An extra eight km of coastline in the province of Rome have been deemed safe for swimmers this summer compared with last year. The areas affected range from Civitavecchia north of Rome to Nettuno in the south, while the...
Consumers in Italy have often viewed organic wines with suspicion. Small organic wine producers have thrived anyway, but mainly by exporting to countries where there is more demand for their produce. It seems that the It...
9 - 17 April. Rome presents the 13th edition of Settimana della Cultura which provides free admission to museums and offers guided tours around a variety of cultural sites throughout Italy.
Some of the highlights on o...
The city of Rome has reintroduced an anti-alcohol order, taking effect from 1 April to 30 June. More stringent than in previous years, in addition to banning take-away sales of alcohol from 23.00 until the close of busin...
11 April. American poet and playwright David Starkey is giving a poetry reading as part of the Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation programme at John Cabot University. Director of the creative writing...
29 March - 23 April. The tenth edition of Trend - New frontiers of the British scene is taking place currently at the Teatro Belli in Trastevere. The month-long festival of British drama provides a bridge between establi...
At least 150 immigrants on their way from Libya to Italy are now feared lost in stormy waters south of the Italian island of Lampedusa.
A boat with probably about 300 people aboard, mostly of Somali and Eritrean orig...
4-7 April. The 2011 Communication & English Department Week begins on 4 April with Black Maria Film and Video Festival which offers a variety of award-winning international, narrative, experimental, documentary and anima...
Italy's home Six Nations matches look set to be played in Florence after the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) lost patience with the owners of Rome's embattled Stadio Flaminio.
After complaining for years over the condi...
The American ambassador to Italy David Thorne, along with the mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno and the president of Lazio region Renata Polverini, worked side by side on the first weekend in April in an anti-graffiti operat...
Two concerts are being staged in Rome on 4 and 6 April to raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross to help Japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 11 March.
In the aftermath of the disaster, Fujiko Hirai,...
An Englishman ended up in hospital on Saturday night after another night of weekend violence and drunkness in Campo de' Fiori, in which a small drinking fountain (or nasone) in front of Giordano Bruno
31 March and 1 April are expected to be two bad days for commuters in Rome unless industrial action by public transport unions is called off at the last moment.
On 31 March there is a strike of regional transport outs...
Perhaps the future of original language films in Rome rests between the projector and those who place passion above profit
As a year of swingeing cuts to Italy’s culture and heritage budgets drew to a clos...
I wait for the last train from Termini on Friday night and a man, probably in his 60s but looking older, asks me if the train goes to Civitavecchia. Yes, I say, it's the last stop. We get on the train and he sits opposit...
The capital hosts the second edition of Restaurant Week from 4-10 April, following the success of its inaugural outing in Rome last November when over 6,000 people dined in the 52 participating eateries. The online resta...
Exploro.it, a multimedia application for smartphones which provides information and services, has been launched in Rome. Comprising a system of touchscreen icons, in addition to directing users to the nearest train stati...
Rome commemorates the 67th anniversay of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre on 24 March, in which 335 people were killed by the then occupying nazi forces on 24 March 1944. The mass killing was in retaliaton to a partisan atta...
Two iconic trains are being moved by night through the streets of Rome from the Smistamento railway station in the north of the city to the Gallery of Modern Art near Villa Borghese, where they are to feature in a forthc...
Security has been increased at the embassies whose countries are currently involved in military action against Libya: the US embassy on Via Veneto, the British embassy on Via XX Settembre and the French embassy in Piazza...
A museum dedicated to the Roman Republic and the memory of Giuseppe Garibaldi has re-opened at the Porta S. Pancrazio on the Janiculum hill. The building was inaugurated by president of the Italian republic Giorgio Napol...
Rome's first theme park dedicated to magic is opening soon, south of the city in Valmontone. The 600,000 sqm park, known as Rainbow Magicland, contains 35 attractions, some of which have never been seen in Europe, such a...
John Cabot University, an accredited American university in Rome, seeks an enthusiastic and well-prepared candidate to join a dynamic team in the role of Digital Marketing and Comm...
John Cabot University, a regionally accredited American liberal arts university in Rome, Italy, is currently looking for a full-time Program Coordinator for the N.U.in Italy Progra...
John Cabot University (JCU), a regionally accredited American university in Rome, is seeking a dedicated and dynamic individual to join our Career Services Center as a Career Servi...
St Georgeʼs British International School is seeking an experienced Teacher of French to work in the Senior School as a maternity cover starting in September 2025. The ability to te...