ROME – A short film featuring poet Maya Angelou was launched in Rome by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Friday, the International Day of Rural Women.  It aimed to rai

 ROME – C40 World Mayors Summit was held in Copenhagen from 9 till 12 October, 2019. C40 is a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change.

 ROME – The Robert Morris exhibition “Monumentum” opens Friday at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome.

 ROME – The law prohibiting tourist coaches in the historic centre of Rome is being widely ignored, reports Il Messaggero.

 ROME – The Italian Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador Thursday, in protest over the Turkish offensive in Syria.

 ROME - Thanks to Maker Faire Rome, for 3 days from Oct 18 to 20, Rome this year will become the European capital of innovation, hosting one of the most important worldwide events about innovation,

 ROME – The new exhibition “Michelangelo in Colour” at Palazzo Barberini opens to the public Friday --it features sketches by Michelangelo and paintings by Marcel

 ROME – The use of electronic cigarettes in hospitals, health facilities and medical offices is being banned throughout Lazio, health officials said on Thursday.

 ROME – Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” may not be lent to the Louvre after all, following a court ruling.

 ROME – A cut to the numbers of parliamentary deputies in Italy will pass into law following a landslide vote in favour in the Chamber of Deputies.

 ROME – Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte is facing severe criticism from his political allies and competitors on issues surrounding defence and the secret services, according to political sour

 ROME - A Rome court has rejected a request by Rudy Guede, currently serving 16 years in prison for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, to spend the rest of his sentence doing community service.

 ROME – Judging by the enthusiastic support given to the idea by main political parties, 16-year-olds in Italy could soon get the vote.

 ROME – On his first official visit to Italy as U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo was to have a private audience with Pope Francis at a Vatican symposium on Wednesday.

 ROME - AS Roma has teamed up with World Cup hosts Qatar to develop football in Italy at grassroots level in a four-year partnership.

 ROME – A memorial to Peter Tompkins, an American Second World War spy whose daring work with Italian anti-Fasist agents in occupied Rome played a crucial role in the battle of Anzio, was unveiled

 ROME – The Vatican is watching nervously as German bishops meet in Fulda, central Germany, to debate and launch a campaign of change for the Catholic Church in Germany.

 ROME – A Remembrance Day service will be held on Friday November 8 at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, 50 Via Nicola Zabaglia, Testaccio, Rome.

 ROME – Ramon Cristobal Santoyo, a main director of cocaine smuggling from Mexico to the USA, has been arrested at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, reports Il Messaggero.

 ROME – Three police officers are being investigated in relation to a Jet Ski joyride taken by the son of former Interior Minister and leader of the Northern League Matteo Salvini, police sources s