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A teenage Sofia Loren doing her first screen test, the dazzling costumes worn by Elizabeth Taylor as the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, a 19th-century Broadway in a New York before skyscrapers
The American cable network HBO, in conjunction with British broadcaster BBC2, is planning to produce a mini-series based on Robert Graves' "I, Claudius" novels, after recently acquiring the filming rights.
In 1976 th...
Rome, in collaboration with Bucharest, is hosting an event in Piazza Campidoglio on 15 June to highlight the cultural contribution of Romania.
Entitled "Romani Rumeni", the initiative is designed to strengthen cultur...
A cricket tournament is in full swing in the Caffarella Park on the Via Appia. Taking place every Sunday from April until the middle of July, most of members of the ten participating teams come from south Asian countries...
The collapse of a tree on a family in Rome
The celebrated conductor of opera and classical music Riccardo Muti has refused honourary citizenship offered to him by the city of Rome.
After a protracted process, the 35-member city assembly unanimously agreed to...
Pope Benedict XVI welcomed over 2,000 members of gypsy communities to St Peter
Italian voters have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the four referendums. Not only did the turnout reach 57 per cent of the electorate, well over the necessary quorum of 50 per cent plus one vote, but the votes in favo...
On a sunny April morning in Rome, crowds are bustling past the fashionable shops on Via Nazionale. Few notice the side-entrance to St Paul
The city of Rome remembers the anniversary of the entry in Rome of the allied forces on the night of 4 June 1944 with a parade and reenactment of the event on Sunday 12 June.
More than 50 vintage military vehicles wi...
The Lay Centre in Rome and the Catholic Theological Union at Chicago are to form an alliance. The move is designed to provide new education and inter-religious opportunities as well as provide a greater number of graduat...
Agood part of Italy has spoken very loudly. The centre-left won resounding victories in key local elections in the cities of Milan and Naples and also in a host of other comuni.
Milan. After a very bitter and divisive c...
Roma Metropolitane, the company responsible for building the metro line C, is examining new plans presented by the construction companies for the completion of the section that crosses the historic centre.
According...
Milano is not a Google-friendly word. After several weeks reading Google Alerts for the word
Taxis go on strike in Rome on 7 June starting at 08.00. Taxis taking part in the protest will congregate at Circo Massimo and then drive to the Campidoglio.
The strike has been called by trade unions Ugl, Federtaxi,...
When you drive north from Rome towards Terminillo, Amatrice or the Sabine hills, at about km 22 of Via Salaria you pass through Monterotondo Scalo (
Acclaimed composer Ennio Morricone is to serve as president of the jury at the 2011 International Rome Film Festival later this year. The announcement was made by festival president Gian Luigi Rondi and artistic director...
The first new bridge to be built over the river Tiber since the 1960 Olympics was opened on 31 May, after much controversy. Situated in the Flaminio district of Rome, the 190m Ponte della Musica connects Piazza Gentile d...
The controversial Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is already under attack for his controversial new work at the Venice Biennale made up of 2,000 embalmed pigeons, entitled Turisti.
His is not the only work that is ra...
James Walston looks at the results of the local elections in Milan and Naples and their possible consequences for Silvio Berlusconi
A set of Black Lemur twins has been born in Rome's Bioparco. When the twins, one male and one female, were born on 26 March they weighed about 50 grams each.
Since then the twins have rarely left their mother Ambr
The Festa della Repubblica is celebrated in Rome and across Italy each year on 2 June. The public holiday commemorates the June referendum in 1946 when Italians voted to exile the monarchy in favour of a republican form...
The Vatican has distanced itself from the ongoing controversy surrounding the new bronze statue of John Paul II in Piazza Cinquecento in front of Termini station. In an attempt to clarify the situation, Monsignor Pasqual...
Islamic Culture Week takes place in Rome from 23-31 May and is designed to promote dialogue between people of different religious and cultural backgrounds living in the capital. Organised by the Islamic Cultural Centre a...
Following the death of former prime minister of Ireland Garret Fitzgerald on 19 May, the Embassy of Ireland in Rome will open a book of condolence for those who wish to leave a message of sympathy, on Monday 23 and Tuesd...
Teachers of the English language in Italian schools are to have their numbers reduced in the latest austerity measures announced by the ministry of education. In the province of Rome it is reported that numbers are to dr...
The Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s official daily newpaper, has rejected the already controversial bronze statue of Blessed John Paul II which was unveiled on 19 May in Piazza Cinquecento in front of Termini sta...
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