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The Roseto Comunale, or public rose garden, in Via di Valle Murcia overlooking Circo Massimo is now open to the public, displaying 1,200 types of rose. Visitors can admire a huge variety of colours among the flowers, inc...
The Vatican Library is set to close for three years from mid-July for rebuilding and restoration work, a library spokesman confirmed. The work will involve installing air conditioning and dust protection as well as overh...
Due to the unseasonably high temperatures, the ministry of health is currently drawing up an emergency plan to deal with health risks related to hot weather, particularly for those most at risk, namely senior citizens an...
The government has warned that Italy risks a drastic shortage of water, coupled with possible power blackouts, during the coming months. Following a mild winter with little rainfall, rivers and lakes are already severely...
Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest on the corner of the economics faculty building in Via del Castro Laurenziano of Rome
Each year thousands of dogs, cats and wild animals in Lazio die from eating poisoned baits. These are deliberately planted in the countryside, public parks, streets, private gardens and even apartment block yards.
Many...
A provisional no-swimming (divieto di balneazione) order has been placed on many beaches throughout Lazio by the regional government, as biological tests on large stretches of sea have revealed worrying levels of polluti...
Cars with license plates ending in odd numbers are banned from the city
The experimental anti-smog measures put into force by the city hall at the beginning of the year, is coming to an end. 25 March will be the last traffic-free Sunday when it will be forbidden to drive 4, 3 and 2 wheel veh...
Cars with license plates ending in even numbers will be banned from the city
Italians in over one thousand cities and eight provinces will return to the ballots 27 and 28 May with run-offs in 10 and 11 June in the latest round of local elections since the combined local and national elections in...
Italian environmental organisation Legambiente has launched a campaign to save the nation
According to data released by the state forestry department (Corpo forestale dello stato), forests in Italy have increased by 23 per cent over the past two decades. Twenty years ago the principal problem threatening vege...
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