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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...
Summer is well upon us and suddenly all the talk of
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
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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...
Anyone requiring a visa to enter the UK will have to have fingerprint scans and a digital photograph taken from 26 July. In Rome, it will be necessary to lodge visa applications at the WorldBridge Visa Application Centre...
The Italian branch of the International Organization for Animal Protection (OIPA) has once again asked people not to abandon pets in advance of the summer holidays. Every year a large number of animals including dogs, ca...
The auction for troubled national airline Alitalia fell through on 18 July after the final potential bidder withdrew ahead of the 23 July deadline for firm offers. US buyout fund MatlinPatterson Global Advisers said it w...
There will be a 24-hour nationwide airport strike on Wednesday 18 July involving general ground staff of all airlines as well as Alitalia air stewards. Passengers should expect long delays and cancellations, although aff...
Decreasing water levels in the river Po are putting Italian agricultural production at risk, according to a new study by environmental protection agency APAT. Water levels in the 675 km-long river have fallen by 20-25 pe...
Rome city council has got together with landlord and tenant trade unions to create a renting agency for students attending universities in the capital. The initiative is aimed particularly at so-called
The Senate Justice Committee is examining a revised version of the so-called DICO draft bill, which proposes financial and next-of-kin rights for non-married couples. The new version, or CUS (from
Daunting queues at the Colosseum ticket office are soon to become a thing of the past as tickets go on sale via internet. Starting Friday 13 July, visitors will be able to purchase tickets at www.pierreci.it bypassing ti...
Migration from the south of Italy to the north of the country is nearing levels last seen during the peak migratory period of the1960s, according to a report by the association for industrial development in southern Ital...
Roma Metropolitane, the city-owned company in charge of the expansion and modernisation of the capital
From October, commercial flights into Ciampino, Rome's second airport, will be reduced from 130 to 100 a day, and air-traffic movement after 23.30 will be forbidden. This new ruling comes in response to increasing protes...
The documents and personal objects of Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) have found a permanent home in Rome
The price of pasta is set to rise by 20 per cent in Italian supermarkets from the autumn, according to the Italian pasta manufacturers
A baffling disease holds sway in museums today: the blistering rashes of lettering on the wall, not in the least
In his own lifetime, Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) became a legendary figure as
Once there was little to envy those who did not join the mass exodus out of Rome to escape the city
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