ROME – An exhibition on Italian architect Gio Ponti opened Wednesday at MAXXI with a fascinating display of plans, drawings, magazines and architectural models.

 ROME – Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi’s latest attempt to deal with the Eternal City’s ongoing rubbish crisis is by transporting waste to Civitavecchia, sparking resistance from the town's own mayor

 ROME--The dusty path that snakes through the landscape in the world's most famous painting is actually a river, according to an Italian art historian who recently restored a copy of the Mona Lisa

 ROME – American billionaire Dan Friedkin is interested in buying A.S. Roma football club, business sources report.

 ROME – A Rome military court has opened an inquiry into why the former Defence Minister still lives in the flat she occupied while in office. 

 ROME – Two carabinieri officers were sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for the killing of Stefano Cucchi, who they beat so severely after his arrest that he died in hospital, said judicial so

 ROME – The 56^th Nuova Consonanza festival began Wednesday night in the Testaccio area of the capital with In Piena Luce, an evening of music and readings dedicated to female journalists

 ROME – Twenty people have been arrested in a police operation against a drugs gang in the Tor Bella Monaca area of the capital, said police sources.

 ROME – The third “Russian Rome” festival took place Friday in Palazzo Poli, celebrating Russian art in Italy and beyond.

 ROME – A remembrance service for war dead was held in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, in the Testaccio area of the Italian capital, on Friday.

 ROME – A minor earthquake hit the Lazio and Abruzzio areas at 18.35, reported Il Messaggero.

 ROME – The “Pecora Elettrica” bookshop-café has been set on fire for the second time, say police sources.

 ROME – Two Celtic fans were stabbed, apparently by Lazio supporters, ahead of Thursday night’s football match, said police sources.

 ROME – The Rome Savoyards’ latest production, George Bernard Shaw’s “The Philanderer,” opened with an amusing and thought-provoking performance of a play that, while indisputably of its time, can

 ROME – In the presence of Finland’s new ambassador to Italy, Pia Rantala-Engberg, Michele Dall'Ongaro, president of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, the curators and some authors of the essa

 ROME – A number of Italian cities were hit by bad weather over the weekend, including Rome, where a metro station remains closed and several roads are flooded or blocked by fallen trees.

 ROME – A motion to institute an extraordinary commission against hatred, racism and antisemitism proposed by Liliana Segre passed in the Senate on Wednesday – but centre-right senators abstained f

 ROME – The future of the Italian government has been thrown into doubt as the result of the regional elections in Umbria shakes the coalition and the prime minister is under fire for an alleged co

 ROME – The alleged murderers of Luca Sacchi have been arrested as investigators examine whether drug dealing played a role in the homicide on Wednesday, judicial sources report.

 ROME – Galleria Borghese’s new exhibition, dedicated to eighteenth-century master metalworker Luigi Valadier, opens Wednesday with an astonishing collection of works in an array of styles.

 ROME – A technical commission of the Ministry of the Environment has rejected plans to expand Rome’s Fiumicino airport on the grounds that the expansion would take place in a nature reserve.

 ROME – Donald Olson’s new play Oscar and Walt was performed for the first time on Friday at John Cabot University.  Inspired by real events, it depicts a meeting between two unquestioned