Rome’s mayor promised that the Tiber would be clean enough for swimming within five years – a pledge that was immediately met with scepticism given the river’s long history of pollution and health ...

Four people have died in torrential weather that has struck Italy and caused the River Tiber in Rome to burst its banks. A search is also underway for a missing 27-year-old Irish tourist who is feared ...

The lawyer for a homeless man accused of pushing an American student into the Tiber River in Rome says surveillance footage shows the teen tried to swim a few strokes after falling in but was carried ...

"Tourists and Rome residents were expecting navigation for the year to resume at Easter. But we didn't open out of respect for them," said Mauro Pica Villa from "Rome Boats", the company in charge of ...

ROME — The lawyer for a homeless man accused of pushing a University of Wisconsin student into the Tiber River in Rome says surveillance footage shows the teen tried to swim a few strokes after ...

Rome's Mayor Says River Tiber Could Open to Swimmers Within Five Years ROME (Reuters) -Rome hopes to open the River Tiber to public swimming within five years, the city's mayor said on Thursday, ...

The entrance of "Ships of Rome", the tourist service navigation on the Tiber, in central Rome, on May 9, 2013. Tourists cruises along Rome's Tiber River have been suspended indefinitely for the first ...

ROME - Tourist cruises along Rome's Tiber River have been suspended indefinitely for the first time since they began a decade ago because the waterway is judged too dirty. "Tourists and Rome residents ...

Tourist cruises along Rome's Tiber River have been suspended indefinitely for the first time since they began a decade ago because the waterway is judged too dirty.