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Since smoking was banned in all public places and work places in Italy more than half a million Italians have given up smoking, according to figures from ISTAT, the Italian national statistics institute, and 21,9 per cen...
The number of organ transplants in Lazio in 2006 increased by 25 per cent compared to 2005 figures. Last year doctors in the region carried out a total of 298 transplants (up from 239 the previous year) including 163 kid...
A month before the opening of the Winter Olympic games in Turin, Italys top woman downhill skier, Isolde Kostner, has announced that she is pregnant and will not be taking part in the games, saying that she is happier at...
European health ministers agreed to step up measures to contain the spread of the H5NO virus, better known as bird flu, in Europe following news of the third human fatality in Turkey and confirmation by the World Health...
More than 5,000 elderly people in Rome now have a helping hand thanks to a system of telephone assistance known as “Non pi soli” (No longer alone). The service, which is run by Farmacap, the company that runs...
The city of Rome has a free SMS information service. To obtain the city news, register by sending the word ROMA, via SMS to tel. 3202043348, then choose the type of information you wish from four categories, traffic, new...
Antonio Cassano, the 23-year-old striker from Bari in Puglia, has been bought by
Real Madrid on a four and a half year contract in a transfer deal worth 5 million euros to his last employers, the famous "Roma" team. The...
Rome has once again got live examples of its symbol, the wolf, six years after the last live wolf in the city died from old age. Not just one wolf but five wolves have been adopted by the Biopark (the new name for Rome z...
Romes first festival of science will be held at the Auditorium- Parco della Musica from 16-20 January. Sconfinatamente will explore the mysteries of the human mind in debates, exhibitions, lectures, films and theatre. It...
Only months before the next general election the Italian minister for health, Francesco Storace, has said that Italys mental health laws need revising. The controversial law, which was passed in 1978, brought about the c...
The Rome city prefect, Achille Serra , has ordered that the first important Roma football match of 2006, a return match between Rome and Naples in the Coppa Italia championship to be played at the Stadio Olimpico on 11...
Some 10 million ballot papers in the 9 April Italian general election will be submitted electronically following a recent government decree legalising e-voting in up to five unspecified Italian regions. The system, teste...
On the same day that two Indian immigrants died from the cold because they were sleeping in the open, Saverio Iacobucci the coordinator of the reception day centre Un Sorriso has announced that the centre has closed bec...
The quality of the air in Rome has improved slightly over the past year with a reduction of 100,000 in the number of private cars registered in the city. In order to improve to situation still further the city council ha...
Following recent pedestrianisation schemes in Romes historic centre residents in the Eternal Citys less glamorous suburbs are to benefit from car-free areas too. Four major piazzas, Piazza dei Sanniti, Piazza dellImmacol...
Mario Draghi, the new head of Italys central bank, has been received by the country's president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. It is not yet certain when he will take up his duties at the bank but it is expected to be in February...
Noisy and often dangerous fireworks are a part of New Years Eve in Rome but the mayors office has warned everyone to be carefully when handling them and not to buy the illegal Kamikaze, Bomba Osamoand Pallone di Maradona...
The January sales in Rome will begin as usual on the second Saturday in January, this year the 14 January, which is later than usual because New Years day falls on a Sunday. They will run for six weeks until 24 February....
Thinking about New Years Eve yet? Every year the Rome council offers free events for citizens and visitors to the city and this year it will be A Rock Revolution starting at 22.00 on the 31 December. Piazza Esedra at the...
A series of air and rail transport strikes are threatening travel in Italy after the Christmas holidays officially end on 7 January. On Monday 9 January four-hour national strike from 12.00-16.00. On Thursday 12 January...
A whole raft of measures including satellite monitoring, direct telephone links to the emergency services, onboard video cameras and payment card facilities, all intended to improve the safety of taxi drivers, are being...
In the latest changes by the Rome city councils to its parking regulations there will be an increase in parking fees for non-residents (from 1 per hour to 1.50 per hour) in central areas. But in other areas close to hosp...
Bars and restaurants in Rome face losing their licences if they put tables and chairs out onto public spaces without proper authorisation. The historic centre is getting tough with owners who flout the new laws in what i...
The following city museums will be shut on 25 December and 1 January. They will be open as usual on 26 Decemeber, but on 24 and 31 December the hours will be 09.00-14.00. The city museums are Musei Capitolini, Centrale M...
The thousands of tourists and art lovers who have visited the Church of S. Agostino in Rome in recent years will have been aware of the ongoing renovation work due to the preponderance of scaffolding and cordoned-off cha...
The Vatican Museums will be shut on 25 and 26 December, as well as on 1 and 6 January. However from 27 December to 7 January (excluding 1 and 6 January) the museums will be open Monday to Saturday from 08.45-16.45, with...
Over half of Italian families are not saving, according to a new report published by Banca Nazionale di Lavoro and Centro Einaudi. The percentage of families setting aside part of their income has fallen consistently o...
When Pope Benedict XVI appeared in a cold St Peters square for his final audience before Christmas, the more than 20,000 faithful were delighted to see that the he was wearing a camauro, a papal hat dating from the middl...
The main candidates for the vacancy of governor of the Bank of Italy are is now shaping up following the departure of the Antonio Fazio over claims of insider trading and fraud. Mario Draghi, currently vice-president of...
The Italian frontier and customs police, the Guardia di Finanza, are conducting a blitz on landlords who let accommodation to students. They have found that 70 per cent of the 8,000 rooms and flats being let to students...
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