Tobacco sales in Italy in 2006 registered an increase of 1.1 per cent over 2005, which translates into about one million kilos. The figures are contained in the Tobacco Observatory, a publication issued three times a yea...
According to figures released by Asaps (Associazione amici sostenitori della Polstrada), the numbers of those stopped by the road police and fined for talking on mobiles while driving has risen from 36,517 in 2005 to 40,...
Switch off your lights for five minutes on Thursday 1 February between 19.55 and 20.00 if you are concerned with energy wastage and global warning. The campaign is being organized by the French environment group
Italy opens up to liberalization
The government has given the green light to a new package of liberalisation laws masterminded by minister for economic development Pierluigi Bersani. The new laws are principally aimed...
Starting on 4 February it will be possible to visit the Palazzo Senatorio on the Capitoline Hill on the first Sunday of every month. The visits, in groups 30, will take place every 10
Italian petrol companies are to be investigated by the European Union antitrust watchdog over allegations of price fixing. Nine companies in total will be under scrutiny for exchanging information and influencing the pri...
The city has announced that it will demolish the elevated tract of the urban motorway known as the Tangenziale Est. Since its inception in the 1970s, the Tangenziale Est has been a bone of contention between city planne...
In Greek mythology the Medusa was a creature who was so frightful you could not look at her. If you did, she turned you to stone. Perseus, before he fell in love with Andromeda and freed her from her sea guardian, slew t...
We have finally made it. After months of planning, setbacks, delays and then more planning our new office is open, just opposite the Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei. The precise address is Via dei Falegnami 79; we form...
Next time you buy bus tickets from your local edicola take a look around you. Among the assortment of DVDs, magazine freebies and football-related paraphernalia you will spot this year
Operation Domus Aurea, an ongoing investigation launched by the Guardia di Finanza in 2004, has estimated that over 6.000 apartments in the capital are currently rented without contract to students alone. Agents identif...
The Italian State Monopoly controlling the sale of cigarettes has issued instructions that all automatic machines distributing cigarettes must be equipped with a system for reading identity documents in order to prevent...
The Policlinico Casilino in the eastern suburbs of Rome has started up a new service in answer to the increasing number of newborn babies abandoned in the city each year. The number of babies born outside hospitals and t...
The twin fountains in Piazza Farnese are to be cleaned once again thanks to the sponsorship of Roma and Roma Uomo, two perfumes from the range of Laura Biagiotti Parfums, and of Procter & Gamble, who distribute the perfu...
Mixed marriages in Italy have increased ten times over in the last 15 years, according to news agency Ansa. Figures from the national statistics agency Istat revealed that there were 600,000 weddings between Italians and...
John Cabot University, a regionally accredited American liberal arts university in Rome, Italy, is currently seeking an enthusiastic and skilled person to fill the position of Facu...
John Cabot University, a regionally accredited American liberal arts university in Rome, Italy, is seeking a candidate to fill the position of Art and Design Studio Assistant. The...
John Cabot University (JCU), a regionally accredited American university in Rome, is seeking a dedicated and dynamic individual to join our Career Services Center as a Career Couns...
John Cabot University, a regionally accredited American university in Rome, is seeking a candidate to fill the position of CRM Analyst. The CRM Analyst will support the Director of...