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Sunday 17 February is the second traffic-free Sunday of the year in Rome. From 09.00-17.00 vehicles will not be allowed to circulate in the
Go to any state museum or archaeological site in Italy on 14 February as a couple and only one of you will pay. This initiative from the ministry of culture is an offer to the
Rome mayor Walter Veltroni has handed in his resignation on 13 February as he prepares for his role in the April general elections as leader of the Partito Democratico, the largest party on the centre left.
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People needing to take Rome night buses will no longer get stuck without a ticket after the tabaccai close thanks to a new initiative by city transport company ATAC that guarantees electric ticket machines on all night b...
The diocese of Venice is encouraging people to give up mineral water for Lent and start drinking tap water in a campaign to raise funds for charity. Praising the quality of the water on tap in every household in the city...
The latest statistics reveal that Italians are living longer than ever before and are having more children out of wedlock. Istat, the Italian institute of statistics, has published its demographic data for 2007, which i...
Italian general elections have been set for 13-14 April after president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February. The move came after speaker of the Italian senate failed in his mandate to fi...
Italian institute for statistics (Istat) has made its annual alterations to the contents of the shopping basket to be applied in 2008 in determining the changes in the cost of living. New in this year
Writing political commentary and analysis for a fortnightly magazine such as Wanted in Rome is always a risky business. The final deadline for articles is ten days before publication, after which it is impossible to chan...
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Franco Marini, the speaker of the Italian senate, who was asked by the president of the republic, Giorgio Napolitano, to try to form a government, has resigned his mandate on the grounds that he has been unable to find a...
Rome has announced a new plan to tighten up on rubbish collection and to improve recycling. The large street containers for recycling glass, plastic and metal (blue) and paper (white) will be emptied every three days ins...
Rome city council has begun distributing special cards allowing residents to indicate whether or not they wish to donate their organs for transplant in the event of their death. The card
A rugby weekend in Rome has established itself as one of the most popular events on the Six Nations calendar. But first, on Saturday 2 February, the Azzurri with new coach Nick Mallett will debut at Dublin
The spiral ramp used to transport scenery to the film studios of Cinecitt
Alitalia has confirmed that it will cut 150 of its flights into Milan
The spiral ramp used to transport scenery to the film studios of Cinecitt
The speaker of the senate, Franco Marini, is continuing talks with political parties to establish whether there is enough cross-party support to form an interim government following the fall of the Romano Prodi administr...
Melitus Were, the Kenyan opposition member of parliament who was shot and killed in Nairobi on the night of 28 January, was well known and loved in the Kenyan community in Rome. He came to Italy at the end of the 1990s a...
Rome city council has published a guide to Italian schools in the city for immigrant parents ahead of registration for the next academic year. The guide has been translated into eight languages
Prime minister Romano Prodi resigned on 24 January after losing a vote of confidence in the senate 20 months into his government
Prime minister Romano Prodi faces a vote of confidence on 24 January to determine whether his government will remain in power after ex-minister of justice Clemente Mastella withdrew his Unione Democratici per l'Europa (U...
Rome city council is launching a new service that allows tourists to receive tickets to the cultural events at their hotel. Some 65 venues in Rome and 128 hotels three-, four- and five-star hotels are participating in th...
Vehicles with number plates ending in an even number (including 0) will not be allowed to circulate within the so-called Green zone in Rome on Thursday 24 January between 15.00-21.00 due to pollution-reducing limitations...
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