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The minister for universities and research in the new government headed by Romano Prodi announced in Brussels this week that Italy will no longer support the ethical declaration against research on stem cells in Europe....
City authorities have published a new book entitled I Nonni di Roma Raccontano, the result of a project begun in 2004 by six students at Roma Tre university who collected interviews, stories and photographs from city res...
Italy, famous for food with flavour has lost almost 6,000 varieties of fruit and vegetables over the past 100 years. A campaign has now begun, promoted by the Confederation of Italian agriculture, the Federation of Itali...
Italys chamber of deputies returned a vote of confidence in Romano Prodis new government on 23 May after the prime minister outlined his plans for the country, which included rescuing the nations ailing economy, withdraw...
The local elections for 1267 town and city councils, 8 provincial governments and 1 regional government will take place in Italy on Sunday 28 May and Monday 29 May. Electioneering stops at midnight on Friday 26 May and t...
City bus company Atac has opened a ticket office in Termini station from which it is possible to buy daily, weekly, monthly and yearly tickets in addition to the 75-minute biglietto integrato a tempo (BIT). Tickets are v...
The number of immigrants undergoing abortions in Rome is on the increase, according to new data released by the Lazio public health agency.
The number of abortions by foreigners living in the capital has risen by almost...
A nation-wide strike of local public transport in Italy has been called on Friday 19 May. It will involve buses, trams, filobuses, the metro railways and local railway lines that are not part of the national network. In...
The Italian football season is drawing to an end in a confused state. The Turin club Juventus, which needs only one point in its match on 14 May to win the Italian championship, is under threat and the entire board of th...
The Rome city rose garden has opened to the public once again with more than 1,200 roses on display in the park which was once a Jewish cemetery overlooking the Palatine hill. This year the city authorities have decided...
The Rome city bus company ATAC has installed a new telephone call-system for taxi ranks in the city The new system, which went into operation on 5 May at 36 of the city ranks, has a single telephone number, 199 106 601....
With the captain of the Roma football team, Francesco Totti, back in the game last weekend after damaging his ligaments in a match on 19 February, Italian football supporters are hoping that he will be in good enough for...
Silvio Berlusconis announcement that he will officially hand in his resignation as Italys prime minister on Tuesday 2 May, leaves the way open for the possible nomination of a new head of government before the end of the...
In time for the 1 May-day public holiday weekend, the Rome bus company ATAC is re-introducing buses to the beach.
The 062 Mare 1 which runs from the tourist port at Ostia Lido to the public beaches on Lungomare Amerigo...
The gardens of La Landriana at Tor San Lorernzo near Ardea will be host, from 28 April1 May, to Green Life an exhibition of garden furniture, games, swimming pools, lighting and decorative suggestions for gardens and ter...
Victory in Italys general election has finally been confirmed to the centre-left coalition led by Romano Prodi, following a review of electoral returns and disputed ballot papers by the Supreme Court. Some members of the...
A new monument will be erected in the gardens of Piazza Venezia in memory of those who died during the liberation of Rome from Nazi occupation. The work, created by sculptor Alessio Paternesi, will be placed where the cu...
Rome is full of tourists for the Easter weekend, the city authorities claiming that the numbers are 20 per cent up on last Easter. The streets are thronged and the coffee shops and bars, particularly those with tables on...
The Vatican Museums will be closed for Easter on Sunday 16 and Monday 17 April. They will reopen as normal on Tuesday 18 April. Mon-Fri 08.45-16.45 (entrance to 15.20); Sat 08.45-13.45. Note that the museums are open on...
Romes mayor, Walter Veltroni, expressed satisfaction when he presented the results of the ten Thursdays that vehicles with alternative number plates were banned in the city. The initiative was an attempt to keep air poll...
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