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Rome's Trevi Fountain turns red after protester dumps dye into it.

Rome's Trevi Fountain has turned red after an activist poured dye into it to protest against Rome's 'corruption and filth.'

Cinema

The Rome Film Festival opens its 12th edition with Scott Cooper’s new film "Hostiles"

Rosamund Pike, director Scott Cooper and Wes Studi lit up the red carpet in Rome for their latest film, "Hostiles," which opened the 12th Rome Film Festival.

Italy

Art attacks demean Rome's cultural heritage says city's curator

The dying of the Trevi fountain red by serial shock artist Graziano Cecchini does nothing for the city's image claims cultural curator.

Italy

Greenpeace protest in Rome after finding dangerous citywide air pollution

Greenpeace target diesel users in the Italian capital after finding Nitrogen Dioxide levels above WHO safety guidelines

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Italy

Lazio promises action after fans' Anne Franck 'insult'

Italian football fanatics are known for their connections to the far-right. When SS Lazio supporters used an image of Anne Frank as an insult, it created a national scandal.

Italy

Protests against citizenship for migrant children in Italy

Around 1,000 people have protested in Rome against giving citizenship to the children of migrants

Italy

One of Japan's most famous artists, Katsushika Hokusai, gets a major exhibition in Rome

The complete works of Katsushika Hokusai are on show in Rome until mid-January 2018.

Italy

Iconic Colosseum to reopen 'pleb tier'

Colosseum to reopen fifth and top tier to public.

Italy

Refugees and riot police clash in Rome

Migrants were protesting their eviction from a nearby office building, where they had been squatting for five years

Sport

Juventus and Lazio prepare to face each other in the Italian Supercup.

Juventus Torino and Lazio Roma face each other for a third time for this season's Italian Supercup curtain raiser.

Italy

Watch: Baggage handlers in Italy ‘caught stealing' from travellers' luggage

Watch out if you’re passing through Rome’s Fiumicino Airport this summer.

Italy

Vatican turns off fountains amid Italy drought

Pope Francis is showing solidarity as Rome faces the prospect of water rationing

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Zoo cool Tigers chill in Roma

Italy

Assets worth 280 billions seized in Rome anti-Mafia swoop

Carabinieri police in Rome seize assets worth about 280 million euros in a major anti-mafia operation.

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Rome: protesters call for changes to pay

'Respect!' chant protesters in Rome as they call for changes to pay for occasional work.

Italy

Rome mayor Raggi urges halt to migrant arrivals

Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement has asked the Italian government not to send more asylum seekers to the capital

Italy

Rome post office hit by "protest" bomb say police

Italian police believe explosive devices found near a post office in the capital, Rome, were intended as a protest.

Italy

Toxic cloud sparks safety alert south of Rome

A fire at a rubbish depot south of Rome sent a toxic cloud into the skies on Friday, forcing nearby homes and schools to be evacuated.

Sport

Italian football legend Francesco Totti will retire at end of season

The 40-year-old legend, who was widely expected to retire from football at the end of last season, will hang up his boots after 25 seasons at AS Roma.

Italy

Tourists toss more than €1.4m into Rome's Trevi Fountain

Tourists threw more than 1.