Long before Ryanair launched low-cost flights from Dublin to Ciampino, the Irish were coming to Rome in their droves.
Current estimates, drawn from the Italian ministry of the interior and Irish embassy records, put t...
For two days, there was talk of crisis and drama, that there would be new elections or an emergency government of technocrats. Italy was once again unstable and seemed to have gone back to its bad old ways of changing go...
Over 20 Italian members of parliament belonging to various political parities will don designer clothes and tread the catwalk on Ladies day, (Festa delle Donne) on 8 March next.
The novel initiative is to be the highlig...
Italians prefer domestically produced red wine, with 70 per cent opting for bottles from Italy, according to a survey of wine enthusiasts carried out by online magazine Wine News to coincide with the national wine fair,...
Bridge 9, the last of three condemned bridges of the suburban slum Laurentino 38 south of EUR, was pulled down 28 February in the latest phase of neighborhood renewal begun 10 May 2006 with the demolition of Bridge 10....
With the confidence vote in the chamber of deputies at 342 votes in favour, 253 votes against and two abstentions the Prodi government is now set to continue in office.
The vote of confidence in both houses of parliame...
The Roman composer and conductor Ennio Morricone was awarded an honorary Oscar for his extraordinary contribution to the art of film music, during the 79th edition of the Academy Awards at Los Angeles.
Born in 1928, Mor...
Romano Prodi faces the vote of confidence in the chamber of deputies on Friday 2 March.
He is expected to gain an easy majority as his nine-party coalition has 348 seats against opposition Casa delle Libert
Any time from now up to July, property owners in various areas of Rome may expect to receive a letter requesting revised estimates of property registry values (valori catastali).
The initiative is at the core of the cit...
The Italian senate will hold a vote of confidence 28 February evening to determine whether prime minister Romano Prodi will remain in power or not.
The confidence vote in the senate is likely to be extremely close given...
Animal rights activists, Italian state broadcaster RAI and the minister for the environment, Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, have presented a new charter that will prevent animals from being exploited on television. The guideli...
The officers club has finally left Palazzo Barberini, more or less in accordance with the agreement signed with the minister of fine arts, Francesco Rutelli, at the end of last summer. It has moved to the nearby Palazzo...
Participating cinemas in Lazio will offer reduced-price entry for films between 5 March and 5 April during the Cin Cin Cinema season, which is running for a third year. Going to see a film from Mondays to Thursdays will...
The new, more stringent, requirements for access permits to the limited circulation area, or ZTL, of the historic centre have already seen a nine per cent reduction in the number of cars authorised to drive in the centre...
Francesco Pellin, a fish-importer from Busto Arsizio, is negotiating with Rome to set up a museum to display his collection of works by Renato Guttuso, the Sicilian painter (1912
Crisis talks are to get underway this morning, 22 February, between the president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano and political leaders following the resignation of Italy
Churchmen and trainee priests from around the world who are at the Vatican or studying at the various pontifical universities in Rome will kick off the first match in a special Clericus Cup tournament on Saturday 24 Feb....
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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