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Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, the grandson of Umberto II, the last king of Italy, has announced that he will run for a position in parliament in the upcoming elections. He will run as a candidate for the chamber of deput...
The first bricks have been laid to expand the international terminal C at Rome
Vehicles with number plates ending in an even number will not be allowed to circulate within the so-called Green zone in Rome on Thursday 20 March between 15.00-21.00 due to pollution-reducing limitations on the circulat...
According to declared income for 2006 for parliamentarians made public in March, Silvio Berlusconi, the leader of Forza Italia and of the current conservative coalition Popolo della Libert
City-run museums and archaeological sites in Rome are open on Easter Day and on Easter Monday. These include the Capitoline Museums, the Ara Pacis, the Musei dei Fori Imperiali, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni among others...
Palms and maritime pines in Italy, particularly in Tuscany and Lazio, are under attack from insects. Palms are suffering from a beetle-like insect called rhynchophorus ferrugineus, or red palm weevil, and a flying insect...
Just over ten million tourists visit Rome each year, and spend on average 2.57 days in the city*. At a guess this is just long enough to see the Vatican museums and St Peter
So Italy is going to the polls again, this time on 13-14 April, almost two years to the day after the last elections, and three years before the normal end of the mandate. Everyone agreed that the electoral law passed by...
Being a cyclist in Rome has its ups and downs; after all, the city has seven hills. However more and more cyclists are taking to the Roman roads and dedicated cycle paths. Below are a few tips on how to cycle safely in R...
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On an almost empty street, this restaurant can be difficult to spot as its chic black fa
Two Irish tourists were killed by a drunk driver in the early hours of 18 March as they were crossing Lungotevere Altoviti between Castel S.Angelo and Via della Conciliazione. Elizabeth Anne Gubbins, 27, and Marie Clare...
In Rome 2,200,000 Italians will vote in five different elections on 13-14 April; for the senate, the chamber of deputies, the province, the city and the minicipii.
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According to a survey carried out by the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) together with the Studenti Magazine, Erasmus students studying in Italy are unhappy about many of the aspects of their experience.
The answers to...
The 14th Rome Marathon takes place on Sunday 16 March starting in Via dei Fori Imperiali at 09.00. 14,500 people from 76 different countries will participate in what has become the most popular sporting event in Italy an...
There were 250,640 immigrants living in Rome at the start of 2007 according to the latest annual report from Caritas Roma, the Rome section of the international Catholic relief organisation. This represents a 6.3 per cen...
As Walter Veltroni promised, there are many women candidates (about 40 per cent) on the electoral lists of the Partito Democratico (PD) for the national elections to be held in 12-13 April. Veltroni, head of the PD, has...
Celebrations for the 500th anniversary of one of Rome
After over more than two years' controversy, work to remove the cobblestones (or sanpietrini) from Via Nazionale, is now scheduled to start in March.
According to an article in the daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera,...
Four frescoed rooms in the house of the Emperor Augustus on the Palatine Hill open to the public on 10 March. The house, which was first discovered in 1970s is made up of a dining room, a bedroom, a large entrance and a...
Drive south from Arusha in north Tanzania for about fours hours (you calculate travel in terms of time rather than distance in many parts of east Africa). Then climb for another four hours into the hills above the small...
Anyone who is thinking of seeing the Colosseum or the Roman Forum on the morning of 16 March may need to think again as most of the space will be taken up with people in various types of running gear. For at 09.00 that S...
The Japanese Cultural Institute holds a characteristically eclectic series of events this month, ranging from film through discussion to music.
Registration at city-run nursery schools and other services for children between 0 and 3 years for the 2008-2009 school year opens on 3 March and continues until 4 April. Children born after 1 January 2006 and babies due...
Many more Italians in northern Italy opt for cremation than in the south, a new study confirms.
The survey made ahead of the Tanexpor trade fair for the funeral sector, which will take place in Bologna from 28-30 March...
Vehicles with number plates ending in an odd number will not be allowed to circulate within the so-called Green zone in Rome on Thursday 28 February between 15.00-21.00 due to pollution-reducing limitations on the circul...
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