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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...
City transport company ATAC has plans to extend the tram 8 line
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...
With less than a week to go before the general election Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the centre-right coalition Popolo della Libert
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
The tiny Democrazia Cristiana (DC) party has averted an embarrassing postponement of next week
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...
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