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In this tale drawn from the early stages of the Trojan war, treated by Euripides in two dramas and then inspiring plays and literally dozens of operas in the 17th and 18th centuries, Gluck
Luck is always essential for success in politics and recently Italy
A group of residents in the dormitory community of Colleferro 50 km south of Rome are organising a grassroots effort to determine the air pollution levels created by a plant of twin waste gasifiers, which was closed by t...
There will be a 24-hour national rail strike from 21.00 on Saturday 14 March to the same time on Sunday 15 March. Ferrovie dello Stato says the strike will only affect short-haul trains not medium and long-distance ones....
New regulations have been introduced to limit demonstrations to six routes in Rome: from Piazza della Repubblica to Porta S. Giovanni; from Piazzale dei Partigiani to Porta S. Giovanni; from Piazza Bocca della Verit
The craze for football will reach fever pitch on 11 March, as thousands of Brits descend on the Italian capital for the second leg of the Champions League last-16 AS Roma versus Arsenal game. Officially, four thousand ti...
The Colosseum, the Fori Imperiali, the Terme di Diocleziano and many other major archaeological monuments in Rome and Ostia Antica could be closed on the morning of 6 March from 9.00 to 12.00 due to protests by staff at...
They go to soup kitchens, they receive food parcels at home, they shop in supermarkets where the goods are free. They are the so-called
It is not difficult to find organic food in Rome today; there are now many places in the city and surrounding area that sell organically-farmed produce, and interest in them is growing as a result of concern about the en...
The government has proposed a new law intended to limit the inconvenience posed by transport strikes.
Drafted by minister of health, labour and social services Maurizio Sacconi, the law would require unions calling a st...
Italians go to the polls to vote for their representatives to the European parliament in Strasburg on 6 and 7 June.
EU citizens living in Italy are also entitled to take part in the elections, choosing from among the ca...
After the previous controversy over school menus "going ethnic", a new one has exploded over the imposition of a menu served to schoolchildren during the period of Lent. The Rome city department for educational and schoo...
The Rome city council is considering an ordinance put forward by the major to prohibit horse drawn carriages, or
Rome celebrates St David's day with a weekend concert series dedicated to the music of Welsh composer Mervyn Burtch.
Winner of the Jon Edwards Memorial Award for his contribution to the music of Wales, Burtch has compo...
Despite fears that the financial crisis would affect attendance at Rome
The Save the Children Italia has opened a day centre for immigrant orphans in Rome. Located in the area of S. Lorenzo in close proximity to Termini train station, CivicoZero, Via dei Bruzi 10, is open every afternoon and...
Unions representing the public transport sector have canceled strikes planned for 19 and 20 February. Rome public transport operator ATAC ensures service as normal on all city bus, metro and urban railway lines. For more...
Walter Veltroni has resigned from his position as leader of the centre-left opposition party Partito Democratico (PD). His resignation comes after the PD suffered a crushing defeat in regional elections in Sardinia on 15...
Rome looks back to the future, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Italian writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Throughout history there have been many reasons to come to Trastevere, the area on the west side of the Tiber which in Latin was called trans Tiberim,
2009 is off to a rocky start for Rome taxis, who say that a downturn in tourism and too much competition are hurting business.
According to taxi union Unica Taxi CGIL average earnings are down 30 per cent compared to la...
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