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A prestigious prize for sacred architecture has been awarded to the American architect Richard Meier for the church of Dio Padre Misericordioso at Tor Tre Teste in Rome. The award from the Pavia based Franciscan foundati...
On Sunday 10 October the Rome city refuse disposal department, AMA in collaboration with TG3 Lazio, the regional television news of RAI 3, is offering free disposal of any large items of rubbish to the residents of the...
Free dental check ups are available in Italy during October for those making an appointment with one of the more than 10,000 dentists all over Italy who are members of ANDI (the national association of dentists). Members...
There are many opportunities for volunteer work around Rome. The Samaritans provide confidential, emotional support over the telephone and via email for the suicidal and the depressed. In Rome, volunteer training begins...
Autumn is the time when all serious gardeners tidy up after the summer and prepare for the coming year. To help them, the gardens of La Landriana created by Russell Page and Lavinia Taverna are holding their third annu...
The theological lectures organised for lay people by the Vincent Pallotti Institute will begin again on 14 Oct with an eight-week course on the subject Dying and rising with Christ. The course will cover such topics as...
The S.Susanna Lending Library in Via XX Settembre 15 is holding a book sale featuring hundreds of English-language works 23-24 Oct, from 10.00-12.30. Most titles will cost under e5. The library has just finished catalo...
Sat 16 Oct marks World Food Day (WFD). Over 150 countries will take part in the day that commemorates the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945.
The theme for this years celebr...
The last stage of the American presidential elections has seen the often overlooked constituency overseas Americans turning out in higher numbers than ever before to register to vote. There has never been an official c...
Thanks to a campaign in favour of breast feeding, 95 per cent of Rome's mums now say they will breast feed their babies when they leave hospital, an incease of 20 per cent since the campaign started about 18 months ago....
The presidents of three of Rome's largest immigrants communities, Albanian, Bangladeshi and north African, have started a hunger strike in protest against the length of time it takes to renew a permesso di soggiorno in R...
The emergency units in Italian hospitals are being over-used by people who do not need emergency treatment, according to the national tribunal for the rights of citizens. Only 17 per cent of the cases being dealt with in...
A survey on the religious faith of 504 people living in Rome has found that 77 per cent of those questioned were Roman Catholic, 12.3 per cent were atheist or did not belong to any religious group, 8.3 per cent believed...
On Sunday 2 October the association of Italian bankers, ABI, will open some of its prestigious and historically-important buildings to the public for the third successive year.
Buildings all over Italy, varying from h...
Figures released by Italy's federation of hoteliers and tourist agencies and by the confederation of small businesses show a drop of 800 million in spending on tourism and 15 per cent fewer foreigners visiting the count...
A barrier in the river Tiber, to protect the Tiber island and the surrounding area from erosion, was inaugurated by the president of the Lazio region, Francesco Storace, on 21 September. The barrier which cost more than...
Major supermarket chains in Italy have announced a price freeze on their branded goods until the end of 2004. The new development is a reaction to increased pressure from Italian consumer associations for price reduction...
The restoration of the Fontanone, the large marble fountain that overlooks the city of Rome from the Janiculum hill, will be unveiled on Saturday 18 September during the all-night-long festivities of the Notte Bianca.
T...
The last stage of the American presidential elections has seen the often-overlooked constituency - overseas Americans - turning out in higher numbers than ever before to register to vote. There has never been an official...
The last of Italy's volunteers working for small non-govenmental organisations in Iraq have left the coutnry. Their withdrawal comes after the kidnapping of two Italian women on 7 September.
Simona Pari and Simona Torr...
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