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Civil documents (stato civile) relating to birth, marriage or death are to become much quicker to obtain as of January, according to the city. The process has been digitised, reducing the current average wait to 72 hou...
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The opening of part of the new pedestrian underpass network at Termini station improves the connection between metro A and B lines and the railway station. The new section has four escalators to allow greater access to t...
The mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno turned on the lights of the 18m Christmas tree in Rome
Italy's main trade unions have scheduled a three-hour strike for Monday 12 December, in protest at Italian prime minister Mario Monti's emergency budget known as the Salva Italia plan. The CGIL, CISL and UIL unions ar...
Fiumicino Airport According to a report in the daily newspaper Corriere della Sera there has been a greater increase in flight connections out of Leonardo da Vinci international airport this year than at any other Europ...
On the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Thursday 8 December, Pope Benedict XVI pays homage to the Virgin Mary by making a pilgrimage to Piazza Mignanelli beside the Spanish Steps at 16.00. In an annual tradition dat...
Rome’s city council removed a giant white papier-mâché Christmas tree on 6 December, the day after putting it up in Piazza Venezia. Its removal followed widespread criticism of the city’s admi...
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Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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Plans to increase the cost of travelling on public transport in Rome are currently awaiting approval by the council of the Lazio region. The measures, brought forward by Rome
Rome has prohibited the circulation of cars, motorcycles and mopeds with even-numbered licence plates within the Fascia Verde (the area inside the GRA ring road) on Friday 2 December from 09.00-13.00 and 16.00-21.00....
On the occasion of World AIDS Day on 1 December, the Italian ministry of health has launched an AIDS awareness campaign called “Non abbassare la guardia, fai il test” (Don’t lower your guard, take the t...
Residents in Italy who miss BBC television can view festive-themed programmes for free every day from 1-25 December via the global BBCiPlayer App. BBC Worldwide announced that the service is available exclusively from th...
The city of Rome has announced its lighting programme for Christmas which, alongside more traditional lights, features projections on maxi screens using high-tech
The city has barred the most polluting vehicles from circulating within Rome
Pope Benedict XVI will pay a pastoral visit to prisoners of Rome
The inauguration of the French Academy of Rome's restored Room of the Birds takes place at Villa Medici on 9 December. The room forms part of the Pavilion of Ferdinando de' Medici, two halls constructed in the 16th c...
The newly-renovated Tiburtina train station is being inaugurated by the president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano on Monday 28 November at 11.30, causing road closures and bus detours between 10.00 and 12.00. Tibu...
The Rome opera season began with Giuseppe Verdi
On Monday 28 November the area known as the Fascia Verde inside Rome
While much of the entertainment media in the Italian capital has focused on the recent Rome International Film Festival, another much smaller cinematic event celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The annual IrishFi...
While much of the entertainment media in the Italian capital has focused on the recent Rome International Film Festival, another much smaller cinematic event celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The annual IrishFi...
The international festive season in Rome begins with a number of events being organised for Thanksgiving on 24 November. Mass is celebrated at 10.30 at America
Were the political crisis just an Italian one, then it would be uncomfortable for those of us living here, but for the rest of Europe it would just be another opportunity to marvel at the show and try to understand the i...
Marina came back from the supermarket at the end of October. As her husband went to the door to help her with the bags, he saw her stop and stand still, pale and trembling. Here is the story that came tumbling out:
Since it first arrived on the scene six years ago, it is fair to say that the International Rome Film Festival has established itself as a major player among the world
Cardinal Bernard Law, the former archbishop of Boston, has retired as archpriest of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome. The Vatican announced the nomination of Spanish archbishop Santos Abril y Castello as Law
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