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An undisturbed Etruscan burial chamber, dated between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC, has been discovered by a team of Tuscan archaeologists at Civitella Paganico near Grosseto. Experts consider the find this summer to be...
Florence has given the final seal of approval to the project for a new exit at the Uffizi gallery designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, nine years after it was conceived. The tender to build the controversial str...
Star-gazers hoping to wish upon a falling star this summer may have to wait a little longer than normal as the annual Perseids meteor shower, which is usually most visible on the feast of St Lawrence on 10 August, is ex...
The Italian mail service Poste Italiane has announced that it will be issuing a new postage stamp on 22 September featuring Italy
Low-cost carrier Ryanair has filed a lawsuit with the Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) against Italy
Eighty additional baggage handlers are to be sent to Fiumicino as part of efforts to prevent a repetition of the recent chaos surrounding the handling of luggage at Rome
Transport minister Alessandro Bianchi is to meet with representatives of Italy
There will be disruptions to traffic flow along Via Appia Nuova leading southeast out of Rome in August while repair work on a railway bridge near the Capannelle race course is carried out. From midday on 3 August until...
The government has approved tighter traffic controls and stiffer penalties for dangerous driving as an estimated 20 million Italians
prepare to set off for their summer holidays. The new measures include a fine of up t...
Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni who died in Rome aged 94 on 30 July will be laid to rest in his home town of Ferrara in northeast Italy on 2 August.
Best known internationally for his 1966 film
City gardeners will be taking their chainsaws to several hundred plane trees and false acacias this August as part of annual pruning operations in Rome. Roads affected include the Circonvallazione Gianicolense along the...
Pyrotechnicians from Italy, Malta, China, Romania, Japan, Slovenia, England and Spain are to gather in Valmontone southeast of Rome from 1-5 August for the fifth edition of the international fireworks competition Caput L...
Months long investigations and inspections carried out at Rome
Rome residents and visitors can make use of a new card offering reductions on entry to many museums and sites throughout Rome province. Launched on the back of the Roma Pass offering discounted entry to museums and sites...
Bars, restaurants and retail outlets in many parts of the city are not allowed to sell drinks in cans or glass bottles to take away between 20.00 and 03.00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights until 30 September. The re...
The government has introduced a state of natural disaster in central and southern regions following a series of devastating forest fires over the past several days. Specific measures for the affected regions, including t...
A new museum housing the largest collection of toys in Europe is to be created in Villa Ada, Rome city council has announced. Three buildings of the ex-Scuderie Reali abandoned for 30 years will be overhauled for the
Forest fires sweeping areas of central and southern Italy are mainly the work of arsonists, according to state authorities. Over 300 fires were reported on 24 July, with most occurring in Campania, Lazio and Calabria. Fo...
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Wine is more a part of life in Italy than in any other country
Rome is a small, provincial place compared with Paris. It can seem packed and manic, but that
IL MARGUTTA RISTORARTE
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A vast airy space with deep orange walls, pot plants and banks of curving black leather sofa booths, Il Margutta has been serving up vegetarian dishes just along from the Spanis...
Rome library service is taking advantage of the soaring temperatures to point out that many of the capital
Rome public transport company Trambus has launched a special tour of Rome where you can dine on a tram while listening to live opera music and visiting the sights. The TramBelcanto leaves Piazza di Porta Maggiore every F...
A report by Italian economic think-tank ISAE reveals that 74 per cent of Italians live with less money than they feel is required to lead a dignified existence. The study established a minimum income of
Old mobile phones can now be disposed of safely, thanks to a project by Rome city council, city waste disposal unit AMA and Vodafone Italia. Phones, batteries and accessories can now be dropped off at any of the 60 Vodaf...
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