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Nearly half a million anxious scholars, including 20,000 students in Roman schools, have begun their final school-leaving exams.
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The sacred vessel, which throughout the centuries has inspired crusades, legends, endless searches as to its true whereabouts, ancient and modern bestsellers, may after all be in Rome, according to Italian archaeologist...
The Protestant cemetery in the Testaccio area of Rome reopened 20 June. It was closed on 25 May for safety reasons after the fall of some pine-tree branches in a storm. During the closure three other dangerous trees have...
There will be a national train strike from 21.00 on Thursday 21 June until 21.00 on Friday 22 June. Passengers should expect extensive cancellations, although some national train services will continue to run during the...
The ministry of the environment will contribute up to 30 per cent of the price of a new bicycle (up to
The American International Club of Rome together with the Rome chapter of Democrats Abroad will hold their annual American Independence Day picnic Sunday 1 July from 16.30 until dusk. The site for the picnic is an organi...
The Colosseum will be lit up tonight, Friday 15 June, in memory of the victims of Nazism in the capital. The illumination remembers in particular the massacre of some 335 Italian civilians that took place at Fosse Ardeat...
Ancient Rome is the subject of the largest computer simulation of a historic city ever created. Classicists, historians and computer whizzes from the universities of Virginia and Los Angeles and Milan Polytechnic have cr...
Two senators recently wrote a letter to senate authorities asking that ice creams be made available at the senate bars. However the request was flatly rejected by the senate's administration, who turned down the request...
Builders digging space for a small, private garage in a Parioli have accidentally damaged the sole Roman aqueduct still in use, leaving several of the historic centre
Many memorials dedicated to events during the closing stages of world war two can be found in those parts of Italy occupied by German troops, especially Rome. Recently, on 4 June, the 63rd commemoration was celebrated at...
In February a new book, a fine slim volume, stirred up a wasps
On 12 May hundreds of thousands of people arrived in Rome from all over Italy to take part in Family Day organised by Catholic groups and family associations in defence of traditional family values. Gathered in Piazza S....
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...
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