LEILA EL ZABRI

FILE - Tourists admire the Trevi Fountain in Rome, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
A wish at Rome’s Trevi Fountain could soon cost more than the coin you toss
Rome city officials are considering a 2-euro fee to access Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain. The city’s top tourism official, Roberto Onorato, says the goal is to make the experience more enjoyable for tourists and the area less aggravating for residents.
 
Umbrellas and sun beds are set at the Venezia beach establishment in Ostia, near Rome, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter
The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer.
 
A menu is displayed outside a HummusTown kiosk in Rome, Saturday, July 27, 2024. A pair of Syrians have created community that provides support to migrants and vulnerable people in Rome, by sharing the flavors of a homeland torn by civil war. Created in 2018 as a "humanitarian catering service," HummusTown originally aimed at raising funds for families and friends in Syria. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
How two Syrians in Rome are using hummus to aid war refugees and help migrants integrate
A pair of Syrians have created a community that provides support to migrants and vulnerable people in Rome, by sharing the flavors of a homeland torn by civil war.
 
Botero's "Sleeping Venus" sculpture, installed in Rome's Pincio Terrace, Friday, July 19, 2024, appears to be in front of St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican. Rome's storied streets and piazzas have become a vibrant canvas for Fernando Botero's exuberant sculptures, turning the city into an open-air museum of voluminous forms and daring artistry. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
The late Colombian artist Botero is celebrated with an open-air sculpture exhibition in Rome
The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and piazzas of the Italian capital into an open-air museum to display eight of her father’s famously voluminous and whimsical sculptures.