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The Italian government has given the go-ahead for an internet link to connect all the countrys public administration centres. It is estimated that about 15,000 offices will be involved at both the local level and oversea...
Since the January introduction in Italy of a law that forbids smoking in public places, Rome has developed a new pavement society. Smart restaurants have furnished the pavements outside their establishments with benches,...
Research conducted recently on assisted reproduction in Italy indicates that the number of couples seeking treatment has dropped since a new law came into effect on 10 March 2004. According to the survey, which covered t...
The number of licences requested by Chinese manufacturers to import their goods into Italy more than doubled in January, when quotas on imports from China into the European Union were dropped. The increase in demand for...
The Rome city council has given final planning permission for a new 225 million congress centre and hotel in EUR. Designed by the Roman architect Massimiliano Fuksas, the centre has been dubbed La Nuvola or The Cloud bec...
Sunday 30 January. A study on the Italian family conducted by the national research council has revealed that between 1990 and 2000 the number of young people staying at home and living with their families increased. Tho...
The minister of culture and fine art, Giuliano Urbani, has accepted a request from residents of the centre of Rome that the Campo de Fiori be made into legally-protected area, under a law introduced in 2002 especially fo...
The province of Rome saw the opening of 5,375 small business activities in 2004, according to figures released by the national federation of artisans. In the centre of the city the number of businesses opening and closin...
Pope John Paul II, who was taken to hospital late on Tuesday evening, is expected to stay in the Policlinico Gemelli for a few days to undergo observation and medical tests. An official Vatican spokesman said that there...
The president of the Turin Egyptian Museum Foundation, Alain Elkann, has announced renovations to the museum, the second most important Egyptian collection in the world after the national museum in Cairo.
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The Italian council of ministers has approved the setting up of a system for sending "registered" e-mails, making it possible for an e-mail to be recognised as a legal document. The measure will make Italy one of the fir...
A new law is set to blur the distinction between soft and hard drugs in Italy, with steeper fines and prison terms for dealers in particular. Maximum limits and maximum penalties - small quantity waivers for personal use...
Sunday 23 January. A report released by a team of legal, medical, religious and scientific experts on a plaster Madonna in a garden in Civitavecchia, north of Rome, which cried tears of blood ten years ago, concludes tha...
Cartoniadi, a municipal competition, will take place in Rome from 1 - 27 February. Promoted by AMA, the citys department responsible for the collection of refuse, and Comieco, the national consortium for the recycling of...
Romes main post office, in Piazza S.Silvestro, opened at the end of December after a two-year closure for restoration and the installation of new postal facilities. It is a showcase not only of beautiful restoration but...
By the end of January everyone in Italy who has a contract with any of the Italian telephone companies for a fixed-line or mobile telephone will have received a questionnaire for completion. This is for the preparation o...
After abundant snow-falls at the beginning of January, ski resorts around Rome are set for a good season. The main Lazio resorts (Terminillo, Monte Livata, Campo Staffi) and the ones in Abruzzo (Ovindoli, Campo Felice an...
Housewives and house-husbands all over Italy have until 31 January to pay a state accident insurance policy, which has been made obligatory this year for the first time. The annual payment of 12.91 must be made by an est...
Sunday 16 January. A traffic block was imposed in several Italian cities in an attempt to cut smog levels.
A slow goods train was derailed near Varese, the second train accident in a week.
Omert was broken in Naples, w...
The Rome city council, in conjunction with two city transport companies, Atac and Trambus has inaugurated a new service to help the homeless in the winter months. Two coaches go around the city at night giving out blanke...
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