Environment
Landfill managers around Lazio are threatening to turn away rubbish from Rome and 14 other towns in Lazio unless their municipal waste collection companies start paying arrears.
According to local business association F...
Right-wing party Alleanza Nazionale (AN) has officially disbanded, paving the way for its members to join the new centre-right party Popolo della Libert
New regulations have been introduced to limit demonstrations to six routes in Rome: from Piazza della Repubblica to Porta S. Giovanni; from Piazzale dei Partigiani to Porta S. Giovanni; from Piazza Bocca della Verit
Despite fears that the financial crisis would affect attendance at Rome
Walter Veltroni has resigned from his position as leader of the centre-left opposition party Partito Democratico (PD). His resignation comes after the PD suffered a crushing defeat in regional elections in Sardinia on 15...
2009 is off to a rocky start for Rome taxis, who say that a downturn in tourism and too much competition are hurting business.
According to taxi union Unica Taxi CGIL average earnings are down 30 per cent compared to la...
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of an underground river running underneath the Tiber at depths between 30 and 60 metres below ground level.
Among the discoverers is Franco Barberi, vulcanologist and ex-head of...
Free theatre tickets in exchange for your old mobile phones: that's the trade-in being promoted by Vodafone Italia for the "Serate del riciclo" scheme. On 2 February at 21.00 at Teatro Brancaccio, there will be a preview...
For the fifth year running, AMA will be setting up ten collection points where you can dispose of your real Christmas trees. With the help of the Corpo Forestale, AMA will put the trees to use in a variety of ways to he...
The Domus Aurea, the ruins of the Emperor Nero's house on the Esquiline Hill, has been temporarily closed as a precaution after the downpours of the past few days provoked damage to the electrical system. A spokesperson...
On Sunday 14 Dec at around 15.00, a pair of small explosives were used to detonate a floating platform, which had been dragged by floodwaters into the Ponte S. Angelo together with a river boat and other detritus on Frid...
12 December could be another difficult day for Romans as the storm front that is moving across Italy shows little sign of easing up.
In north Rome the civil protection department has advised employees at the industrial...
Police closed the bridge in front of Castel S. Angelo in Rome on Friday evening 12 December as flood water rose to dangerous levels and a Tiber river boat dragged its moorings and crashed broadside into the ancient bridg...
A storm front moving across the Italian peninsula has doused Lazio with heavy rains flooding low-lying areas throughout the region and forcing the closure of a number of roads and railway lines.
Flooding has been report...
After being closed for 11 days, Parco Savello, better known as the Giardino degli Aranci on Rome
The first solar energy plant in the Vatican comprising 2,400 solar panels on the roof of the Paul VI audience hall was inaugurated on 26 November. It will generate 300 kilowatt hours of electricity, equivalent to the ann...
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