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Rome's university La Sapienza, in conjunction with Italys health and emergency organisations, has launched a first of its kind Master's course in dealing with "extreme emergency" situations.
The aim of this course is to...
The city's police and inspectors will be carrying out spot checks on Rome's street chestnut sellers in an attempt to enforce the existing regulations controlling the sector.
The law requires chestnuts to be sold accordi...
Rubbish collectors and street cleaners will be able to report members of the public who violate regulations on the disposal of rubbish under the terms of a new regional law. Violations will be followed by a fine from 50-...
Five restaurants in Italy have had their three-star status reconfirmed in the new 2007 edition of the Michelin Red Guide, which classifies European restaurants and hotels. There were no new Italian entries in the prestig...
Thanks to a partnership between the Comune di Roma and SEAT Pagine Gialle, Pagine Gialle Visual makes it possible to pass along almost all the streets of Rome virtually. Viewers can stop wherever they wish, and look roun...
Italy's government is fighting back against a new, violently explicit video game for children called Rule of the Rose, released nationwide this month.
Justice Minister Clemente Mastella has declared that "preventative m...
From 20 November 2006 ashes of people cremated in Rome may be disposed of in the countryside, in rivers, the sea or in the Garden of Remembrance (Giardino dei Ricordi), within the cemetery at Prima Porta on the Via Flami...
The Italian-born art-collector, Carlo Bilotti, has died in New York at the age of 72. He was born in Cosenza, into a noble family connected to the Baroni di Serradileo, and after law studies in Naples and Palermo, first...
Americas wine bible, the Wine Spectator, has declared that the Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 2001, made by the producer Casanova di Neri, owned by Giacomo Neri, is the finest wine in the world. The Wine Spectator p...
The Vatican has confirmed that there will be no change to its policy on celibacy in the priesthood or on married priests in wake of the threats coming from Emmanuel Milingo, the former Catholic archbishop who married Mar...
After colds and flu, backache is the second most common reason for visiting the doctor in Italy and one of the major causes of absence from the workplace, according to a national orthopaedic conference being held in Rome...
The number of women working in Rome has increased by 3.3 per cent since 2004, with around 500,000 in employment, according to the annual report on the capitals economy commissioned by city authorities. In the 35-44 year-...
In the face of the ever-increasing problem of what to do about the queues of people waiting to enter the Vatican Museums, the museums administration have devised a new mechanism for entry, accompanied by price increases,...
The market in Piazza S. Cosimato in Trastevere has returned to its historic location after almost two years spent in nearby Piazza Mastai while renovations were carried out on Piazza S. Cosimato. The modernised market is...
City authorities have launched a new voluntary citizenship course for foreigners wanting to become Italian citizens. The ten-hour course takes the form of a cycle of three lessons that will be repeated around 50 times be...
The publication, Famiglia Cristiana, has conducted a survey on various aspects of the Italians relations with saints.
In prayers in which a saint is invoked, Padre Pio is clear favourite, with 31 per cent of invocations...
Italy celebrates All Saints Day, or Ognissanti, on Wednesday 1 November with a public holiday. Public transport will run on the usual Sunday timetable and it is advisable to ring museums to check whether they are open i...
The number of prostitutes working on the streets of Rome has fallen by around 1,000 in the last eight years, according to a new report commissioned by city authorities. In 2004-2005, there were between 2,000-2,200 prosti...
As from 1 January 2007 Italy will be one of the new, non-permanent members of the United Nations security council.
Each year five non-permanent members are selected to form part of the UN Security Council. Italy was ele...
Pick-pocketing and bag-snatching in Rome has increased by nearly 25 per cent in the last year, according to a new police report. Currently around 61 such thefts a day are reported in the capital, up from 49 a day in 2005...
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