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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...
Participating cinemas in Lazio will offer reduced-price entry for films between 5 March and 5 April during the Cin Cin Cinema season, which is running for a third year. Going to see a film from Mondays to Thursdays will...
The new, more stringent, requirements for access permits to the limited circulation area, or ZTL, of the historic centre have already seen a nine per cent reduction in the number of cars authorised to drive in the centre...
Francesco Pellin, a fish-importer from Busto Arsizio, is negotiating with Rome to set up a museum to display his collection of works by Renato Guttuso, the Sicilian painter (1912
Crisis talks are to get underway this morning, 22 February, between the president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano and political leaders following the resignation of Italy
Churchmen and trainee priests from around the world who are at the Vatican or studying at the various pontifical universities in Rome will kick off the first match in a special Clericus Cup tournament on Saturday 24 Feb....
Cars with license plates ending in even numbers will be banned from the city
Recent archaeological excavations in the Arunci hills behind Fondi brought to light a section of huge city walls and the ruins of several dwellings. The archaeological team from Naples and Bologna universities which made...
A birdie with a yellow bill
Hopped upon the window sill,
Cocked his shining eye and said:
This year Ghana celebrates 50 years as an independent nation after becoming the first country in colonial sub-Saharan Africa to gain its freedom in 1957. Ghanaians across the world are hoping to use the opportunity provi...
The second edition of the Salone Italiano del Golf or SIG, will be presented at Arezzo
The military aeronautical base of Vigna di Valle has recently been selected by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as the international experimentation centre for the study of rain.
Vigna di Valle is situated 30...
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