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After an aggressive speech to the Italian senate, prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has given his resignation to President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He stated his intention to try to form a new government immediately and see...
Anzac day on 25 April will be commemorated by Australians and New Zealanders in Rome with a joint service at 09.00 at the Rome War Cemetery,
Via Nicola Zabaglia (near the Piramide), and in Milan with a service at the Co...
The provincial government of Rovigo, in the Veneto region in the north of Italy, has offered to pay fishermen 26 cents for every kilo of catfish they catch in the river Po. These giants, which are estimated to make up 27...
As Italy's richest man it came as no surprise to learn that the prime minister is also its richest politician.
The fact was confirmed in the Italian parliament's latest publication of the members' declared financial int...
Every year Rome city authorities are cleaning 4.25 million sqm of city walls, in a campaign costing 2.5 million per annum. And these figures exclude efforts to remove graffiti from monuments and those of a racist nature....
For those interested in Italian royal memorabilia, Christie's, the fine art auctioneers, are selling a collection of items belonging to Princess Maria Beatrice di Savoia in London on Friday 22 April. This wonderful misce...
The return of the obelisk or stele of Axum has suffered another setback. It should have left in March 2005 to go back to Ethiopia in order to be ready for official celebrations for its return in Axum on 13 April. However...
Formula 1 racing fans will be out in force on Sunday 17 April to see Roman Giancarlo Fisichella, the Renault team driver who won the first grand prix of the season in Melbourne, Australia, and who comes from the Tiburtin...
On Sunday 17 and Monday 18 April, more than a million Italians will be eligible to vote in "run-off" voting for 25 town and city councils, including five provincial capitals, Venice, Matua, Pavia, Chieti and Andria, as w...
A litre of unleaded petrol at most Italian petrol stations went up from 1.199 to 1.249 in the first week of April. Add an increase of 0.05 per litre for medium-large sized cars and the price rise for a full tank becomes...
Those interested in the papal sartorial details should quickly make a visit to the premises of Annibale Gammarelli, the papal tailors, 34 Via di S. Chiara, near the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva.
Three sets of vestme...
The Italian soccer league matches resumed after the break for papal funeral on a sour note with post-match soccer violence reported in at least five cities, Rome, Palermo, Udine, Cava dei Tirreni and Perugia, with rival...
The Czech Republic is opening a cultural institute in Rome. Directed by Miloslav Hirsch, the new institute in Via Costabella 28-32 will be inaugurated on Thursday 14 April, with an exhibition of works by Jan Knap, the co...
Turin-based football team Juventus is bracing itself for an emotional night on Wednesday 13 April when the team faces English opponents Liverpool for the second time in eight days.
The clubs played each other last Tuesd...
Rome celebrates its birthday, or natale di Roma, on 21 April, 2,759 years after Romulus is believed to have founded the city. The Gruppo Storico Romano (GSR), an association that recreates the characters and
customs of...
A special concert in memory of Pope John Paul II will be held on Wednesday 13 April in Rome at the Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Piazza della Reppublica at 21.00, when the orchestra and chorus of the Rome opera hous...
The human rights section of the European court of justice in Strasburg has given Italy until 6 May to explain the expulsion of illegal immigrants who landed on the island of Lampedusa in mid-March. The court is particula...
Italians drank more than two billion litres of mineral water in 2004 in restaurants and bars. Usually when a glass of mineral water is ordered, the barman will pour it from a large, already open bottle, but that is about...
On the third Sat of every month, the director of the Museo di Roma gives a guided tour of the museum and discusses specific themes related to the permanent collection. The next visit is on Sat 16 April and will be centre...
Sandwiched between Piazza Vittorio and S. Maria Maggiore, residents of a small Roman palazzo have been opposing a mobile phone mast since July 2004.
The furtive night-time installation was only prevented when local poli...
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