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15 per cent of the 6,000 micro-cars registered each year in Italy are sold in Rome. According to figures from ANCMA, Italy's union for manufacturers of two-three wheeled vehicles and associated accessories, the micro-car...
Italy's ministry of agriculture has issued emergency measures to combat the rapid spread of the red palm weevil, which is responsible for the destruction of thousands of palm trees in Rome, the surrounding region Lazio,...
Rome has launched a design competition for a map that will become the official reference-point for tourists during their stay. The map should pay particular attention to the city's monuments and green areas, and feature...
Italian architect Renzo Piano is behind a plan for a 55,000 sqm green zone in the Flaminio-Parioli area of north Rome between Parco della Musica Auditorium, designed by Piano, and the national museum for 21st-century art...
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has said that he will not be chairman of the organising committee for the candidacy of Rome
19 Feb. From 15.00 to 20.00. Buses will be diverted along the route from Piazza Vittorio to Piazza Madonna di Loreto close to Piazza Venezia because of a demonstration by
The Oscar prize winner, Roberto Benigni, made his appearance in the Ariston
The Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Rome's John Cabot University has announced Charles Wright as the poet in residence and Dorothy Allison as the novelist in residence for the 2011 summer sessi...
A group of community representatives has begun collecting signatures for a petition to re-open Rome's Luna Park Permanente di Roma, better known as Luneur, in the EUR district. Some of the group recently campaigned succe...
Renovations are currently taking place at Domus Australia, a pilgrim centre offering accommodation for Australian pilgrims travelling to Rome. Situated between Stazione Termini and Porta Pia, the 19th-century building...
Rome's city council has organised a programme of events to celebrate the traditional carnival season. Carnivale Romano takes place from 26 February to 8 March, bringing parades, theatre, music and colour to the streets a...
Today the 16th of February 2011, during the visit of Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni to inaugurate the
Yesterday the board of directors of Newco Roma, a company controlled by the Sensi family and Unicredit (both owners of the football team), has opened negotiations for the acquisition of AS Roma by the US consortium led b...
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You may have noticed that recently some of our covers were designed by some especially arresting artists. Mary Wilsey, the editor, asked me to approach them. Trained as
A few years ago, most people would walk past the offices of Rome
Six perfectly preserved statues dating from the third century have been discovered during an archaeological dig on the site of an ancient Roman villa in Anagnina in the south-east of Rome. Described as a "miracle find",...
An examining judge in Milan has served notice on the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to appear before the fourth section of the criminal court to answer charges of abuse of power and involvement in prostitutio...
A voluntary group has been formed to establish an outlet for English-language movies in Rome in the wake of the recent closure of the Metropolitan cinema on Via del Corso. The informal board of artistic directors known a...
Six perfectly preserved statues dating from the third century have been discovered during an archaeological dig on the site of an ancient Roman villa in Anagnina in the south-east of Rome. Described as a "miracle find",...
The street made famous in the 1950s by Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack has hit the headlines with a very different kind of rat pack. Residents are alarmed at the daytime incidences of rats running along pavements and even...
The original copy of the 1849 constitution declaring a Roman Republic is on display at the Capitoline museums on the occasion of its 162th-anniversary. On loan from the Augusta library in Perugia, the volume can be viewe...
Vatican Radio is currently celebrating its 80th anniversary. The first words heard in the inaugural broadcast were spoken in Latin by Pope Pius XI when he greeted the world on 12 February 1931. The radio station was set...
On Sunday 13 February 2011 demonstrations appealing for greater dignity for Italian women are scheduled to take place in Rome and at least 60 other Italian cities.
Led by the national women's movement known as Se non...
A new management team has been appointed to the Casa del Cinema in the Via Veneto corner of Villa Borghese, the city's premier destination for art-house, world and avant-garde foreign and Italian films.
New director...
A public transport strike is expected to take place in Rome on 10 February 2011. The four hour protest is scheduled from 08.30 to 12.30 and has been organised by trades' unions representing public transport workers who a...
Four Roma children lost their lives when their shack in a makeshift campsite at Tor Fiscale off Via Appia Nuova burst into flames. Thought to be the result of a faulty wood-burning stove, the fire broke out while the chi...
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