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Protests are building across Italy against proposed government reforms, which could radically transform the primary, secondary and higher education sectors. Students, teachers and university professors have occupied lear...
Rome rolls out the red carpet for the third edition of the Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma at the Auditorium - Parco della Musica from 22-31 October. This year
In Italy the gap between rich and poor has grown by 33 per cent over the last two decades according to
New excavations are scheduled in Piazza Venezia before a decision can be made on possible sites there for the planned metro C station and its exits. The centre of new activity will be in front of the church of Madonna di...
On 17 October young and old will be sleeping rough in towns and cities across Italy to mark the United Nation
Selected bars in Rome have agreed to maintain the price of coffee, cappuccino, brioche, fruit juice, sandwiches and other items for four months under a nationwide initiative aimed at mitigating the rising cost of living...
London auction house Bonhams removed ten artifacts from a 15 October auction following an appeal by former culture minister, Francesco Rutelli, who says that they were illegally exported from Italy. Among the most notabl...
Two senators, Silvana Amati of the opposition party Partito Democratico and Laura Bianconi of the majority party Popolo della Libert
The single largest jackpot in Italian history will go up for grabs in the 18 October draw of the superenalotto, the Italian national lottery. So far, the grand prize stands at
Labour unions CUB (Confedarazione Unitaria di Base), COBAS (Confederazione dei comitati di base) and SdL (Sindacato dei Lavorati Intercategoriale) have declared a general strike Friday 17 October which will mainly affect...
The tomb of the ancient Roman general who was the inspiration for Russell Crowe
Rome is the most dangerous city in Italy in terms of road safety with 21,452 accidents recorded in 2006
Rome has fallen far down the city rankings in the latest report by Lega Ambiente on the eco-systems of cities in Italy. The report, released on 13 October in Belluno, shows that Rome has dropped to 70th position compar...
Not long ago Piazza Navona used to be the playground for centre-city kids. In the mornings it would be full of mothers and babies in pushchairs (plus grandmothers and English au-pairs); in the afternoon it was full of sc...
Is it a sign of things to come? A few weeks ago, in Castel Volturno in the province of Caserta north of Naples, Italy had the worst outbreak of racial violence since it reluctantly became transformed from a super-homogen...
Standing room only in the conference room of Rome
This is a time not only to go apple and pumpkin picking but also to pick out great fashion pieces for autumn. There is no need to wait for temperatures to drop; this year
Opera was born in Italy, and so too were the main exponents of bel canto such as Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini: Handel, one of the early protagonists, was German by birth but Italian by musical training. Theatres throug...
Rome could soon have two new pedestrian bridges over the river Tiber if work on the long-awaited Ponte della Musica and Ponte della Scienza goes ahead as planned.
Groundbreaking is due to take place on 14 October at 15....
16 October will see a host of events around the capital to coincide with World Food Day, a worldwide event declared by Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) to call attention to the plig...
One of the main hospital accident and emergency departments in the historic centre of Rome closed to the public on 6 October.
Just off the central Via del Corso and very close to Piazza del Popolo, the S. Giacomo A and...
A demonstration will take place Sat 11 November in Rome
Cities in Italy have the highest percentage of residents at retirement-age in Europe.
According to the Eurostats survey, Urban Audit, nine out of the ten cities with the oldest populations (old being defined as those o...
Progress reports for the Italian economy at the end of the third quarter show higher prices, rising unemployment, a widening trade deficit, increased public debt and GDP growth hovering around zero.
In September, a stud...
Rome is to launch a new road safety campaign in conjunction with ANIA foundation, the national body that represents insurance companies. The scheme, announced on 1 October, includes educational programmes in schools, imp...
The province of Latina has recently signed an agreement with landscape architect Professor Alan Berger of MIT to clean up the area known as the Agro Pontino, the former marshland drained by Mussolini in the 1930s. Berg...
National railway operator, Trenitalia, has suspended a new policy planned to come into force 1 October that would place a six kilogram weight limit on dogs travelling aboard trains and require smaller dogs to be transpor...
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