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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.

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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.

dead woman found in villa pamphili park identified

Woman found dead in Villa Pamphili Park identified

June 19, 2025June 19, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italian prosecutors have identified the body of a young woman found dead in Rome’s Villa Pamphili park as Anastasia Trofimova, a 28-year-old Russian national born in Omsk.

American arrested in Greece over Rome double homicide

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italian prosecutors say there is “reasonable suspicion” of a double homicide after the bodies of an American woman and her six-month-old daughter were found last Saturday in Rome’s Villa Pamphilj park. An American man has been arrested in connection with the deaths.

Piazza Augusto Imperatore ribbon cutting

Rome unveils revamped Piazza Augusto Imperatore

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome has inaugurated the revamped Piazza Augusto Imperatore, unveiling a new pedestrian space around the Mausoleum of Augustus after five years of construction and two decades of planning.