A building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano has been given the go-ahead and will be constructed on the current site of the towers that once housed the ministry of finance in EUR.
The plan for the building has...
Run-off elections for Rome mayor and president of the province of Rome will be held 27-28 April.
Contestants for mayor are outgoing minister of culture Francesco Rutelli of the centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) and...
Friday 25 April Italy celebrates Liberation Day, which is generally accepted as the end of world war two in Italy, although German forces did not officially surrender until four days later on 29 April.
In Rome, Preside...
A ten-year-old American tourist who went missing on 21 April from the Vatican Museums was found safe and sound four hours later in Via Veneto, some four kilometres away. The little boy had been visiting the museums with...
Rome marks its 2761st birthday on 21 April, based on its mythical founding date in 753 BC, with various events on the day itself and the days that follow. This year the city has chosen musical events in particular to cel...
Excavations for the new Metro C line station at Piazza Venezia have revealed an ancient Roman staircase in the middle of the square. The white-marble staircase inset into pink granite has been dubbed
World-renowned architect Massimiliano Fuksas, acclaimed film director Ettore Scola, and one of the most respected voices on politics and current affairs and founder of the newspaper the Repubblica, Eugenio Scalfari, are...
Four out of ten Italian couples no longer have sex and only 30 per cent of couples are satisfied with their sexual life according to a study carried out by a group of sexologists, gynaecologists, and andrologysts. The st...
Italian animal rights groups were up in arms after an Italian brown bear who wandered into Switzerland was shot dead this week. JJ3 had been living in the Swiss canton of Graubunden for the last year, but Swiss authoriti...
The 13-14 April elections for mayor and president of the province of Rome will go down to run-offs between Francesco Rutelli of the centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) and Gianni Alemanno of the centre-right Popolo dell...
The alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi has won the parliamentary elections of 13-14 April with a clear majority in both houses of parliament. This is partly thanks to the consolidation of Umberto Bossi
The work to repave the area around the base of the Colosseum on its western side has brought to light new archaeological findings. At the beginning of April a marble piece measuring a metre and a half of an equestrian st...
Drivers of so-called microcars will have to pay to drive in the limited traffic zone (ZTL) areas of the city from 1 July. The tiny cars, which are popular with under-18s since they do not require a licence to drive, curr...
The chapel in Palazzo Barberini containing a crucifix by Pietro da Cortona and ceiling vault frescoes by either his pupils or him together with his pupils is now open to visitors after many years of closure. The newly re...
The national strike of rubbish collectors set for 7-9 April has been called off. The Federambiente, which represents most public sanitation workers throughout Italy, has now signed a new national contract. Work was as us...
Palaces, theatres, villas, aqueducts, and other sites in Italy normally closed to the public will open their doors on 5 and 6 April for the Fondo per l
St Georgeʼs British International School is seeking an experienced Teacher of French to work in the Senior School as a maternity cover starting in September 2025. The ability to te...
Experienced carer for old age, housekeeping with driving licence, since 2003 he has been working in Rome, looks for a full-time live-in job, good reference. Contact. 3346140595....
Violinist, soloist in tv Rai , plays for all events from pop, swing to classical,Irish/English folk,country,Neapolitan songs and film tracks, both as soloist and with Piano, singe...
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