workers. The second of two explosions, triggered after a truck hit a gas pipe, was heard across the capital and sent a thick plume of smoke into the sky.

Greek court agrees extradition of villa pamphili murder suspect. Image credit: (Cecilia Fabiano / LaPresse)

Greek Court approves extradition of Kaufmann

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A Greek court has approved the extradition of a 46-year-old American man accused of murdering his Russian partner and their baby daughter in Rome.

Ancient Roman head unearthed at Trajan’s Forum

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Archaeologists in Rome have uncovered a colossal Roman head buried for centuries beneath Trajan’s Forum, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri announced on Saturday.