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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
President of the northern Lombardy region Roberto Formigoni of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
Rome council has introduced a service on its website allowing people to see if they will be receiving a request for payment for outstanding traffic fines received before 31 December 2004. Clicking on the box titled Conco...
Throughout Italy state-run museums are open to women on 6-7 March (a weekend) free of charge as a way of celebrating women who have contributed to all the arts.
Since 1911, 8 March has been International Women
The Rome appeal court has admitted the civic list of the centre-right candidate for the Lazio regional elections, Renata Polverini, overturning an earlier decision to exclude it over a missing signature.
The ruling mea...
Rome pays tribute to the late South African singer-songwriter Miriam Makeba with a programme of events and concerts from 10-13 March. The tribute is an idea of the Movimento degli Africani in Italia, an organisation work...
Candidates for the province of Rome for the Popolo della Libert
Although the famous gardens of Villa Borghese are lovely at any time of the year, the brisk days of winter and early spring, when the air is fresh and crisp, are an ideal time to visit.
The garden occupies an area of gi...
Teatro S. Carlo in Naples opened its 2010 season in January in a completely restored opera house. The gold and stucco work in the main auditorium has been returned to its original splendour and now shines so brightly tha...
As we write it is hard to know exactly how the latest scandal will play out. We don
Foreigners living and working in Italy are striking on 1 March to draw attention to their contribution to society and protest against recent episodes of racism and discrimination. The protest draws inspiration from a sim...
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