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Excavate anywhere in the historic centre of Rome and something will turn up. When work started on the Auditorium Parco della Musica in the 1990s unusual Roman farm buildings came to light. Work stopped, plans were re-dra...
The Alitalia saga continues, an apparently unending telenovela, or soap opera, which would be downright funny if its possible consequences weren
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With the recent warning from British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh that 30 more airlines could go bust by Christmas you
With its wide and regular streets and post-unification architecture, Prati is in many ways the antithesis of the historic centre of Rome. However, despite the fact that it lacks the charm of many of the older parts of th...
Whether seen as an act of begging or legitimate form of entertainment, busking is not only fashionable but also commonplace throughout the historic centre of Rome. Musicians and street artists also entertain tourists wai...
National railway operator, Trenitalia, has announced a new policy placing a six kilogram weight limit on dogs travelling aboard trains and requiring smaller dogs to be transported inside closed carriers. Seeing-eye dogs...
The bike sharing scheme launched in mid June with 19 automated stations in the historic centre will expand to other areas of Rome beginning with Prati. The news of the expansion was announced on 22 September by the city...
In observance of United Nations world tourism day on Sat 27 September, the Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel are open free of charge from 08.30 to 18.30 with final entrances at 16.00.
In addition, free guided tours of...
Labour unions have called off a railway strike planned for 26 Sept. Trenitalia says that all regular service will continue as scheduled. For more information see www.trenitalia.it or tel. 892021 (
Labour unions representing railway workers have declared a strike for Friday 26 Sept. The strike will last from 09.00 to 17.00. The
The government has introduced new rules for bars and nightclubs across Italy in an effort to stem drink-driving and alcohol-induced road accidents among clients especially at weekends.
Under a decree passed on 30 July...
Notices were published in foreign and Italian papers on 23 September asking for new bids for Alitalia, Italy
Researchers at the University of Padova have discovered the remains of ancient Altinum near present-day Marco Polo airport on the mainland north of Venice. Abandonded in the seventh century in the wake of the Hun invasio...
Thinking about the present political situation in Italy a scene from the 1998 film
At Piazza S. Egidio in Trastevere, where I lived for 20 years, the residents are having an extended honeymoon. For almost a year now, perhaps even a bit longer, the illegal peddlers who used to set up their stands there...
A bread strike has been called for Thursday 18 September to protest against the rising cost of living and in particular against the escalating prices of essential goods such as bread despite dropping wheat prices. For th...
A bread strike has been called for Thursday 18 September to protest against the rising cost of living and in particular against the escalating prices of essential goods such as bread despite dropping wheat prices. For th...
On 15 September the new parking rules announced in early August go into effect. The parking ticket machines (
The Italian education system has received a critical review from the 2008
The plan to build a 700-place multi-level car park in the underbelly of the Pincio, the hill overlooking Piazza del Popolo, has been called off. The mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno announced his decision on 10 September, p...
How risky is it to park in Rome without buying a parking ticket? Surprise, surprise, not very. According to a report made by the city
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