https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed At least 45 people were injured in Rome on Friday after a petrol station exploded, damaging buildings and setting several cars on fire. https://www.thelocal.com/20250704/breaking-several-injured-in-rome-petrol-station-explosion Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:47:04 +0200 breaking-several-injured-in-rome-petrol-station-explosion Rome's famous Trevi Fountain is open again after a three-month clean-up, but visitors will for now be limited to 400 to avoid the crowds of the past, said the city's mayor. https://www.thelocal.com/20241223/romes-trevi-fountain-reopens-to-limited-crowds Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:27:55 +0100 romes-trevi-fountain-reopens-to-limited-crowds Several key boxes set up to enable guests to check in independently at holiday rental properties in central Rome were removed by anonymous saboteurs on Wednesday in an act of protest against so-called "hit-and-run tourism". https://www.thelocal.com/20241024/holiday-rental-homes-in-rome-sabotaged-in-protest-against-overtourism Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:17:52 +0200 holiday-rental-homes-in-rome-sabotaged-in-protest-against-overtourism A 17-year-old German tourist was reportedly the latest to be caught defacing the Colosseum in Rome on Saturday, following a spate of acts of vandalism at the ancient site this summer. https://www.thelocal.com/20230717/anger-in-italy-as-another-tourist-caught-carving-initials-into-romes-colosseum Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:42:08 +0200 anger-in-italy-as-another-tourist-caught-carving-initials-into-romes-colosseum American coffee chain Starbucks is set to open a three-storey outlet in Rome’s historic centre in April as it continues its expansion across Italy. https://www.thelocal.com/20230324/starbucks-set-to-open-first-coffee-shop-in-central-rome Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:54:53 +0100 starbucks-set-to-open-first-coffee-shop-in-central-rome