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The first round of the pre-election face-to-face encounters between Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the Casa della Libert coalition, and the leader of the opposition LUnione coalition, Romano Prodi,...
The universities of La Sapienza, Tor Vergata and Roma Tre will open to the public on 21 March from 20.30 into the early hours of the morning for a night of lessons, shows and concerts. Professors at the universities acro...
A car sharing system which is on trial in the III municipality in Rome, around the area of the Piazza Bologna,is proving so popular that plans are being made to introduce a similar system in the historic centre of the c...
Local elections in Italy for 11 provincial governments, councils for 28 provincial capitals, including Rome, and the Sicilian regional government will be held on 28-29 May. In all 1,307 cities, towns and villages will be...
The United States state department has published a report on human rights worldwide on its official website www.state.gov. The part of the report devoted to Italy, states that Italy generally respects the rights of the p...
The Italian rugby football team playing against Wales in the Six Nations championship
won its first ever point in an away match, when they drew 18-18. The two sides fought hard to gain the upper hand, in what was a sket...
The total traffic ban, programmed in Rome for Sunday 12 March, has been postponed. Recent weather conditions have been blustery and wet which has helped to disperse the poisons in the air, making the day unnecessary. Dar...
The Unites States Academy of Science has published new findings by a group of vulcanologists, including two from the Vesuvius Observatory, which show that a major eruption of Vesuvius near Naples could be more devastatin...
One of the most famous paediatric hospitals in Rome the Bambino Ges has opened a new hostel where children from outside the city, who are receiving long treatment at the hospital, such as chemiotherapy or dialyses, may s...
Cinemas in Rome will offer reduced-price entry for films between 13 March and 13 April during the Cin Cin Cinema season, which is running for a second year. Going to see a film will cost3 Mondays-Thursdays before 18.00,...
There is to be a new bridge across the Tiber known as the Ponte della Musica or music bridge in the Flaminio area of Rome between Piazza Gentile da Fabriano and the Lungotevere Cadorna.
The design for the bridge is by B...
On Thursday 9 March only vehicles with licence plates ending in an even number will be permitted to circulate in Romes "fascia verde the green zone. The restriction will be in force from 15.0021.00. 2 March will be the e...
The minister of the interior, Giuseppe Pisan has had a second meeting with the 16-member nationwide Islamic committee set up to assist the integration of Muslims in Italy. At the meeting on 7 March the committee condemne...
The European Dive Show, annual fair for underwater sports, will run from 10-13 March in Genoa and, if the success of last years event is repeated, there will be more than 50,000 visitors. Italy is world leader in the pro...
On the eve of International womens day on 8 March, Eurisko, an independent market and social research institute, has released a survey on how the values and desires of women in Italy have changed over the past ten years....
Over one thousand people have signed up for the new solitary register Res (Romani e solidali) launched on 15 February to create greater community links by matching up free resources with the needs of people living in Rom...
Gas and electricity bills are set to rise again from 1 April following two years of constant increases. The cost of electricity will go up 2.1 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2006 and the price of methane gas w...
Enzo Ciconte, former member of parliament for the Partito Comunista Italiano between 1987 and 1992, renowned mafiaexpert, historian and a consultant to the parliamentary anti-mafia committee, is sitting in his small but...
There exists within the southern boundary of Rome a city within a city, without parallel elsewhere in the peninsula, where they have now begun to kill off a reputation that has clung to Italy for centuries.
It is the s...
There is currently a worldwide scare over avian flu (also known as chicken or bird flu). The newspapers are full of information, warnings and general advice about the situation and the president of the Italian republic,...
This year work is scheduled to start on one of the most ambitious projects in the history of civil engineering: the suspension bridge over the Strait of Messina. For the present Italian government the laying of the first...
The political temperature went up in Italy following the news that Pope Benedict XVI will give an audience to a group of the European Popular Party-European Democrats; the most numerous political group in the European pa...
Radio bulletins have begun at the 49 metro stations across Rome broadcasting up-to-date city news and information. The aim of Gr Multilingue as the service is known, is to help tourists and foreign residents, as well as...
Closed circuit television cameras are to be installed at Romes Verano and Prima Porta cemeteries following a series of thefts of monumental statuary. In the past few day thieves have attempted to steal two stone lions fr...
It may seem that breast-feeding is a natural, instinctive procedure. However, as many new and inexperienced mothers discover, things are not always so simple. In fact, the learning process can prove so difficult for both...
The British Embassy in Rome is reminding British passport holders to make sure that photos supplied with their passport applications meet the new international requirements announced last summer. The embassy will be unab...
A local public transport strike has been confirmed all over Italy to take place on Monday 6 March. The strike has been called by the transport section of all the major Italian trades union movements to protest about the...
The completion of the MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo in Via Guido Reni is under threat after government funding cuts of 10 million. Designed by Anglo-Iranian architect Zaha Hadid, the MAXXI was due to be...
Entry to part of the Capitoline Museums is free on each Sunday until the end of May (except for Easter Sunday). Entry includes a visit to the Palazzo Senatorio to see the rooms where the city council meets and into the r...
Pope Benedict XVI visited the studios of Vatican Radio, the broadcasting station of the Holy See, in Palazzo Pio on 3 March to mark the stations 75th anniversary. The pontiff met representatives of the stations 39 langua...
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