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Learner drivers in Rome area will now have to sit their driving test at one of the three offices of the vehicle licensing department (Motorizzazione) instead of their local driving schools, resulting in an overall conges...
The Getty Museum in Malibu, California, is refusing to return two important statues that the Italian government claims were removed illegally from the country. The two works in question are the Venus of Morgantina, a mar...
Italy's government is fighting back against a new, violently explicit video game for children called Rule of the Rose, released nationwide this month.
Justice Minister Clemente Mastella has declared that "preventative m...
Hidden in the packed programme of the recent international film festival in Rome was Il Mondo Addosso (The weight of the world) by young Sicilian director Costanza Quatriglio. Shot in Rome from November 2005 to March 200...
Why do so many Romans have nice teeth? Why do they laugh at a well-timed quip in such a carefree way? The answer lies in the hills and mountains around them, guardians of the springs that provide them with the water they...
A ban on motorcycles and scooters that fall into the Euro 0 polluting category will be phased in from 1 January 2007 in Romes ZTL anello ferrovario an area inside the capitals green zone that extends to Piramide in the...
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If youve ever had a craving you cant seem to tame, it could be Ethiopian fare youre hankering after. Hidden on a side street off Via del Pigneto, theres a quain...
There is a cave in Iraq with wall paintings dating from 50,000 years ago. Saffron has been identified as one of the pigments used in the paintings. The Sumerians used saffron for its medicinal properties. The spice was w...
lThe legacy of late American photographer Henry Clarke comes to the American Academy in Rome 16 Nov-16 Dec in the guise of 59 portrait and fashion shots taken from the 1950s until his death in 1998.
Former fashion acce...
20 November sees the beginning of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome. Celebratory events include the re-launching of the library on 20 November following its recent expansion (1,000...
From 20 November 2006 ashes of people cremated in Rome may be disposed of in the countryside, in rivers, the sea or in the Garden of Remembrance (Giardino dei Ricordi), within the cemetery at Prima Porta on the Via Flami...
The Italian-born art-collector, Carlo Bilotti, has died in New York at the age of 72. He was born in Cosenza, into a noble family connected to the Baroni di Serradileo, and after law studies in Naples and Palermo, first...
Americas wine bible, the Wine Spectator, has declared that the Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 2001, made by the producer Casanova di Neri, owned by Giacomo Neri, is the finest wine in the world. The Wine Spectator p...
The legend of Tristan and Isolde originates in mediaeval Celtic cultures, probably Scottish, but there are early versions in Wales and Ireland, although the familiar story is the French 12th-century reworking. Wagner tak...
The new station at Viale dei Quattro Venti in Monteverde on the FR3 Rome-Cesano-Viterbo train line was officially inaugurated in November. All trains now stop at Quattro Venti, between the S. Pietro and Trastevere statio...
A public transport strike will take place on Fri 17 Nov from 20.30 until 24.00 affecting all metro, tram and bus services in the capital as well as the local train services Rome-Lido, Rome-Pantano and Rome-Viterbo. The n...
In the second of two matches sponsored by Jaguar and promoted by the Provincia di Roma, the Italian rugby team will play against Argentina on 18 November at 15.00 at the Stadio Flaminio. In the first of the matches, on 1...
The Vatican has confirmed that there will be no change to its policy on celibacy in the priesthood or on married priests in wake of the threats coming from Emmanuel Milingo, the former Catholic archbishop who married Mar...
The government has scrapped plans for a tourist tax, which would have allowed Italian towns and cities to add 5 per day to foreign visitors' hotel bills.
The withdrawal of the levy from the 2007 budget was met with reli...
The costly flood barrier system being built in Venice to protect the city from high tides is causing controversy, with authorities divided between those who want to press ahead and others who oppose the project.
While p...
An interactive science and technology centre for children aged 11-17 has opened in Romes Villa Torlonia. Children (who can not be accompanied by adults) are able to take part in hands-on activities in the seven rooms of...
After colds and flu, backache is the second most common reason for visiting the doctor in Italy and one of the major causes of absence from the workplace, according to a national orthopaedic conference being held in Rome...
Italian public service broadcaster RAI may add its licence fee to electricity bills if the government agrees to a proposal by a Forza Italia member on the RAI board, Angelo Maria Petroni. At present, RAI loses 600 millio...
Those who wish to move around Rome at speed on two wheels, whatever the traffic restrictions, now have a solution. The Vectrix is the first high-performance electrical scooter available in Italy and can travel 110 km at...
Football players in both the serie A and B leagues are seeing a substantial dwindling in their paycheques the average salaries this season are on par with what they were earning in the 1990s.
According to the Italian f...
The number of women working in Rome has increased by 3.3 per cent since 2004, with around 500,000 in employment, according to the annual report on the capitals economy commissioned by city authorities. In the 35-44 year-...
In the face of the ever-increasing problem of what to do about the queues of people waiting to enter the Vatican Museums, the museums administration have devised a new mechanism for entry, accompanied by price increases,...
The market in Piazza S. Cosimato in Trastevere has returned to its historic location after almost two years spent in nearby Piazza Mastai while renovations were carried out on Piazza S. Cosimato. The modernised market is...
The annual starling "distress call" operation, to dissuade the birds from flying above certain streets of Rome, begin this week in the Ostia, Prati, Viale Mazzini and Stazione Termini areas.
Starlings show a preference...
Rome's Via Condotti and Milan's Via Montenapoleone are tied at number 14 as the most expensive street addresses in the world, both costing a yearly average rent of 2,250 per sqm of apartment.
This is Italy's ranking in...
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