Rome city council has announced a modernisation project for the urban rail line that runs from Piazzale Flaminio to Montebello in the suburbs of northern Rome. Currently the station at Piazzale Flaminio acts as the termi...
A provisional no-swimming (divieto di balneazione) order has been placed on many beaches throughout Lazio by the regional government, as biological tests on large stretches of sea have revealed worrying levels of polluti...
In January the government made an overdue effort to address a problem that the Italian public has long grumbled about: inefficiency in the public administration. The minister responsible for public administration reform...
It was a small, unadorned coffin that slid its way out of S. Giovanni mortuary on the wettest and coldest day of the year, its only distinctive mark being the stark metal tag on the top bearing his name, Derek John Wilso...
It was a small, unadorned coffin that slid its way out of S. Giovanni mortuary on the wettest and coldest day of the year, its only distinctive mark being the stark metal tag on the top bearing his name, Derek John Wilso...
British consular posts and embassies abroad have put up the fees for passports, visas, legalization assistance and other chargeable services as of 1 April 2007. Fees for issuing passports have increased from
Manchester United football fans will have to wait 90 minutes after local AS Roma team fans leave the Stadio Olimpico as a safety measure in the quarter final Champions League game on Wednesday 4 April. Rome
A fourth century BC Greek statue of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, is at the centre of an on-going war between the ministry of fine arts and Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
The Getty claims the right to the rare li...
Employees of Tevere Tpl S.c.a.r.l., which runs part of the suburban bus network in Rome have called a 24-hour strike on Friday 29 March. Services will run as normal between the guaranteed times, from the start of service...
The Italian national football federation FICG (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio) has announced that Giancarlo Abete will take over as its new head in April. Former president Franco Carraro was forced to quit in May 200...
According to a study by ISTAT, the Italian national institute of statistics, unemployment in the fourth quarter of 2006 fell to its lowest level since 1993 at 6.9 percent down from 8 percent the year before. The study s...
The experimental anti-smog measures put into force by the city hall at the beginning of the year, is coming to an end. 25 March will be the last traffic-free Sunday when it will be forbidden to drive 4, 3 and 2 wheel veh...
Italian meat, no genetically modified foods, seasonal fruit and an ethnic meal once a month are among the requirements the city council has stipulated in the new contract for companies wishing to provide school lunches i...
As part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome (25 March 1957, the official birth date of the European Union) Rome
From Laura Clarke
One of the things that gave Derek great pleasure during his short time in hospital was the epithet used by the doctors and nurses to refer to him.
Rome city council has pledged that up to two per cent of the total cost of constructing or restyling all public works or buildings will now go toward the creation of a public work of art at the same site. Young artists i...
In a world influenced by western thinking patterns, Professor Paolo Matthiae, professor of archaeology and history of art of the ancient Near East at Rome
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...
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