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Raising money and awareness of breast cancer are the aims of the sixth Susan Komen Foundation Race for the Cure, which takes place on 22 May (10.00).
The 5 km run starts from the Terme di Caracalla stadium; money raised...
Villa Gregoriana, the cliff-side park at Tivoli beside the great waterfall on the river Aniene, has reopened to the public thanks to two years of restoration carried out by the Fondo per l Ambiente Italiano (FAI). Visito...
Two advertisements for Fiat cars are currently being shown on Italian television; in the first, French people look at the camera and say merci, and in the second Germans look at the camera and say danke to the Italian pu...
Month-long holidays are all but a distant memory for most Romans, according to recent figures from national consumer association Adoc. Only two per cent of Romans in the survey sample now manage four weeks or more, while...
Weathering a recession and the bursting of the internet bubble, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has seen his personal fortune triple in his 11 years in politics. In early 1994, before Forza Italia won the nation...
The city of Rome has a famous rose garden, which occupies a gentle slope on one side of the Circus Maximus with a fine view of the ruins of the Palatine hill. Created in 1950 on land that was a Jewish cemetery until 1934...
Stphane Lissner from France has taken up his new post at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, not just as superintendent as had originally been announced, but also as artistic director. The reason for the dual post is that Li...
Since the swearing in of Lazios new regional president, Mario Marrazzo, who was elected during last months regional poll, a major knock-on effect has seized the local health service, according to reports in Italian daily...
Italian hospital doctors have revealed that half their elderly and frail patients, who make up 70 per cent of the total being treated, would rather stay on in hospital than go home to a lonely and empty house with no-one...
Lazios economy goes foreign
Foreign investment in Rome and Lazio has grown steadily over the past five years. At the beginning of the decade there were 391 foreign-owned companies in the region. The figure for 2005 is e...
Parking in Rome is, in theory, set to get easier. The city council, has announced that it will test a parking payments system that, in Europe at least, has only been introduced successfully in Amsterdam and Dublin. From...
Antonio Pappano, the new musical director of the Accademia di S. Cecilia, has been in Rome to present his programme for the 2006-2007 season. Pappano, who is taking over the post from Myung-Whun Chung, will conduct nine...
The tree peony, a shrub from the remotest regions of China with the most beautiful and often highly-scented flowers, has increased in popularity in Italy in the past few years. The Centro Botanico Moutan, a specialist...
A final sentence by the Italian court of appeal has absolved the last two people accused of taking part in the terrorist bomb attack at Piazza Fontana in Milan in December 1969. The bomb, which exploded in a crowded bank...
Romes city council has decided that the hot air balloon operating from the Villa Borghese park cannot be used as an advertising billboard, either now or in the future, thwarting the balloon operators hopes of opening up...
If you are at Piazza Venezia, with an hour to spare, leave your worries behind and step into the calm atmosphere of a Japanese garden. "Come Ciliege in Fiore" is a free exhibition, sponsored by the Rome provincial govern...
The Rome city councillor responsible for public works has announced plans for three new bridges over the river Tiber. They will be sited on the stretch of river between EUR and the sea. The first bridge will connect Osti...
Per grazia ricevuta: the words of Pasquino a limbless ancient Roman statue, plucked from the mud during renovation work near Piazza Navona in 1501 on the death of Pope John Paul II.
For centuries, Pasquino has been t...
The leading names in world tennis including Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Tim Henman are taking part in the TIM Masters tournament at the Foro Italico in Rome until Sunday 15 May. For tickets, information of players, da...
Investment in the stock market has bounced back in the past few years, but bricks and mortar are still the most popular investment for most Italians. This is confirmed by the rise in mortgage lending, with the annual fig...
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