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Documenting life in Rome and news from Italy for four decades.

Wanted in Rome celebrates 40 years today of providing news from Italy in English, along with the latest events, classifieds and insights into life in the Eternal City.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE by @wantedinrome

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Italy renames #Malpensa Airport, a cell #phone ban in Italian schools, #Swiftonomics boosts Milan’s economy, and more #news from around Italy this week.

Link in bio and in comments

#newsinitaly #wantedinrome by @wantedinrome

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Italy’s autumn art calendar is looking seriously tempting. 🍂🎨

From Pontormo in Rome to Keith Haring, Kandinsky and Dalí, major exhibitions are opening across the country this season, with plenty of reasons to hop on a train and make a day (or weekend) of it.

Here’s our pick of the shows worth travelling for, from Rome and Milan to Turin, Parma, Bologna and Venice.

🚆 Save this for your next art-filled Italian getaway.

Read the full guide via the link in bio.

#Italy #ArtInItaly #AutumnInItaly by @wantedinrome

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General registration for the 2026 race has sold out, but places remain through the charity programme. Last year’s edition set an Italian record with more than 22,000 runners.

The third edition of the #WizzAir #Rome Half Marathon by Brooks will take place on #Sunday 18 October 2026, taking runners through the heart of the Eternal City. by @wantedinrome

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Architects have until 13 November to apply for the ideas contest, which allows for a new building or the redesign of existing structures of up to 3,000sqm.

Rome’s #GalleriaBorghese has moved ahead with plans to expand, launching an international architecture competition to find ways of increasing the museum’s space, accessibility and services. by @wantedinrome

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The late Italian special effects master and three-time #Oscar winner is honoured today in #LosAngeles, as an exhibition on his art opens at the Italian Cultural Institute.

Carlo #Rambaldi, the Italian special effects artist behind #E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, will receive a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on 15 October. by @wantedinrome

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Viral American comedian #HollyHudson, based in London, brings her solo standup show “Fine, Actually” to Teatro Trastevere this Sunday, 18 October. Doors 8:30pm, show 9pm. All in English: dating, ageing, family, cultural confusion and being an American abroad at an extremely inconvenient time to be American. Part of her first European tour

@holhuds by @wantedinrome

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#Gasperini’s side led 3-1 in the second half, then conceded three goals in the last seven minutes as Mourinho’s #RealMadrid won on his return to Rome

For 80 minutes, #Roma had the better of José #Mourinho’s Real Madrid at the Stadio Olimpico. By the 97th, they had lost. Gian Piero Gasperini’s side led 3-1 in the second half of their Champions League league-phase match on Wednesday night, and then conceded three goals in the closing stages to lose 4-3. by @wantedinrome

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#Milan has the highest rate of reported #crime in Italy, according to the latest crime index, published by newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore on Monday. BuyMaps

The annual #ranking compares 106 provinces using the number of crimes reported per 100,000 residents in 2025. It draws on data from the interior ministry’s police database. by @wantedinrome

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Rome picks #Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author to relaunch the theatre where the play received a notorious reaction from audience.

Rome’s historic #TeatroValle will reopen to the public on Friday 16 October following a prolonged closure and an extensive restoration, the city has confirmed. by @wantedinrome

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Two #minors aged 16 and 17 admit to #minicar assaults in Rome, including one on actor Davide Iacopini, who remains in intensive care.

Two teenagers have confessed to a series of attacks carried out from a minicar in #Rome on 4 and 5 October, investigators said on Wednesday.

The pair, aged 16 and 17, were identified by the #Carabinieri and Rome’s local police, working under the coordination of the city’s prosecutors, and the vehicle was seized overnight. by @wantedinrome

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The #Boeing 787 was taken out of service at #Fiumicino for a deep clean, forcing the airline to cancel its Rome-#Perth return flight.

A Qantas aircraft was grounded in Rome after bed bugs were found in its economy cabin, leading to the cancellation of a long-haul flight to Australia. by @wantedinrome

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