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The cabinet has approved a package of laws in an effort to improve road safety in Italy after 42 people died in car accidents over the weekend of 2-4 March. The country holds one of the worst road safety records in Europ...
The Roman Press Association together with city officials held a demonstration in Piazza del Campidoglio 8 March demanding the release of La Repubblica correspondent Daniele Mastrogiacomo who was taken hostage over the we...
The place name committee of Rome city council has decided to honour five women by naming after them stretches of the tree-lined paths in Villa Pamphilj, in the Monteverde area of Rome, according to daily newspaper Il Mes...
Over 400 cash transfer agencies throughout in Italy were raided this week and forced to close after Italian authorities uncovered illegal cash transactions for a value of approximately
Luneur, the amusement park in Eur founded over 50 years ago, has undergone extensive renovations and is now once more open to the public.
While old favourites such as the Ferris wheel remain, live shows and exhibitions...
Angelo Bagnasco, the archbishop of Genoa, is to take over from cardinal Camillo Ruini as head of the Italian bishops
Some 176,334 lampposts light up the streets of Rome, according to a report released by city water and electricity agency Acea on 6 March. Of these, 1,327 are found along the bridges and banks of the Tiber, 805 illuminat...
lThe French embassy in Italy at Palazzo Farnese is one of the sites of an exhibition entitled Luce di Pietra from 24 March-15 April organised by the Italian fine arts and heritage ministry and the French ministry of cult...
Rome, goes a local saying, has a church for every day of the year. It could also boast a different trattoria, taverna, osteria or restaurant for every meal, breakfast and brunch included, and still have some to spare. To...
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...
The sight was a heartrending one as eight-year-old Alessio Raciti walked behind his father
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
Cars with license plates ending in odd numbers will be banned from the city
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...
The ever-popular Sanremo song festival, in its 57th year, is now in full swing until 3 March.
The musical competition at Sanremo
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...
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