All news on the topic: Rome

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EPPO seizes Cassino municipal park in €230,000 EU subsidy fraud probe
On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Carabinieri Command for Forestry (Carabinieri Forestali) of Frosinone and the Carabinieri Ecological Operational Units (N.O.E.) of Rome and Latina conducted searches and seizures in Cassino as part of an investigation into EU subsidy fraud involving a municipal park.
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EPPO seizes €6m more in Italy luxury car VAT fraud probe
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna, Turin and Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Prato has seized additional assets worth over €6 million, as part of an investigation into a suspected VAT carousel fraud involving luxury vehicles.
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Rome’s banking champion plan revived as MPS considers selling Generali holding
Monte dei Paschi di Siena chief Luigi Lovaglio is considering selling a €7.4bn stake in Generali to help fund an acquisition of Banco BPM.
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First female Archbishop to meet Pope in historic Vatican visit
The Archbishop of Canterbury plans to meet Pope Leo at the Vatican next month, following a recent exchange of letters.
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Historic Rome tower collapses twice during restoration, trapping workers and injuring one
A medieval tower in central Rome has partially collapsed twice during renovations, trapping one worker on an upper floor and injuring another.
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Japanese tourist dies after falling from Pantheon wall in Rome
A Japanese tourist has died after falling from the outer wall of the Pantheon in Rome.
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Carlo Acutis to become first millennial saint, “god’s influencer” honored in Rome
In a see-through safe carved into a wall behind the altar of a chapel in northern Rome lies a collection of relics of Carlo Acutis.
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‘Ndrangheta and Albanian gangs: mafia trafficked cocaine from South America to the heart of Europe
Authorities in Italy, Spain, and Albania have arrested 28 suspected members of a drug trafficking network linked to the ’Ndrangheta, Europol announced on Tuesday.
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Several injured as petrol station explosion rocks Rome, sending flames and smoke across city
Several emergency workers have been injured, including three with severe burns, after a petrol station exploded in Rome.
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“Peace be with you all” — new Pope Leo XIV makes first statement
Peace be with you all: New Pope Leo XIV makes his first statement.
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Pope Francis donates all his money to children’s prison before death
Shortly before his death, Pope Francis donated almost all the money he had left to a juvenile prison in Rome.
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Trump embarrassed himself at Pope Francis’s funeral: his "disrespectful" style outraged the online community
US President Donald Trump has been criticized as ’disrespectful’ for the outfit he chose to wear upon arriving at Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome today with his wife Melania.
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Pope Francis’s coffin on the main altar: thousands gather to say their goodbyes
Pope’s simple open casket rests on the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica as mourners express: ’It’s a privilege to be here’
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British tourist was seriously injured due to an explosion in a B&B in Rome
A British tourist reportedly suffered serious injuries in Rome after the B&B apartment he was staying in was destroyed in an explosion.
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Russian executives linked to state-owned companies invest in luxury Italian real estate despite Western sanctions and war connections
While key Russian state-owned companies continue to finance and support their country’s war in Ukraine, top executives are buying up property in Italy’s most picturesque locations — from Verona to Florence, and from Liguria to the Adriatic coast.
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Pope Francis sends a message to 1,200,000,000 Catholics from his hospital bed
Pope Francis has sent a message to 1.2 billion Catholics across the world after the Vatican confirmed he was in a critical condition.
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Pope Francis in critical condition with respiratory crisis, Vatican provides health update
Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week at the Gemelli hospital in Rome with a complex lung infection, is in critical condition, the Vatican said in its latest update.
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Pope Francis opens ‘holy door’ at one of largest prisons in Italy
Pontiff opens sacred portal at Rebibbia jail outside Rome to show ‘hope does not disappoint’
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Mussolini’s WW2 underground bunker, featuring 13ft thick concrete and gas-tight doors, sheltered family beneath villa
Three bunkers were built underneath the 19th century villa - the last was never finished