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l Prof. Tomasz Mikocki, from the University of Warsaw, will give a talk on the excavations of the Polish archaeological team at Ptolemais, Cyrenaica, Libya, at the Polish Academy of Science on 22 March at 18.00.
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On 9-10 April Italians go to the polls to elect a new parliament. The competition is between the centre-right coalition Casa delle Libert, led by incumbent prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, and the centre-left LUnione, h...
I like [centre-left leader] Romano Prodi and Im going to vote for him at election time, but if I met him, Id almost slap him in the face for that remark about us: you know, about the danger of the suburbs of Italy explod...
On the evening of 30 September 1975, a resident of Via Pola in Rome heard the muffled cries of a woman coming from the boot of a parked white Fiat and called the police. When they arrived and opened up the boot of the ca...
There exists within the southern boundary of Rome a city within a city, without parallel elsewhere in the peninsula, where they have now begun to kill off a reputation that has clung to Italy for centuries.
It is the s...
There is currently a worldwide scare over avian flu (also known as chicken or bird flu). The newspapers are full of information, warnings and general advice about the situation and the president of the Italian republic,...
This year work is scheduled to start on one of the most ambitious projects in the history of civil engineering: the suspension bridge over the Strait of Messina. For the present Italian government the laying of the first...
Enzo Ciconte, former member of parliament for the Partito Comunista Italiano between 1987 and 1992, renowned mafiaexpert, historian and a consultant to the parliamentary anti-mafia committee, is sitting in his small but...
It may seem that breast-feeding is a natural, instinctive procedure. However, as many new and inexperienced mothers discover, things are not always so simple. In fact, the learning process can prove so difficult for both...
Italy will go to the polls on 9 April to elect a new parliament, government and prime minister. The date only became official at the end of January but in practice it was almost as predictable as an American election. St...
At the height of the Roman empire, the nucleus of Rome and its palaces was wreathed with a garland of outlying suburban villas splendidly appointed, in gardens full of fruit trees, rare flowers and swimming pools. Not si...
If youve recently tried to use the internet in a call centre in Rome (or anywhere else in Italy) you will have noticed that its impossible unless you have your passport (or carta didentit) at hand for the requisite proce...
It is 15 years since a little-known and rather average Belgian footballer decided his club was acting illegally by preventing him from changing teams. Now the name Jean-Marc Bosman resonates through nearly every heated d...
When rebellion broke out in the distant suburbs of Paris last year, the leader of the Italian centre-left coalition, Romano Prodi, warned that similar trouble could hit Italy if the government failed to watch out. For ma...
The German Historical Institute will host a study day on the theme of the rise and fall of imperial and pontifical feudal systems. 27-28 Feb.
The conference is divided into three sections: the Holy Roman Empire as a fe...
If you need warming up this season, dont miss nocturnal Rome. Home to over 400 discos and disco-pubs, the city has a vast range of nightlife to suit all tastes. Nights may still be long and cold, but the party spirit is...
On the evening of 30 September, 1975, a resident of Via Pola in Rome heard the muffled cries of a woman coming from the boot of a parked white Fiat. Inside, the police discovered Donatella Colasanti, 17, bloodied and bat...
The Vatican Museums will celebrate their 500th anniversary this year with a series of initiatives open to the public. Francesco Buranelli, director of the Vatican Museums, unveiled the programme, which will take place th...
There was not a seat free in Romes opera theatre, because Verdi's Rigoletto is one of those works so loved by the opera-going public for its heartrending storyline and wonderful melodies that none want to miss it. But th...
Though the Romantic poets each found their way to Italy in their own time, and each for their own reasons, what drew them here, instead of to Spain or Greece, was Italys rich sense of pathos. Accurate or not, this visio...
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