Restaurant shut for overcharging
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009The ‘Passetto’ restaurant in Via Zanardelli, near Piazza Navona, was shut down yesterday after foreign tourists informed police their credit card had been charged €695 for their meal.
Police shut down ‘Magliana’ drug gang
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Fireball kills 16 after train derails
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Ancient St Paul icon unearthed in catacomb
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Top cemetary spots go under the hammer
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009President Obama in Rome on 8/10 July
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
In at the deep end?
Thursday, June 25th, 2009With just 23 days to go prior to the opening of the FINA World Championships, Rome’s organisers are still contending with the odd spot of trouble in ensuring facilities are up to scratch and ready.
Italy booted out of Confederations Cup
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Siena continue domination of Italian basketball
Monday, June 15th, 2009Italy’s ‘Azzurri’ to play in celeste
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Super 10 rugby – Treviso champions. L’Aquila return
Monday, June 1st, 2009Barcelona triumph in Rome brings season to fitting close
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
In Fashion, out of Town
Friday, February 10th, 2006A guided tour of shopping villages and outlets on the outskirts of Rome: to help you choose among the hordes of labels and avoid making a fashion faux-pas.
Libretto for the Operetta
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Tight budget? Try shopping ‘usato’
Friday, March 13th, 2009Obama – the Face of Rome Fashion Week 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Parco Leonardo: a Monument to Consumerism
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006Once a Shoe-In - Italy’s struggling footwear industry
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Web TV News: Paintings on Piazza Navona
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Rome, Italy, Friday June 26, 2009 - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…But What About a Painting? You can find art all over Piazza Navona… capturing Rome’s great architecture of the past to the city’s most recent works.
Web TV News: Sweet Sounds Of Summer
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Rome, Italy, Friday June 29, 2009 - The John Cabot Chamber Orchestra Is The Only Amateur Orchestra In The Entire City Of Rome And Tonight Is Their Final Summer Performance Here At Academia Di Romania.
Rome International Literature Festival: John Grisham and Calibro 35
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Internationally acclaimed American author John Grisham was warmly welcomed at this year’s Rome Literature Festival for his unpublished reading ‘Tranquillity’ based on the story of a man waiting on Death Row who wants to see the moon one last time.
Review of The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter, English Theatre of Rome
Friday, June 5th, 2009
“I went to these digs and found, in short, a very big woman who was the landlady and a little man, the landlord. There was no one else there, apart from a solitary lodger, and the digs were really quite filthy … I was looking at this sofa from which hairs and dust fell continuously. And I said to the man, “What are you doing here?”
Meeting Rome’s Street Performers
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
On any dry day of the year, there are nearly always artisti di
strada encircled by crowds in Rome’s centre. TRF met some
familiar faces on the so-called ‘bottom rung’ of the entertainment industry, who turned out to be as diverse as the acts they perform.
Rome Burlesque Festival 2009 (7-9 May) at Micca Club
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Burlesque dancers dazzled Roman crowds at Micca Club, for the 2009, fourth edition of the Rome Burlesque Festival.
Cover Story:
La Dolce Vita just got sweeter - Roman summer 2009 has something for everyone
Current Issue:
Summer 2009
Table of Contents:
100 years of the Keats-Shelley House, Elvira Gramano bridal gowns, Rome’s invading fauna!
Playing ‘Ruzzolone’ in Mugnano in Teverina
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009For thousands of years, the ruzzola has been a sport practiced by shepherds and farmers, with a smattering of nobles, clergy and intellectuals thrown in. Evanne Brandon Diner tells all.
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4-5 Jul: Renaissance Fair
Tuesday, June 30th, 20093-4 Jul: Casperia Irish Festival
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Weekend getaways: The Abbey at Fossanova
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Weekend Getaways: Fiuggi in Frosinone, mountain spa town
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009Weekend Getaways: Rieti
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Grapevine: Jarred’s Top 10 Proseccos
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009As temperatures approach sizzling in Rome it’s time to turn away from those deep, rich reds and pop the corks on Italy’s favorite sparkler: prosecco
Message In a Bottle
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Paula’s Italian Cooking Secrets: Friuli Venezia Giulia
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Paula’s Italian Cooking Secrets: Veneto
Sunday, March 1st, 2009Roman shipwrecks inspire underwater ‘cantina’
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009Battle of the Breakfast Rolls, Cornetto vs Croissant
Monday, November 10th, 2008
Web TV News: How not to be so Foreign… in a Foreign Country
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Rome, Italy, Monday June 29, 2009 - Moving to a different country isn’t always easy, but with an international social network like ‘Expats Living In Rome’ navigating through the system is not so overwhelming, reports Ashley Zilka.
Travellers’ Tales… Ticks, fleas and bedbugs
Monday, May 25th, 2009A ‘Perfect Storm’ on the World’s Plate
Friday, April 24th, 2009Greenzone: The Steady Decline of the Roman Swift
Thursday, April 16th, 2009Fiat 500 Touring Club
Friday, February 27th, 2009Change in Italy? Yes We Might
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Renting in Rome: Avoiding the Pitfalls
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Don’t wear yourself out with worry, renting in Rome is not necessarily worse than in other big European capitals so long as you know what your rights are and, more importantly perhaps, how the market works.
