Get up to 84,000 euros to move to an Irish island
The government’s new Living Islands Policy wants to reinvigorate offshore communities
Ireland / Development / Digital transformation
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Green City
Trevi fountain activists made their point, but was that smart?
The entire fountain has to be emptied and cleaned, in a year when the country is gripped by drought anxiety
Italy / Netherlands / Amsterdam / Rome / Economy and Finance / Green City
Amsterdam will import Rome’s trash and turn it into energy
The two cities have signed a deal, which aims to alleviate the Italian capital’s big garbage problem
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms
Italy’s far-right government OKs construction of Holocaust museum
The cultural and victim remembrance facility will be located in Rome
Italy / Rome / Green City / Public Spaces
Rome tries out innovative fireproof waste-bins
They will go in the middle “squares” of the Via Appia Nuova boulevard for better accessibility by the garbage trucks
France / Italy / Portugal / Spain / Barcelona / Lisbon / Paris / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
Paris, Rome, Barcelona and Lisbon launch a municipal alliance for the preservation of emblematic local shops
The aim of the four cities is to promote the initiative on an international scale
Italy / Milan / Rome / Politics and Reforms
Italy’s two most populous regions - firmly right-wing after elections
Lombardy and Lazio held two-day regional elections but the voter turnout wasn’t the greatest
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism
Rome comes on top as world’s best food destination
It’s not just about pasta and pizza, either, and the Tripadvisor grassroots reviewers certainly know their thing
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism
Roman villa, promoted as most expensive in Italy, fails to sell for fifth time
The princess occupying it is also facing eviction
Italy / Rome / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health
Boar hunting in Italy moves into the urban areas
The new legislative proposal by the government cites the security concerns that the street roaming wild animals have raised
Italy / Rome / Mobility / Public Spaces
Rome Metro now boasts Amazon lockers
The service will also expand in the first half of 2023 to include more stations in the subway network
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Social City
Trevi Fountain fills up with 1.5 m euros a year, but what happens to all that cash?
The city has devised a whole process of collecting the funds and channelling them to charity
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
This iconic Rome landmark will cost money to visit
The plan to charge visitors an entry fee to the Pantheon has been revived by the Italian Cultural Ministry
Italy / Rome / Energy efficiency / Public Spaces
Rome invites you to light up a Christmas tree with a bicycle
This year, the Italian capital has turned the rate on its sustainability message and the holiday trees are the protagonists
Italy / Rome / Energy efficiency / Public Spaces
Do you find Rome’s Xmas tree solar panels ugly?
Join (if you wish) the debate that has swirled around the Italian capital’s self-sufficient fir
Italy / Rome / Development / Green City
Rome to have a waste-to-energy plant in 2026
Some silver lining to the eternal waste management issues plaguing the Eternal City
Belgium / Bulgaria / Italy / Spain / Florence / Madrid / Rome / Innovation and Research / Public Spaces
Bloomberg expands Asphalt Art Initiative to 19 European cities
It promotes the use of colour and design to make streets safer and communities stronger
Italy / Rome / Innovation and Research / Mobility
The sky is the limit: Rome presents first vertiport in Italy
Advanced Air Mobility services are expected to become a reality in the Italian capital by 2024
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation
Circus Maximus: one more star in the Ancient Rome 3D-verse
The Italian capital is increasingly leaning on virtual reality as the new tourism frontier
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance
How much would the Colosseum fetch if it went for sale?
Accountants from a financial consulting company decided to pull out their calculators and find out
Italy / Milan / Rome / Digital transformation / Mobility
Bad e-scooter riders in Rome and Milan will have to do a driving course
This is the first time that type of concept will be tried out in Europe
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation
Rome VR Bus will carry tourists 2000 years back in time
Unique technology and design convert the vehicle into a mobile, multi-sensory cinematic hall
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation
Rome to offer night tours of the Colosseum
Explore the underbelly of the city’s most iconic site in the moonlit hours
Italy / Rome / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health
Rome raises fences against wild boars
The problem is especially pertinent in the northern parts of the city where a voluntary curfew had been advised
Italy / Rome / Education and Sport / Social City
Rome’s school canteens will offer Ukrainian menu once a week
Inter-cultural acceptance made delicious
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
This Thursday, head to Rome for its 2775th birthday
The Eternal City will host a four-day, event-filled party
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance
Lazio will pay you 2000 euros to get married there
An enticing offer that also seeks to support the local wedding industry
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms
Rome’s tourism comes out heavily bruised after the pandemic
One-third of the city’s hotels have had to close down
Italy / Milan / Rome / Digital transformation / Mobility
Milan, Rome and Naples to field test MaaS platform
Milan is also the first city in Italy to host an experimental laboratory for public transit
Italy / Rome / Mobility / Social City
Rome and Lazio embark on condominium car sharing test
People living in social housing will have access to shared electric vehicles
Italy / Rome / Mobility
Hydrogen and electric buses in popularity contest with motorcycles in Rome
Will sustainable public transport finally prove more attractive to the city’s commuters?