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The Rome underground railway system is likely to be brought to a halt on Monday 27 February, due to a strike called by SULT the transport workers trades union. Only 100 of the 420 train drivers on the Rome underground ar...
As the general election campaign hots up, Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, who has never hidden his antipathy for the judiciary, has already made a number of attacks on magistrates. He has accused some of t...
Archaeological documentaries about the Valley of the Buddha in Afghanistan, the Libyan desert, the archaeological museum in Baghdad, mysterious ancient Sardinian cultures and a virtual reconstruction of Troy will be scre...
The casualty department of Ospedale S. Andrea in Via Grottarossa, close to the Via Cassia bis exit on the Gran Raccordo Anulare, will become fully functional from 27 February, according to the regional health authority....
The centre of Piazza della Pilotta between Fontana di Trevi and Piazza Venezia has finally become a pedestrian area after years of work and at a cost of around 500 million. The newly re-paved square, home to the Pontifi...
Entry to part of the Capitoline Museums will be 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 appearance of two big boats on the Tiber, one with eight residential suites and the other with three decks, resembling a Mississippi steamboat, has drawn the attention of the city council to the need for a proper pla...
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...
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