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The annual non-competitive Stramilano marathon has been moved to Sunday 21 March because of regional elections in Lombardy on 28 March, which was the original date for the run.
The event starts at the Duomo at 09.00 and finishes at the Civica...
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The restoration of the Pasquino statue (near Piazza Navona), done by the ATI Ghia-Equilibrarte, is now complete after almost five months of work. The Pasquino is the most famous of the Talking Statues in Rome, and in the past was always...
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There’s always plenty going on in Rome on 17 March; it’s just a question of choosing what’s best.
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On 14 March members of the grassroots volunteer organisation Retake Rome will gather on the Pincio in Villa Borghese for a clean-up campaign. The focus of their efforts will be the graffiti that defaces one of Rome’s most loved spots. From...
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On 13 March supporters of the main opposition parties and members of the non-party political anti-government Popolo Viola (Violet People) movement will be gathering in Piazza del Popolo at 14.00 for a demonstration in favour of democracy and legality.
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Italy’s main trade union confederation CGIL has called a four-hour strike on 12 March over labour, taxation and immigration issues. Transport services will be worst hit but people should expect other public services to be disrupted at some point during the...
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The Rome electoral office, a section of the Rome tribunal, has rejected for the second time the list of candidates for prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Popolo della Libertà (PdL) in the 28-29 March regional elections.
The court first rejected the PdL...
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The Lazio regional administrative tribunal has upheld an appeals court ruling excluding candidates of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right Popolo della Libertà (PdL) from running in regional elections in the constituency represented by the province of Rome on 28-29 March.
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President of the northern Lombardy region Roberto Formigoni of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right Popolo della Libertà (PdL) is back in the running for re-election on 28-29 March. The Lombardy regional administrative court accepted his appeal against an earlier court decision...
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Throughout Italy state-run museums are open to women on 6-7 March (a weekend) free of charge as a way of celebrating women who have contributed to all the arts.
Since 1911, 8 March has been International Women’s Day – a day...
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Rome pays tribute to the late South African singer-songwriter Miriam Makeba with a programme of events and concerts from 10-13 March. The tribute is an idea of the Movimento degli Africani in Italia, an organisation working to promote the rights of...
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The Rome appeal court has admitted the civic list of the centre-right candidate for the Lazio regional elections, Renata Polverini, overturning an earlier decision to exclude it over a missing signature.
The ruling means that Polverini can run for election on...
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Candidates for the province of Rome for the Popolo della Libertà (PdL), prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's party, have been barred from running in regional elections on 28 and 29 March after party officials failed to present the list on time. The...
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Foreigners living and working in Italy are striking on 1 March to draw attention to their contribution to society and protest against recent episodes of racism and discrimination. The protest draws inspiration from a similar initiative in France on the same...
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Italy’s supreme court of cassation has ruled that the charge against David Mills of taking a bribe from prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to perjure himself in court was covered by the statute of limitations, overturning an earlier verdict sentencing the English...
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The Antico Caffè Greco, the historic café at 86 Via dei Condotti founded in 1760, is getting a makeover to bring it into line with health and safety regulations. The café closed to the public in mid January and if all...
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The long-awaited exhibition of work by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, opened at the Scuderie del Quirinale on 20 February to an enthusiastic public. Long queues formed outside the restored stables opposite the Quirinale palace early in the morning as Romans...
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Ninety years ago, on 18 February 1920, King Vittorio Emanuele III laid the first stone in what was to become the central piazza of the Garbatella district in south Rome. From here was born an area built for workers and their...
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The Swiss Institute in Villa Maraini near Villa Borghese is now welcoming visitors every Monday for guided tours in Italian, English and French at 15.00 and 16.00.
Located on Via Ludovisi, the villa was built between 1903-1905 to plans by the Swiss...
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Travellers in Italy can expect disruptions over the next few days due to strikes or threats of strikes in various sectors.
Pilots and flight attendants working for the Italian flag carrier Alitalia are striking on 16 February from 12.00 to 16.00,...
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News in Europe
London, United Kingdom:
New Glasgow-London City air link.
published on 21/03/2007
British Airways subsidiary BA CityFlyer has announced a new four-flights-a-day service...
Brussels, Belgium:
Brussels plans to improve mobility
published on 19/02/2010
Brussels has announced a renewed initiative to improve traffic mobility and...
Madrid, Spain:
Madrid's metro considers free fares for bikes and pets
published on 13/02/2010
Madrid’s metro network is said to looking at the possibility of...
Copenhagen, Denmark:
New international school for Copenhagen.
published on 21/11/2008
Copenhagen’s Bagsværd Boarding School and Gymnasium is to offer a full...
Oxford, United Kingdom:
Oxford Naturist Club is booming.
published on 10/09/2005
The Oxford Naturist Club (Oxnat), located just outside the city centre,...
London, United Kingdom:
Water restrictions in the pipeline.
published on 16/08/2005
One of the driest winters in over 100 years has prompted...
Dublin, Ireland:
Dublin shop becomes national monument.
published on 22/01/2007
A dilapidated old shop where leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising...
London, United Kingdom:
New Wembley Stadium to host first football match.
published on 15/03/2007
Tickets have already sold out for the first football match to...
Jersey, Great Britain:
International Baccalaureate comes to Jersey.
published on 05/11/2008
Hautlieu College will become the first school in the Channel Islands...
Madrid, Spain:
Madrid air pollution alerts via SMS.
published on 20/03/2008
The Madrid regional government has launched an air pollution warning system...
News in Africa
Arusha, Tanzania:
Speed humps in Arusha.
published on 17/02/2009
Speed humps are to be installed on roads in and around...
Lagos, Nigeria:
Nigerian Chinua Achebe wins Booker prize.
published on 13/06/2007
Nigerian poet and novelist Chinua Achebe has won the Man Booker...
Nairobi, Kenya:
Kenya by-elections results announced.
published on 16/06/2008
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) of prime minister Raila Odinga took...
Nairobi, Kenya:
Kenyan elections: partial results show ODM lead.
published on 29/12/2007
Tension is running high in Kenya pending the release of the...
Accra, Ghana:
Late Ga Mantse to be buried.
published on 04/01/2007
The late Ga traditional leader, Nii Amugi II, is to be...
Lagos, Nigeria:
Vice president assumes executive powers
published on 17/02/2010
Nigeria’s vice president Goodluck Jonathan has been authorized by parliament to...
Cape Town, South Africa:
South Africa hunger strike for Zimbabwe.
published on 22/01/2009
South Africans have begun a hunger strike in protest against the...
Cairo, Egypt:
Egyptian telecommunications hit by damaged cables.
published on 31/01/2008
There have been disruptions to telecommunications services in Egypt following...
Accra, Ghana:
Countdown to the eclipse.
published on 20/03/2006
Weather permitting, on 29 March residents of Accra will be able...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
Fire deaths down in Addis Ababa.
published on 05/08/2009
Twenty-one people died in fires in Addis Ababa in the 2008/2009...
