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From 9 April the Centrale Montemartini, in the Ostiense, which already houses a part of Capitoline Museums
Clocks go forward by one hour on the night of 27-28 March, heralding the start of daylight saving time in the Central European Time (CET) zones.
You may lose an hour of sleep but this is compensated by the longer days t...
For the first time this year Italy is taking part in celebrations for World Theatre Day on 27 March with events and initiatives targeting young people in particular.
State broadcaster RAI3 will be transmitting a film o...
Normal services will be running on 24 March on the metro, the Roma - Ostia Lido, Roma - Giardinetti and Roma - Civitacastellana - Viterbo railway lines and bus routes in southern Rome following the cancellation of three...
A new centre for 24-hour video surveillance of Rome has been opened in Piazza Giovanni da Verrazzano. The Sala Sistema Roma, housed in a former cigarette factory, was opened by the mayor, Gianni Alemanno, who described t...
On 27 and 28 March nearly 600 libraries, stately homes, archaeological sites and religious buildings all over the country are open to the public free of charge for the 18th annual spring open day organised by the Fondo A...
There may be disruptions to public transport services in Rome on 24 March due to three separate strikes by local transport workers.
Commuters can expect disruptions on the metro A and B lines and on the Roma-Ostia Lido,...
The 2010 Rome marathon takes place on Sunday 21 March. Over 15,000 competitors from 83 nations, including 80 differently abled athletes, will start the 16th edition of the city
The city council has introduced a new service allowing Rome residents to obtain certificates via email through its website. In all 16 certificates are available on-line including residency, marriage, birth, citizenship a...
The restoration of the Pasquino statue (near Piazza Navona), done by the ATI Ghia-Equilibrarte, is now complete after almost five months of work. The Pasquino is the most famous of the Talking Statues in Rome, and in the...
The annual non-competitive Stramilano marathon has been moved to Sunday 21 March because of regional elections in Lombardy on 28 March, which was the original date for the run.
The event starts at the Duomo at 09.00 and...
The restoration of the Pasquino statue (near Piazza Navona), done by the ATI Ghia-Equilibrarte, is now complete after almost five months of work. The Pasquino is the most famous of the Talking Statues in Rome, and in the...
All local elections give politicians and pundits a feel of what a country is thinking and are often just treated as a barometer for the government; but the regional elections in 13 out of Italy
Sometimes it feels as if things in Italy never change; at others that they change so quickly that it is impossible to understand what is going on. The political happenings in early March fell into the second category....
Work is underway to create a multi-storey car park above the tracks at Rome
Like most of my friends in the canine world, I am still licking my wounds after a Hungarian Vizsla walked off with the Best in Show prize at Crufts 2010, the world
From buffalo mozzarella to Parma ham, from Roman pecorino to mortadella from Bologna, right through to Neapolitan pizza, Italy shows off its regional specialities with pride. And just like the most self-respecting fashio...
The Italian national statistics agency ISTAT recently published a document called Noi, Italia, which provides a snapshot of Italy as it was at the end of 2008. Below are some salient facts from the report that help under...
On 13 March supporters of the main opposition parties and members of the non-party political anti-government Popolo Viola (Violet People) movement will be gathering in Piazza del Popolo at 14.00 for a demonstration in fa...
On 14 March members of the grassroots volunteer organisation Retake Rome will gather on the Pincio in Villa Borghese for a clean-up campaign. The focus of their efforts will be the graffiti that defaces one of Rome
The Rome electoral office, a section of the Rome tribunal, has rejected for the second time the list of candidates for prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
The Pincio, which looks out over Piazza del Popolo, has once again become a place for leisure-time strollers, children and tourists. It has now been restored after several years of abandon during excavations for the prop...
The Lazio regional administrative tribunal has upheld an appeals court ruling excluding candidates of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
Students from one of Rome's leading international schools presented the Rome based World Food Programme with a cheque for
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