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

 ROME – The capital looked set to stop completely Friday, as the workers of various public services have walked out in the city’s first ever general strike.

 ROME - From Oct 21 to 27, as it does every year, Rome Film Fest hosts the Rebibbia Festival, featuring screenings, talks, and workshops for the inmates of the Roman prison.  All are held in two ve

 ROME – This weekend the Eternal City will become the backdrop to a spectacular display of lights and projections for the second year of the “Solid Light Festival,” part of Videocitta.

 ROME – The eviction of the historic Antico Caffè Greco has been postponed to the end of January following a widespread show of support for the café, says Il Fatto Quotidiano. 

 ROME – The Italian women’s football team were awarded the Invictus prize Monday at the Foreign Press Association in Rome.

 ROME – Statues of a South American goddess have been removed from a Roman church and thrown in the Tiber by conservatives in protest, according to Il Messaggero.

 ROME – A delegation of indigenous people of the Amazon spoke at a press conference Monday to denounce the violence and oppression they are currently facing and to encourage Europe to take action.