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Like the famous ticket booths in Leicester Square in London and in Times Square in New York, Rome now has its very own sales point for discount theatre tickets. Although the location in a railway workers club, or circolo...
Shop owners in the historic centre of Rome and Ostia Lido will be allowed to stay open on 25 April (liberation day, a public holiday which falls on Sunday this year) after all. Retail sales were down over the Easter tour...
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (GNAM) this weekend hosts an exhibition of tree peonies. At "Peonies for FAI" there will be more than 50 of these fascinating Chinese flowering shrubs on display. Landscape gardeners...
Take-away drinks in bottles and cans have been banned in the historic centre of Rome between 22.00.and 06.00 until 10 October. The ruling, which could prove difficult to enforce at the height of the tourist season, comes...
Employees of Alitalia are meeting on 20 April to decide on future industrial action in the absence of any definite business plan from the government. Delays are expected at all Italian airports while these meetings are h...
Australians and New Zealanders in Rome will commemorate the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915, on ANZAC Day, Sunday 25 April. A memorial service honouring the cou...
From 360,000 to 400,000 children between the ages of 7 and 14 work in Italy, according to research carried out by Italy's largest trade union federation, the CGIL. The children earn between 200 and 500 a month and 17,5 p...
Homicides were down, car thefts were down, bank hold-ups were down, even house burglaries were down. 2003 seems to have been a better year than 2002 for crime in Rome according to figures released by the prefect's office...
The swallows are back in Rome, a bit later than usual this year, and so is the annual campaign against tiger mosquitoes, with the first warning from the city's hygiene and health department against these unpleasant insec...
The city, the region and the diocese of Rome have agreed to speed-up the commissioning and the construction of 26 new churches on the outskirts of the capital. The diocese had hoped to have 50 new places of worship open...
Italian workers with collective contracts get 40 days' holiday a year if public and religious feast days are taken into consideration. This is more than workers in any other country in the European Union.
Francesco Storace, president of Italy's Lazio region was in New York early in April on a marketing mission to increase awareness of what the region has to offer in the way of industry, finance, design, fashion, film, foo...
This year's Telecom Italian Masters tennis tournament takes place at the Foro Italico in Rome from 1-16 May. Now in its 61st year, the tournament is Italy's most important tennis competition and features many of the worl...
A two-week campaign in the Lazio region has ended with a 27 per cent increase in blood donations. The initiative aimed to make Lazio self-sufficient in its blood supplies; the region currently imports nearly 30,000 units...
Tuscany the region that is home to some of Italy's most popular wines is experimenting with new ways to increase awareness about the effects of alcohol, in a month-long campaign.
Three-quarters of Italians drink alcoh...
A peaceful and colourful demonstration was held in the Piazza Venezia in Rome on Sunday by the supporters of Romulo Sabio Salvador. Salvador, from the Philippines, is the man who won the most votes in the elections, hel...
A weekend of good weather and the first round of the national kite surfing championships caused chaos on the Roman coastline around the Lido di Ostia. An estimated 300,000 people went to the beach and not everyone was sa...
For addresses and telephone numbers see the on-line directory. For the Popes programme see www.vatican.va, consult the Vatican newspaper LOsservatore Romano or contact the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household, tel. 066...
Free legal support is available to tourists and Italians who want to report unfair practices in the citys service industries. Rome-based lawyer Sergio Scicchitano is the city councils delegate for consumer rights. He say...
More than 2,000 doctors attended a meeting last week in Forli in the Marche region to discuss "Palliative Care" - the alleviation of pain - a medical speciality which has, until now, been little talked about in Italy. Re...
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