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Swimming has been banned on a 20 km stretch of beach on the Rome coastline which runs from Focene, close the international airport at Fiumicino, north through Fregene and Maccarese. All are very famous and popular bathin...
The heat is on. In the next eight days, in fact, Rome and the southern part of the country can expect temperatures to reach up to 38 degrees celsius.
The elderly are the ones most at risk in this aria africana; especial...
A series of 24 information panels have been put on the most important bridges and river banks along the Tiber in Rome. The weatherproof panels have information about the history of the older bridges, the hydraulic engine...
City authorities have pre-selected ten architectural studios to come up with plans to renovate Piazza Augusto Imperatore and the Mausoleum of Augustus in the heart of Rome. A total of 48 studios took part in the pre-sele...
Ten young dolphins have been found washed up on the shores of the Gulf of Venice over the last ten days between Basso Veneto and the Marche, prompting fears of a lethal virus. Experts are particularly concerned because t...
The unseemly spat in the Italian noble Savoia family over which member should be the head of the family is causing grave embarrassment to Italys minuscule monarchist party and some mirth amongst the vast majority of the...
The advertisement opens with a group of young women dressed in black who quite suddenly begin to dance the haka, the New Zealand Maori dance which the All Black Rugby team performs before a game. When they have finished...
The Aeolian archipelago, to the north of Messina in Sicily, is suffering a more severe water shortage than usual. During July and August the resident population of 12,120 permanent residents increases to about 100,000, a...
Italian minister for the environment, Pecoraro Scanio, the head of the Italian WWF, Fulco Pratesi and other Italian environmentalists have protested the killing of Bruno the bear in Germany on 26 June.
Bruno, a young S...
Rome is experiencing record temperatures, with thermometers registering over 37 degrees in the past few days nine degrees over the seasonal average of 28 degrees. Humidity is also high, reaching 91 per cent even in the...
Two new giraffes have arrived in a shroud of secrecy at the Bioparco in Rome. For the past ten months, male giraffe Rocco has been living alone in the Rome Bioparco after his female companions Stella and Pallina went to...
Researchers surveying a volcano off the southern coast of Sicily have discovered that it is much bigger than expected. The existence of the volcano has been known since the 19th century but its size has come as rather a...
Cars without catalytic converters and diesel vehicles are banned from driving in the city between 07.30 and 20.30 on Friday 23 June due to unacceptable levels of pollutants in the air. The ban applies within the fascia...
On 20 June there will be a 24-hour train strike in Italy starting at 21.00. The trades union Cobas is calling the strike and although Trenitalia, the national carrier, says that the strike will be limited, it advises pas...
From 17 June new rules apply for taxis at Fiumicino airport. The road for taxis waiting to pick up passengers will be narrowed to prevent illegal taxis jumping the queue. City police will control taxis waiting for passen...
Around 50,000 people are expected to attend the gastronomic fair Gusti dEuropa taking place at the Fiera di Roma from 8 June-11 June. The European Union has provided financial backing for the fair, which will showcase 2,...
S. Lorenzo, Romes popular student area, will be a limited traffic zone at night throughout the summer period.
Traffic restrictions are effective from 7 June and will continue Wednesday to Saturday between 21.00-03.00 ho...
Vice premier and minister for the cultural heritage, Francesco Rutelli, has blocked the 300 per cent rent increase planned for bathing establishments along Italys coast this summer.
The previous government had approve...
The number of adults and children suffering from plant allergies in the last few weeks has increased by between 20 and 30 per cent compared to last years figures. The estimate is based only on reported cases of allergies...
The governor of the Italian island of Sardinia, Renato Soru, has applied a new luxury tax on boats and private jets landing in Sardinia from the 1 June. The Sardinian airport at Olbia is the busiest airport in Europe dur...
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