Restaurant shut for overcharging

Restaurant shut for overcharging

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The ‘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, 2009

Fireball kills 16 after train derails

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Top cemetary spots go under the hammer

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

President Obama in Rome on 8/10 July

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
In at the deep end?

In at the deep end?

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

With 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, 2009
In Fashion, out of Town

In Fashion, out of Town

Friday, February 10th, 2006

A 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, 2009

Tight budget? Try shopping ‘usato’

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Obama – the Face of Rome Fashion Week 2009

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Parco Leonardo: a Monument to Consumerism

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Web TV News: Paintings on Piazza Navona

Web TV News: Paintings on Piazza Navona

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Rome, 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acclaimed American author John Grisham was warmly welcomed at this year’s Rome Literature Festival for his unpublished reading ‘Tranquillity’ based on the story of a man waiting on Death Row who wants to see the moon one last time.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

Playing ‘Ruzzolone’ in Mugnano in Teverina

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

For 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, 2009

3-4 Jul: Casperia Irish Festival

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Weekend Getaways: Rieti

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Grapevine: Jarred’s Top 10 Proseccos

Grapevine: Jarred’s Top 10 Proseccos

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

As 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, 2009

Roman shipwrecks inspire underwater ‘cantina’

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Web TV News: How not to be so Foreign… in a Foreign Country

Web TV News: How not to be so Foreign… in a Foreign Country

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Rome, 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.

Fiat 500 Touring Club

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Change in Italy? Yes We Might

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Renting in Rome: Avoiding the Pitfalls

Renting in Rome: Avoiding the Pitfalls

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

Don’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.

Living Abroad Boost for UK Pensioners

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Out of Stock, into Bricks‘n’Mortar

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Greenzone: The Chilling Expense of Cooler Homes

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

A Villino in the ‘Pigneto’

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008