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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...
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...
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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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