The Stadio dei Marmi sporting complex, which stands next to Rome’s Olympic stadium on the Foro Italico, will be turned into a music venue for a series of concerts that will end this year’s Estate Romana.
Mu...
National daily newspaper Corriere della Sera has launched a new free online dictionary service on its website at http://dizionari.corriere.it. Web surfers can access the Sansoni Italian-English-Italian dictionary, which...
The 52nd Venice Biennale exhibition of contemporary art runs from 10 June to 21 November and is curated by American art critic and painter Robert Storr, the first US director in the Biennale
For security reasons President Bush, who arrives in Rome on Friday night for a two-day visit, has had to cancel plans for a visit to S. Egidio, the Roman Catholic peace organization, in Trastevere. After days of rigorous...
Dear Mr President
As I follow with alarm the preparations for your visit to Rome this weekend one question comes to mind: have you ever stopped to ask yourself what impact your visits have on the people and communities...
Most house owners will by now have received the bills for payment of ICI (imposta comunale sugli immobili), or annual property taxes, together with an explanatory booklet.
Payment may be made in two instalments, the fir...
The Vatican has announced its new solar energy project which will see the cement panels on the roof of the Paul VI audience hall replaced with photovoltaic cells to convert sunlight into electricity.
The solar power sys...
The best of the 60th Cannes Film Festival will come to Rome from 7-13 June, offering film fans the chance to see the Italian premieres of 31 films. Five cinemas will participate in the initiative organized by the city co...
Rome residents over 70 years old living alone, with a disabled partner, or with health or mobility problems can have their food shopping delivered to their homes free of charge between 18 June and 20 August. The city cou...
President of the United State, George W. Bush will arrive in Rome the evening of Friday 8 June and remain until Sunday morning. His itinerary Saturday begins at the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. He will t...
A new exhibition at the Palazzo del Quirinale demonstrates how the ancient temple of the Roman god Quirinus may be buried under the current seat of the president of the republic. Working with a georadar device that uses...
Italy celebrates its national day (Festa della Repubblica) on 2 June, commemorating the national referendum of 1946 when Italians voted against the monarchy and in favour of a republic.
The president of the republic, G...
An air quality study by the Italian national research agency, Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerca (CNR), has revealed the presence of airborne cocaine in quantities high enough to be considered a pollutant. The initial discov...
The province of Rome has published a leaflet to be distributed in chemist shops, social centres, and parishes throughout the province, warning the elderly of possible swindles practised against them. The leaflet is calle...
Italian customs police have carried out searches in the Milan offices of Eni, the state-controlled oil and gas conglomerate, and its satellite companies Italgas and Snam.
The investigations were launched to verify poss...
Taxi drivers across Italy are set to strike on 31 May in the second day of industrial action this month. In Rome taxi drivers will also be taking part in a march starting at 09.00 from Piazza della Repubblica to Piazza S...
Live and video performances and photographic works will give an insight into performance art in the United Kingdom (UK) over the last few decades at the British School at Rome on 3 June at 18.00-24.00.
The one-off eve...
Spring is the time for minimising. Closets are cleaned out, jackets are put away, and not only the threat of the bathing suit season but also the arrival of fresh new produce provides the inspiration to streamline diets....
The Non-Catholic Cemetery in the Testaccio area of Rome has closed to the public temporarily after a large pine fell down on 25 May near the gravestone of Italian author Carlo Emilio Gadda. Director Minny Augeri said the...
ADJUNCT FACULTY: Sustainable Conservation
The American University of Rome is looking for an adjunct instructor to teach the course "Sustainable Conservation" which is part of a...
Qualified mother tongue teachers are needed for morning/afternoon lessons in state schools for Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary, and Secondary 2. CELTA or equivalent teaching cer...