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New electronic ticket barriers have now been installed at 13 metro stations on the metro B line (Laurentina-Rebibbia): Marconi, San Paolo, Garbatella, Circo Massimo, Colosseo, Cavour, Castro Pretorio, Policlinico, Bologn...
The Keats-Shelley House poetry prize for schools 2007 is divided into two sections, English and Italian, and into three age groups. This year the 5-9 age group was given the themes
In an address to members of Apimondia Italia, Asger Sogaard Jorgensen, president of the international federation of beekeepers
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.
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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 second edition of Lazio tra Europa e il Mediterraneo 2007
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...
Petrol station operators are set to go on strike from 5-7 June in protest at government plans to liberalise the sector. This month
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...
Rome has launched plans to plant a half million new trees and shrubs in Rome over the next 5 years. The initiative is part the United Nations
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...
The work of young graffiti artists can be seen at two schools in northern Rome on 4 and 5 June as part of the city council-run
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...
I used to hate Rome. My parents lived here for five years when I was younger and I used to come and visit, but I never dreamt I
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....
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