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Four people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
2022-12-11

An explosion outside a prominent post office in Rome causes damage to a car; however, no injuries or deaths have been reported. A preliminary investigation indicated it was most likely “a demonstrative act, showing that it could be done”.
2017-05-12

An estimated half-million Italians protest in Rome's Circus Maximus against pending legislation that would legalize same-sex unions. The legislation would extend to civil unions the same rights they would have under marriage, including adoption of children.
2016-01-30

Several hundred hooligans supporting the Dutch football club Feyenoord clash with police in Rome, before the club's Europa League contest with local side Roma. In the clashes several people are injured and a large fragment of the 17th century Barcaccia fountain by Gianlorenzo Bernini is smashed. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20150226225418-http:--abcnews.go.com-Sports-wireStory-rome-mayor-dutch-pay-damage-feyenoord-fans-29097285 (AP via ABC (U.S.))]
2015-02-19

Pope Francis creates 19 new cardinals in a ceremony at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. In addition, the Pope emeritus Benedict XVI makes his first public appearance at the Vatican since his resignation in 2013.
2014-02-22

100,000 workers and unemployed march against record unemployment in Rome, the first major demonstration since Enrico Letta's government took power earlier this year.
2013-06-22

As part of the Maundy Thursday service Pope Francis washes the feet of prisoners at a juvenile detention centre in Rome, Italy.
2013-03-28

Stones reportedly fall from the Colisseum, one of Rome's most famous landmarks.
2011-12-28

Tens of thousands of people rally in Rome against a weakening of labour rights being carried out by the country's government; rumours spread by politicians of clashes caused by "anarchist infiltration" prove unfounded.
2010-10-17

Nine Irish Roman Catholic bishops and Cardinal Seán Brady arrive in Rome to discuss the Murphy Report and Ryan Report into the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland with Pope Benedict XVI, the first such meetings there in eight years.
2010-02-14