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Giulio Ciarrocca, a physicist and health consultant for various hospitals throughout Italy, first became interested in the English poet Edward Lear when he was a student at Imperial College, London, in 1964. Ciarrocca wa...
Italians are going to the cinema less than ever according to Italian research company Cinetel. Yet, ironically, aficionados of the silver screen in Rome have rarely had things as good. The Cinema Trevi (near the eponymou...
A random poll of Romans and foreigners living in Rome conducted during a week in mid-March mainly foresaw a close finish precluding a clear majority and strong government in this months general election.
A common denom...
Next week Italy will have a new parliament, and the polls have been putting Romano Prodis centre-left LUnione consistently ahead of prime minister Silvio Berlusconis Casa delle Libert (CDL). Since the campaign began in e...
A new, pedestrianised Piazza di Spagna was inaugurated on 3 April after nine months of reconstruction work at a cost of 860 thousand. Traffic has been diverted so that Piazza di Spagna and Piazza Mignanelli now form one...
There will be national railway strike on Wednesday 5 April for 10.00 until 17.00. Anyone planning to travel by train on that day is advised to look at www.trenitalia.it or telephone the Trenitalia call centre number 8920...
There will not be a repeat of the beach along the Tiber this summer if the superintendent at the ministry of fine art and culture for Roman archaeology, Maurizio Galletti, has his way.
Galletti explained that in 2005 th...
The use of credit in Italy is growing steadily, with more and more families planning their spending and paying gradually for expenses such as cars, furniture, holidays, registration in gyms and health care schemes. The I...
The stretches of Lazios 361 km coast which are not fit for swimming have increased from 3,500 m in 2005 to 8,900 m this year, according to a survey by Arpa, the regional environment protection agency. The coast off-limit...
Fifteen homosexual and heterosexual couples living in stable relationships have asked to be listed in the first Rome register of Civil Unions which was started in the X municipality , the densely populated areas of Cinec...
City authorities have decided that bars and restaurants must not put out street furniture in 29 historic squares in Rome. Among the areas where it is forbidden to take over any public space are Piazza di Spagna, Piazza d...
More than 1,500 museums, monuments and archaeological sites across Italy will be free to the public from 2-9 April during the eighth annual settimana della cultura. All state museums in Rome will participate, although it...
Automatic ticket machines are to be installed on a third of Romes buses over the next three months, enabling passengers to buy tickets on board. Some 1,000 new machines will be introduced on all electric buses and tram l...
The British foreign office has issued a new guide to its services for UK tourists and nationals resident abroad. The guide sets out comprehensively what the foreign office can and cannot do for those in difficulty as a r...
Around one in three commuter trains arriving at Romes Termini station are late, according to a survey conducted by Legambiente in March. Over a five-day period, 110 out of 340 trains monitored between 06.30 and 09.30 in...
Thanks to a proposal by the foreign minister Gianfranco Fini, Italy has offered political asylum to Abdul Rahman, the Afghan citizen who risked being sentenced to death in his home country because he had converted from t...
The Palazzo Anagrafe in Via Luigi Petroselli 50 has been reopened to the public after more than a year of restoration. The building, which belongs to the city council, is the registry office for all births, marriages and...
Spring has arrived and Romes transport authorities are doing everything possible to encourge people to leave cars at home and take a bicycle instead. There are already 150 km of cycle track in and around the city and a f...
The Giornata FAI di Primavera, held on 25 and 26 March, began auspiciously with generous lashings of springtime sun bathing the Eternal City. The Giornata FAI is one weekend (and not, as the name confusingly suggests, on...
Until the 24 March there were only 48 electronic notice boards on four bus routes at Romes bus stops but on 25 March the mayor, Walter Veltroni announced that a further 192 had gone into service and by 30 April there wil...
Registration for places in the 170 city council-run nursery schools in Rome opened on 27 March. Parents with children from three months to three years old may apply for a place in the area where they live, in the area wh...
Italys immigrants are beginning to establish themselves financially in the country, opening bank accounts and even owning houses, according to the socio-economic research institute Censis. A survey of 800 immigrants reve...
Rome 42 km marathon takes place on Sunday 26 March. The mayor, Walter Veltroni, will start the race at 9.00 from the Colosseum and the fastest runners are expected to take between three and four hours to complete the cou...
The 14th edition of the spring open day, Giornata della Primavera, organised by the Fondo per lAmbiente Italiano (FAI), will take place on 25 and 26 March. A total of 410 monuments many of which are not usually open to...
A new church in the Magliana area of Rome was consecrated by Cardinal Camillo Ruini on Saturday 25 March. S. Volto di Ges, at the corner of Via Caprese and Via della Magliana, was designed by the Italian firm Piero Sarto...
A year ago I could barely run for 20 minutes. Now I am enrolled in the 42 km Rome marathon on 26 March. I wanted to compete last April but a knee injury shattered my marathon hopes. I did the 5 km fun run instead, but se...
European summertime begins on Sunday 26 March with clocks going forward one hour at 03.00. The next time clocks change will be on Sunday 29 October when the clocks will go back an hour.
Romes mayor, Walter Veltroni has opened the newly restored Casino Nobile, the main villa in Villa Torlonia park. The villa has been returned to its original splendor with marble, mouldings, chandeliers, frescoes and mosa...
Pope Benedict XVI has called his first consistory, a meeting of all cardinals, on 24 and 25 March, during which he will create 15 new cardinals. At present there are a total of 178 but only 110 under the age of 80, and t...
ATAC has introduced a new service that allows cyclists to take their bike on the 791 bus every Sunday and on public holidays. The bus line runs along the Dorsale-Tevere route, which offers 35 km of green, cyclable paths...
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