Rome

  ROME – The Keats-Shelley museum will host an academic seminar on the earlier poems of the Romantic writer on Oct 31, his birthday.

  ROME – The result was “a huge step forward” said Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, as vocal opponents of the act were defeated 165 votes to 111.

  ROME – Voice Professionals Italy are set to put on an evening of Shakespeare sonnet readings and music in conjunction with the American University of Rome, in memory of Professor James Walston.

 Rome- Documentary Soul Boys of the Western World by George Hencken, about the iconic 1980s band Spandau Ballet, will be presented at the 9^thRome Film F

ROME – As the arts scene gets back into swing after the long summer break the Japanese Culture Institute are running a series of free film showings.

ROME – The Israelite Hospital and several health clinics in the city were raided Tuesday morning by police investigating fraud within the national health service.

ROME – British biographer Lucy Hughes-Hallett will be reading from, and discussing, her award-winning biography on poet Gabriele D’Annunzio on Oct 9.

ROME - Four clients accused of relations with two under-aged prostitutes in the Parioli area of Rome have agreed to a plea-bargain to avoid trial.

ROME- The American University of Rome has announced a new Master’s Programme in Food Studies.

ROME – Three immigrants were beaten up on Sunday night by locals who took to the streets of Corcolle to protest attacks on two Atac buses.

ROME – Security around St. Peter's Square has been doubled recently due to an increased concern of a possible terrorist threat against Pope Francis and the Vatican.

Rome – Italy was strongly reprimanded on Monday by the European Council’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking of Human Beings (GRETA), regarding an apparent rise of illegally smuggled pe

ROME – Less than a week after the brutal stabbing death of a 52-year old Romanian man, the murder of yet another immigrant has rocked the Torpignattara district of Rome.

ROME – Italian PM Matteo Renzi has praised the decision of the Scottish people to remain in the UK as a triumph for diversity.

ROME-The Eternal City's travel writing festival launched its ne

VATICAN – On Sunday Pope Francis officiated at the marriages of twenty couples in Saint Peter’s Basilica, some of whom already cohabit or have children. 

ROME – A temporary exhibition on Victorian poet Robert Browning is to run at Keats-Shelley House from Sep. 22 to Feb. 28.

ROME – Official statistics show that industrial production in Italy has sunk to its lowest point in five years.

ROME – Mattia Martinello, 18, in a coma Tuesday after falling whilst trying to take a selfie with friends at the Colosseum.

ROME – A scholarship in memory of Professor James Walston aims to send students of the American University of Rome to Turkey.

ROME– The Italian Beaches Union have reported a sharp decrease in tourism over the last two months.

ROME– Lorenzo, a 5-year-old boy from Taranto, has died after battling cancer caused by pollution from the Ilva steelworks.