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The gay community of Rome, represented by the organisation Arcigay, has put forward a request for a gay area near of the Colosseum.
The aim is to have a specific space set aside along the lines of Marais in Paris and C...
People who donate blood in Rome during the months of July, August and September will receive two tickets for entry to one of the citys museums. The Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Museo dellAra Pacis and Museo Carlo Bilotti...
The proposed increase in the Italys IVA (VAT) rate for chocolate, from 10 per cent to 20 per cent, announced recently as part of a government fund-raising exercise,by the minister for finance, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, has...
Regional authorities have approved a law that will put an end to the bread and cover charge (pane e coperto) added to bills in many bars and restaurants in Lazio. The charge, usually amounting to around 1.50, is made if...
Taxi drivers from across Italy were due to converge on Rome on 17 July as part of ongoing protests at the governments new law that will liberalise the issuing of taxi licences. Wildcat strikes have now been ongoing since...
The Vatican has announced a positive balance of 9.7 million for the year 2005, the highest in the last eight years, despite expenses incurred during the change of popes. The cost of the funeral of John Paul II and the co...
The director of the Holy See press office, Joaqun Navarro-Valls, resigned from his post after 22 years of service on 11 July. Spanish-born Navarro-Valls trained in medicine and journalism and was appointed director in 19...
Passport requests and renewals can now be made at 1,500 post offices in the 20 largest towns in Italy, Poste Italiane announced on 7 July. The new service presents an alternative to the other methods of obtaining a passp...
The management of the Italian National Chocolate Company is protesting about the government increasing the sales tax, IVA, from 10 to 20 percent on certain confectionary, including chocolate.The president of the company,...
Prime minister Romano Prodi has unveiled a 7 billion emergency mini-budget in a bid to bring Italys struggling public accounts under control and tide over the economy until the next budget at the end of the year. Include...
The town council of Taormina, one of the most beautiful towns on the east coast of Sicily, particularly famous for its Greek-Roman theatre, has decided to make tourists pay a small visitors tax; an extra 1 when parking a...
The town council of Taormina one of the most beautiful towns on the east coast of Sicily, particularly famous for its Greek-Roman theatre, has decided to make tourists to the town pay a small visitors tax. An extra 1 whe...
Thursday, 29 June is a public holiday in Rome as it is the commemoration day of the citys patron saints, Sts Peter and Paul.
To celebrate this occasion an evening devoted to Rome and its music will take place on at Piaz...
Rome is the worlds 21st most expensive city to live in, while Milan is the 13th, according to the annual survey released by Mercer Consulting that classifies the cost of living in 144 major cities in six continents. Both...
Pope Benedict XVI has announced the appointment of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the archbishop of Genova, as the new secretary of state of the Vatican. Cardinal Bertone will replace Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who is retiring...
Italian prisons are hopelessly overcrowded with the countrys 207 prisons now holding 61,392 inmates instead of their official capacity of 42,959, according to Antigone, a prisoner rights group. The group is calling on...
The sisters of the Instituto del Sacro Cuore will leave Rome by August this year. The nuns in the French order housed at the top of the Spanish Steps since 1828 say that the reason they are leaving is because of a voca...
Alarm bells are ringing for voluntary organisations in the Lazio area, where funds have been drastically cut, numerous projects have been cancelled and 1.300 less voluntary positions are available.
This includes 93 few...
Nobel prize winner Jos Saramago has cancelled his scheduled appearance at the Rome Festival delle Letterature on 22 June due to serious and unforeseen personal problems. The Portuguese author was due to close the fifth e...
On average four pedestrians a day are knocked over by a vehicle in Italys capital city.
This alarming figure has recently emerged from traffic police reports.
One of the principal causes is that pedestrian crossings...
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