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Recent research by a monthly magazine Riza Psicosomatica has found that 42 per cent of Italians carry patent medicines with them just in case they feel ill or have pain. They most fear suffering from sudden toothache, a...
Avian flu is a global threat, according to a joint declaration released yesterday by EU foreign ministers. As the alarm was raised, Italian consumer protection group Codacons urged national authorities to clear our citie...
A festival for chocoholics is currently under way in Perugia in the Umbria region of Italy. The annual Eurochocolate festival, which transforms the Umbrian city into the chocolate capital of Europe, includes exhibitions,...
The director general of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Jacques Diouf, reminded those present at the meeting to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the organisation that 13 people in e...
For 20 years the Corpo Forestale, Italys special environmental corps, has been compiling a census of the Italian forests, which include more than 2,000 examples of trees of special interest and 150 trees that are classif...
From 17 October, all poultry on sale in Italian butchers shops, supermarkets and markets must have a new label, so that the health authorities can trace all birds back to their origin. The label must show the local healt...
Victory for Romano Prodi was assured late on Sunday night in Italys primary elections to choose the leader of the Unione centre-left wing coalition. Parliamentary elections are due next spring and should the Unione coali...
No more carte blanche for genetically-modified organisms in Lazio they may no longer be cultivated in the region (apart from in greenhouses and for research purposes). Restaurant owners and anyone else selling foodstuff...
Disastrous consequences await Romes cultural landscape in 2006 if the Italian governments proposed budget cuts go ahead. Cultural events in Italy such as theatre performances, exhibitions and contemporary Italian cinema...
Owners of the 1,700 commercial internet points and telephone centres in the province and the city of Rome should have applied to the police by the 26 September for a special register to record customers identities and de...
Anyone over 18 not in possession of a normal driving licence who drives a low-powered motor vehicle (motorcycle, tricycle, quad or one of the low-powered mini cars) must now obtain a licence to do so. The licence may be...
Rubbish collection in the Trastevere area of Rome has altered in the past months, since AMA, the city rubbish collection company, instituted an experimental system. Instead of communal bins on the street, the rubbish, wh...
Mussolinis former residence at Villa Torlonia, along the Via Nomentana, is coming to the end of a 4 million facelift. Around 60 specialists in everything from marble to frescos are at work every day at the villa, restori...
There are now 6.8 million unattached Italians between 25 and 64, and one in three has tried online dating in the search for a new companion. So says the latest survey from Parship, www.parship.it. The company based these...
Anyone with an electoral voting card, wanting to vote in the primary elections for the leader of the centre-left LUnione political coalition on Sunday 16 October, can get information on www.unioneweb.it.
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Blood Runner is Lazios answer to a blood donor crisis. Now in its fourth year, the event starts on the Piazzale del Gianicolo at 09.00 on Sunday 9 October, kicking off with a 300 m corsa delle goccioline for children age...
Italian professional football has a new and serious problem. Every year less people buy a season ticket to see their home team play and less people are turning up in general to see the matches live, preferring to stay at...
The IKEA shops in Italy have closed their financial year 2004/2005 with sales 883 milllion, an increase of 23.7 per cent on the previous years sales. IKEA has announced that in 2006 it intends to open three more stores...
The Geneva-based World Economic Forum has released annual figures about 117 countries worldwide in which Italy remains in 47th place for the second year running, the worst position of any member state of the European Uni...
The Flaminio obelisk, which stands in the middle of the Piazza del Popolo, has been covered with scaffolding to check damage from pollution and the environment and to see if it is earthquake-proof. The inspection will ta...
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