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English language acting company The Rome Savoyards celebrates its 30th anniversary this March. Over the years the company has staged 41 productions, almost half of which were Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, while the rem...
Meet Pipa the hippopotamus, the newly-anointed mascot of the 2011 Rome Marathon being held on 20 March. Born in Spain
Ireland kicks off its 2011 rugby campaign with a Six Nations match against their World Cup opponents Italy in Rome's Stadio Flaminio on Saturday 5 February at 15.30. Although the hugely popular
For a few days in the middle of January Rome was without a city government. As work resumed after the long Christmas-New Year break the city's mayor, Gianni Alemanno, asked all his councillors to hand in their resignatio...
The Napoleonic Museum just round the corner from Piazza Navona is often overlooked by visitors to Rome. This is a pity because it is an authentic little jewel, situated on the ground floor of the palace of Count Pietro P...
Supermarket chains have been mushrooming throughout the city, selling products and foods from various parts of Italy and beyond. In a busy world, and during times of economic insecurity, the necessity for supermarkets is...
The balcony at Palazzo Venezia has been cleaned and restored. The restoration was commissioned by the ministry for cultural heritage after Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano asked to view the balcony while attending th...
By the end of January deadline for bids to buy one of Rome
Rome's Umberto I tunnel reopened to day-time traffic and pedestrians on 30 January after a three-week closure for emergency repairs. The 350m-long tunnel, which opened in 1902 and connects Via Nazionale and Via del Trito...
The House of the Vestal Virgins in the Roman Forum, which has been out of bounds for 20 years, has reopened to the public. Situated at the foot of the Palatine, it was close to the Temple of Vesta, the goddess of the hea...
Rome's hotel prices have greatly increased for the weekend of the beatification of Pope John Paul II on Sunday 1 May, with daily Roman newspaper Il Messaggero claiming that some hotels have raised their prices by 300 per...
After years of lobbying from Rome's cycling associations the city's newly-appointed mobility commissioner Antonello Aurigemma is discussing additional times for the transportation of bicycles on Rome's metro system. At t...
As the Six Nations rugby tournament looms, the age-old controversy surrounding the future of the Flaminio stadium as the home of Italian rugby has reared its head again. The city of Rome and the Italian Rugby Federation...
Despite Silvio Berlusconi's trumpeted victory on 14 December his government is just as fragile as it was before and the chances of a spring elections are just as high.
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A Japanese entrepreneur is privately to sponsor the restoration of Rome's Piramide Cestia near the non-Catholic cemetery in the city
Less than one month after Rome's Bioparco celebrated its 100th anniversary, the zoo has announced the birth of a male calf belonging to an extremely rare species of African antelope, the Addax. The zoo's latest addition...
James Walston is back in Rome and asking whether much has really changed in the political life of Italy since he left for a trip to Ghana at the beginning of January.
Taxi fares in the capital are about to increase following a year of intense lobbying from those in favour and those against.
After being commissioned to evaluate the fairness of the rises proposed by the city governme...
A survey of local shopkeepers and business owners in the immediate area of Piazza Testaccio has revealed that a large majority are in favour of transforming the square into a park once the old market stalls are transferr...
Rome's mayor Gianni Alemanno has formally abandoned the city's dream of holding a controversial Formula One race though the streets of its EUR district in the south of Rome from 2013.
The news was greeted with regret...
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...
The city of Rome has unveiled the latest breakthrough in virtual tourism: the Roma Mobile Guide. Available to download on to iPhones and smartphones the guide offers information on ancient Roman sites as well as itinerar...
From 31 January 2011 until April 2012 Rome's Metro A line will close at 21.00 each evening from Sunday to Friday to facilitate the redevelopment of S. Giovanni station as it becomes an interlink between the A line and th...
Drivers negotiating their way around Rome will be assisted by the installation of 11 new electronic information panels located strategically along the capital's busiest streets. Designed to assist the flow of traffic and...
Passengers through Fiumicino international airport on Friday 21 January can expect difficulties because of strike action by some airport handling staff from 12.00-16.00. Check-in and baggage-handling services are the mos...
It is not only us who catch cold in the winter, January is also a bad time for governments in Italy. Romano Prodi
In AD 79, on 24 August, the Italian town of Pompeii, a prosperous settlement of perhaps 20,000 or 30,000 inhabitants, was the largest victim of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. A huge cloud of gases and ash, thrown up by...
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