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Italian labour unions representing public sanitation workers have declared a national strike starting from early morning 7 April until 9 April at 04.30. Rome
Air France-KLM CEO Jean-Cyrill Spinetta has walked out on talks to buy Alitalia after new demands by Italian labour unions brought negotiations to an impasse. Shortly following Spinetta
For the fourth consecutive year, an initiative called Cin Cin Cinema that offers reduced cinema tickets will run for the whole month of April. As a result, tickets at participating cinemas Monday through Thursday cost on...
In Rome there is a strong feel of approaching elections; there are posters covering the special election hoardings, so thickly plastered that they peel off under their own weight. There are lively speakers or lively musi...
Constanta Dinca-Iordache has lived in Monterotondo for almost four years and she has never been to Rome. The only place she is familiar with is Tiburtina station, having passed through the transport hub on her way to and...
The Japanese Cultural Institute together with the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo participates in this year
According to figures published in the 2008 Pontifical Yearbook, for the first time in history, Muslims now outnumber Roman Catholics. Compiled between 2006 and 2007, the figures put the number of Catholics at around 1.13...
The government has greenlighted new laws in a bid to reduce the number of so-called
The Squash Live Tour takes place at the Romaest mall in Roma Lunghezza, Via Collatina (tel. 062251137), from 28 March-13 April. It consists of a series of sports events organised by
A Roman fresco stolen from the Vesuvian town of Oplontis and recovered by Italian art police from a private house in Paris has gone on show to the public for the first time at Rome
The pen is taking over from the lock on Ponte Milvio as the medium with which to declare one
Giorgio Napolitano, the president of the Italian republic, at the commemoration of the massacre at the Fosse Ardeatine on 24 March, said that this tragic event will never be forgotten.
The mass execution of 335 civil...
This year the annual week of culture organised by the ministry for culture takes place from 25-31 March. During the event all state-run museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological sites across the country are open t...
A religious website has got the scoop on Pope Benedict XVI
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...
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