There is a national four-hour public transport strike scheduled for Wednesday 14 March from 08.30 to 12.30.
In Rome, the action will affect the city's main bus operator Atac, Cotral coaches and Roma Tpl suburban rout...
The centre of Rome will be blocked on 9 March by a protest march organised by FIOM (Federazione Impiegati Operai Metallurgici), the metal workers union federation. The march (09.00-14.00) starts from Piazza della Repubbl...
The city has announced free admission for women to civic museums on 8 March. The participating institutions are the Capitoline Museums, Capitoline Museums Centrale Montemartini; Markets of Trajan, the Ara Pacis museum, M...
Beyond the visual spectacle of Rome and its monuments and galleries are the sensational tastes and smells of the city’s wine tradition. Tastings, tours and lessons about Italian wines offer an alternative indulgenc...
Parking permits and ZTL (limited traffic zone) passes for Rome residents can now be requested online, meaning it is no longer necessary to go in person to the headquarters of the Agenzia per la Mobilit
Doctors and paramedics at one of Rome’s main hospitals, the Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, commonly known as the Gemelli, are wondering about their future and the future of the hospital. Reliable sour...
One year after the earthquake-tsunami that shook the Tohuku region of Japan on 11 March 2011, the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome is holding a series of commemorative events, called
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd and Rt Hon. Rowan Williams, will be in Rome on 10 and 11 March to participate in the celebrations for the millennium of the Camaldoli Benedictine community at the Basilica di S...
A number of events are scheduled in Rome in the days around International Women's Day on 8 March. The traditional gift to women on the day in Italy is a sprig of the bright yellow mimosa flower.
6 March. The American...
Mariano De Pasquale, one of Italy’s leading rose-growers, died in 2006. Two years later, his family and staff erected his bronze statue in the grounds of the theme park he created in an off-the-track corner of the...
The most polluting vehicles are banned from circulating within Rome's fascia verde (green belt) inside the Raccordo Anulare ring road on Friday 2 March, from 07.30 until 20.30.
The measure affects Euro 0 and 1 petrol-...
There is a four-hour public transport strike in Rome on Thursday 1 March from 08.30 to 12.30.
The action will affect the city's main bus operator Atac, Cotral coaches and Roma Tpl suburban routes, as well as trams, m...
The First Minister of the Welsh government, Rt Honourable Carwyn Jones, has released the following message to mark the day of the patron saint, St David, on 1 March. The devolved government of Wales was established in 19...
Every year during the six weeks of Lent, Churches Together, an ecumenical body comprising 11 mainly English-speaking churches in Rome, raises money for the annual Rice Bowl Appeal.
Some upcoming fundraising events in...
The Nuovo Cinema Palazzo in S. Lorenzo is showing original language films every Monday night at 21.30.
The movies will be screened with Italian subtitles, and are part of the cinema
On 29 February the American Academy in Rome is holding a special viewing of the improbable tower created by the Russian sculptor Dmitry Kaminker during his fellowship last year.
Made out of cardboard boxes this whims...
The 38th Rome-Ostia half marathon (21 km) takes place on Sunday 26 February.
Organisers are expecting some 13,000 participants, a far cry from the 313 runners who took part in the inaugural race in 1974.
The half...
Two bookshops in Rome and Milan are among the 20 most beautiful bookshops in the world according to the US cultural website flavorwire.com.
Second top of the list is Rome
....uses fellowship to make much out of "nothing".
When Joseph Brodsky Memorial Fellow Dmitry Kaminker arrived at the American Academy in Rome (AAR) in September 2011 from St Petersburg, he often introduced himself as...
In the city center, a few steps from Termini Station, the Policlinico, La Sapienza University and the main Ministries we propose the rental of a three-room penthouse apartment of a...
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