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A local's guide to what's on in Rome in October. October is one of the best times to visit the Eternal City as a new season of cultural events gets underway, from opera and blockbuster exhibitions to free museums and live music. Tevere Day, a week-long festival in celebration of Rome's river Tiber, takes place from 2-1
'Massacro del Circeo' still haunts Italy after more than 50 years. Italy this week marks the anniversary of the Circeo Massacre, a horrendous crime that unfolded in a seaside resort south of Rome between 29 and 30 September 1975. The event involved the kidnapping, torture and rape of two young women from Rome, one of w
The fifth edition of the free, roaming festival takes over Rome's most multicultural district on 10 and 11 October. On Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October, Romadiffusa returns for its fifth edition, this time settling in Rome's Esquilino quarter. The cultural festival, supported by Rome's city council, moves to a differe
Italian judges hand down 10-year sentences in absentia but do not find anyone guilty of Regeni's murder.A Rome court on Monday convicted three Egyptian security agents of kidnapping Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was found near Cairo in 2016. It did not convict any of them of his murder. After ar
The €1.3 Billion Project Now Races Toward a 2027 Groundbreaking AS Roma's long-running effort to build its own stadium reached a decisive point on Monday, September 28, 2026. The decisive Conferenza dei Servizi on the stadium's technical and economic feasibility project ended with a positive opinion, according to Adnkr
Energy firms step in as government eases back on diesel tax relief, with Meloni welcoming the move and opposition and trade bodies raising concerns. Italian energy group ENI began capping petrol and diesel prices at its service stations on Monday 28 September, and rival IP said it would follow with a phased cap of its
Marina Abramović exhibition to run from 18 November to 4 April 2027. Rome's National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC) will host a large-scale exhibition dedicated to Marina Abramović, marking the Serbian-born performance artist's 80th birthday with what she has called the most comprehensive show of her wo
Cabinet passes controversial law setting a 30 per cent limit on non-Italian-speaking students per class and outlawing full-face veils, amid backlash from the opposition. Italy's council of ministers has approved a decree-law imposing a binding 30 per cent cap on foreign students who do not speak adequate Italian in eac
The Senate's New Law Sets Up a Framework, Not a Single Reactor Yet, With First Plants Eyed for 2033-2034 Italy's Senate gave final approval on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, to a delega (enabling law) authorizing the government to build a regulatory framework for what officials are calling "sustainable nuclear energy,"
Municipio I Pushes for Compensation Rules as Movie Productions Keep Swallowing Parking Spots.In Rome's historic center, parking has always been scarce. What residents and local officials are now pushing back on is who gets to take it away, and whether anyone owes them anything when it happens. According to RomaToday, M
The "Priests Against Genocide" Network Carried a Shroud Bearing 300 Children's Names to St. Peter's Square Roughly 150 Catholic priests, friars, a bishop and nuns from across the globe marched to the Vatican on Tuesday, September 22, gathering to pray near St. Peter's Square and call for an end to what they described a
Gualtieri says Tevere can follow in the footsteps of the Seine by opening to swimmers. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has pledged that the river Tiber will be safe for swimming by 2032, comparing the ambition to the clean-up of the Seine ahead of the Paris Olympics. Speaking on the sidelines of an event on Tuesday, Gualt
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