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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Italian government have signed an agreement to return looted artifacts to Italy. These include the famous Euphronis vase taken from the Etruscan burial site of Cerveteri...
Since the terrorist bomb attacks in London in July 2005, the prefect of Rome, Achille Serra, and the mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, have been preparing a guide in case of similar attacks in Rome. The guide will be prese...
The city administration is planning to move a large part of it offices to the area around the Ostiense, either into remodernised buildings or into new ones. About 37 different departments will eventually move to the area...
Rome currently leads Italian cities in paper recycling, according to the city administration. In 2005, 36 kg of paper were recycled per person a total of 177,150 tonnes, and a 60 per cent increase on the figures from 20...
A series of initiatives is underway to think of ways to improve conditions in the neglected quarter of Laurentino 38. Built in the 1970s and connected by a series of 11 bridges, the area has since been largely abandoned...
On Thursday 23 February 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. 23 February will...
A new register called Res (Romani e solidali) has been launched to create greater community links by matching up free resources with the needs of people living in Rome.
The idea is for both individuals and businesses to...
The Italian supreme court has ruled that the rape of someone who is already sexually active is not as serious a crime as the rape of a virgin.
In 2001 a lower court sentenced a 41-year-old drug addict to prison for th...
Italy will go to the polls on 9 April to elect a new parliament, government and prime minister. The date only became official at the end of January but in practice it was almost as predictable as an American election. St...
Caravaggios The Madonna of the Pilgrims, one of the artists most famous paintings has been damaged while on loan to an exhibition in Milan Caravaggio and Europe.
When the painting was returned to its home, the church of...
The damage to the Caravaggio painting The Madonna of the pilgrims, which was discovered when the painting was returned from an exhibition in Milan to the church of S. Agostino in the historic centre of Rome, is not as...
At the height of the Roman empire, the nucleus of Rome and its palaces was wreathed with a garland of outlying suburban villas splendidly appointed, in gardens full of fruit trees, rare flowers and swimming pools. Not si...
If youve recently tried to use the internet in a call centre in Rome (or anywhere else in Italy) you will have noticed that its impossible unless you have your passport (or carta didentit) at hand for the requisite proce...
Plans have been announced for the complete modernisation of Romes La Sapienza university hospital, the Policlinico Umberto I. The sprawling hospital extends over 15 hectares and is made up of 46 buildings linked by more...
It is 15 years since a little-known and rather average Belgian footballer decided his club was acting illegally by preventing him from changing teams. Now the name Jean-Marc Bosman resonates through nearly every heated d...
When rebellion broke out in the distant suburbs of Paris last year, the leader of the Italian centre-left coalition, Romano Prodi, warned that similar trouble could hit Italy if the government failed to watch out. For ma...
The Palatine hill, one of the most visited archaeological sites in Rome has undergone a thorough checkup to ascertain the state of all of its buildings and the results show that many of them are close to collapse and lar...
The German Historical Institute will host a study day on the theme of the rise and fall of imperial and pontifical feudal systems. 27-28 Feb.
The conference is divided into three sections: the Holy Roman Empire as a fe...
If you need warming up this season, dont miss nocturnal Rome. Home to over 400 discos and disco-pubs, the city has a vast range of nightlife to suit all tastes. Nights may still be long and cold, but the party spirit is...
Italys major energy company, ENI (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi) has been fined a record 290 million by the antitrust authority which oversees fair play and competition in business. The fine has been imposed on ENI for abus...
On the evening of 30 September, 1975, a resident of Via Pola in Rome heard the muffled cries of a woman coming from the boot of a parked white Fiat. Inside, the police discovered Donatella Colasanti, 17, bloodied and bat...
According to Telefono Rosa the national voluntary helpline for crimes against women the number of reported cases of sexual violence to its central telephone line in 2005 tripled compared to figures in 2004.
ISTAT, th...
As Italy approaches a general election on 9 and 10 April, the campaign is well under way and opinion polls are published almost daily, with both the right and the left now claiming that it is ahead.
The rules on opinion...
On Thursday 16 February only vehicles with licence plates ending in an odd number will be permitted to circulate in Romes "fascia verde the green zone. The restriction will be in force from 15.0021.00. 16 February will b...
As the spread of birds infected with the avian flu virus continues throughout Europe, Italians are being asked to report any dead or ill birds that they find to their local health authorities or to the fire brigade. In R...
Pope Benedict XVI is expected to call his first consistory, a meeting of all cardinals, on 24 and 25 March, during which he is likely to create a number of new cardinals. At present there are a total of 178 but only 110...
A ban on domestic and commercial wood-burning fires in the highly populated areas of Milan, Brescia, Bergamo and Como came into force on 13 February. So far this year in these areas the levels of Pm10, the fine dangerous...
The Vatican Museums will celebrate their 500th anniversary this year with a series of initiatives open to the public. Francesco Buranelli, director of the Vatican Museums, unveiled the programme, which will take place th...
Couples visiting any state museum in Italy on 14 February will only have to pay the entrance fee for one person. The Valentines day offer, from the minister of fine arts and culture, will be available to same-sex couple...
Dont touch dead birds is the message from the crisis unit of the government in light of the increased number of dead swans infected with virus H5N1 of avarian flu. After the cases in Giarre (Sicily), Vibo Valentia (Calab...
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