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When it comes to selecting an olive oil, Italians are in the enviable position of having too much choice. Entire supermarket aisles are dedicated to this product and a drive out into the country reveals farmers who produ...
The government is seeking an injunction against some 200 Alitalia employees, mainly pilots and flight assistants, after a 24-hour wildcat strike between 10 and 11 Nov. The strike was declared at 17.00 on 10 November to b...
Alitalia pilots and flight assistants have announced a series of strikes, 15 in total between 25 Nov and 26 May, to protest the new employment contracts laid out by the consortium of investors comprising the Compagnia Ae...
The 14th edition of the MedFilm Festival 2008, to run from 6-16 Nov, will bring to Rome 177 feature films, shorts and documentaries from 41 different countries, including 40 national premieres. This year's guests of hono...
In spite of a decline in Rome tourism, city-sponsored art exhibitions are enjoying a successful autumn according to figures released by the mayor
The city has launched a campaign against drivers who invade lanes reserved for buses and taxis.
Special traffic controllers from public transport companies Trambus and Tevere Tpl, will be patrolling streets with bus an...
A national public transport strike has been called for 24 hours on Monday 10 November. The strike, which has already been dubbed by some of the Italian dailies as
Some of the annual festive bazaars are taking place earlier than ever this year.
Welcome Neighbor kicks off the season on 24 Nov at 10.00. Its annual bazaar is in aid of the Casa di Kim children
Some 5 million migrating European starlings have filled the skies above Rome providing both breathtaking, aerial displays and a public nuisance in the way of noise and bird droppings.
In an attempt to diminish the bird...
In preparation for the 2009 Six Nations fixtures, which begin on 7 February and end on 21 March, Italy has scheduled three test matches in November. The first is against Australia in Padua on 8 November then in Turin aga...
According to Italian daily La Repubblica, there are more lifts in Italy than any other country in the world. The Italian national association of eletronic and mechanic firms, ANIE, confirms that that Italy counts over 85...
The city of Rome has asked the region of Lazio to recognize a state of natural disaster following torrential rain on 28 October when 71 mm fell in just two hours between 19.00 and 21.00. A small army of 1.600 emergency r...
Americans in Rome hoping to follow the US election on 4 November in company have several options.
On 4 November, the Westin Excelsior hotel in Via Veneto will play host to a bipartisan election night event organised by...
Lovers of local culinary traditions have two appointments for the first two weekends of November.
The annual Tuscia chestnut festival in the province of Viterbo in upper Lazio falls on the first two weekends in November...
Like starlings, black-clad Italian nuns were once everywhere in Italy, running kindergartens, making up the bulk of the nursing staff in many hospitals. walking down the street, sitting on the bus. Now it looks as if be...
Everything is ready for La Corsa dei Santi, the race in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. The event takes place on Saturday 1 November.
The 10.5-km competition will begin at 10.10 and cross the historic cent...
Italy celebrates All Saints Day, or Ognissanti, on 1 November with a public holiday. Although this year it falls on a Saturday, thereby impacting fewer people, it does mean that public transport will run according to the...
It was 09.05 and the commentator on the BBC World News gave a gasp. She was reading out the falling figures on the European stock exchanges, only minutes after they had opened. However her tone was closer to what she mig...
Assuming all goes smoothly, the United States and the world should wake up on 5 November knowing the name of the 44th president of the United States. Either Barack Hussein Obama, junior senator from Illinois, or John Sid...
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The 2007 Italian wine harvest was one of the most unusual of the last few decades, both because it was one of the smallest and because it came so early. This year
The following is a roundup of some of the best exhibitions showing in Rome at present. The choice ranges from the ancient to the contemporary and as all the exhibitions last until the beginning of next year there is plen...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to converge on central Rome on 25 October for an anti-government demonstration organised by the main opposition party Partito Democratico (PD).
Two separate protest marches...
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