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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...
Three out of four Italian cancer sufferers turn to alternative medicine to help them to alleviate the side effects of their conventional medical treatments, such as nausea, tiredness and stress.
These figures were revea...
The inauguration of the new high-speed train (TAV) from Rome to Naples scheduled on 21 December was postponed following the rail crash on 20 December near Frosinone on the Rome-Cassino line which injured 59 people, 11 of...
Sergio Bill, the pastry shop owner from Messina who became president of the powerful Italian confederation of retail traders, Confcommercio, has submitted his voluntary resignation from the position. This follows judicia...
The Agenzia delle Entrate, the government tax office, part of the ministry of economy and finance, has published a booklet for foreigners resident in Italy, explaining many of the most common tax payments. The booklet, a...
Rome is making the move to methane buses. Between January and July next year, the Rome city bus company Atac will introduce a fleet of 200 buses using methane instead of petrol. The vehicles will emit 30 per cent less of...
The statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelia, which is in the Capitoline museums, has been moved to its new home. It has been given a permanent position as the star attraction of the newly created Giardino Romano, a co...
The governor of the Bank Antonio Fazio finally resigned his position on Monday 19 December in order to restore some calm to the political scene and to the Bank of Italy after months controversy surrounding his position....
Italians are spending less on traditional Christmas food, according to a national survey carried out by Lista Consumatori a consumer group linked to the left-wing Unione political coalition. Compared to 2004, consumers...
Jobs growth in Rome is largely thanks to the rising numbers of women in work, according to a report (Rapporto sull Economia Romana) published by the Rome city council. In the province of Rome, female employment rose by 5...
Enrolment for the 2006 Rome Marathon is now open. There are three deadlines for registration with different fees according to how early you enroll: 20 Dec (30); 31 Jan (40); 9 March (50). In an attempt to encourage more...
In 2006 there will be no excuse for people to buy goods from illegal street sellers. All sellers, or ambulante as they are known, will have to display a clear permit that they have a licence to do business. In this way,...
A new train station was officially opened mid December at Parco Leonardo in Via Portuense close to Fiumicino international airport. Fiumicino-Parco Leonardo, as it is called, is on the line FR1 Fiumicino Aeroporto-Roma....
Ireland is represented for the first time in this years Centopresepi (100 cribs) exhibition in Rome. Designs by Patrick Pye, Thomas Ryan, Carmel Mooney and Andy Devane are among the nativity scenes in the Sala del Braman...
The director of the Salvation Army in Rome is calling for help for the homeless over the winter months. Emanuele Pavoni says around 3,500 people will be homeless in the city this Christmas. All donations, whether food, c...
The Nutcracker is the Teatro dellOperas Christmas offering for the Rome public; it is a traditional production and very appetizing. The scale is grand, with large numbers of dancers, beautiful and imaginative costumes an...
Over the past six years average rents in Rome have risen by 139 per cent according to a report by Cresme, the Centro ricerche economiche, sociali e di mercato per ledilizia. The increase in Rome has far outstripped those...
Lazio is preparing new measures for common law couples, with a view to recognising their civil and social rights. A sign of the times, the memorandum approved on 13 December commits Lazio to safeguarding non-traditional...
Crib crawling round the various churches to admire the beautiful nativity scenes on display is one of the delights of a Roman Christmas. Many of these are authentic works of art, lovingly fashioned by master craftsmen of...
The Italian minister for health, Francesco Storace, and the countrys dispensing pharmacists have come to an agreement to reduce the price of prescribed medicines. Those that come into what is known as category C will fal...
Three new rectors have recently taken up posts with English-speaking Roman Catholic churches in Rome.
Father Louis Brennan has come to S. Isidoros after 13 years as a provincial delegate in Dublin of the Irish province...
Park and ride public car parks near the city centre offer parking with good bus and metro connections to the historic centre for Christmas shoppers. There are facilities at Stazione S. Pietro in Via della Stazione 5; Cip...
When the poet Shelley stayed in Rome in 1819, he wrote of his evening walks when he saw the radiant Orion through the columns of the Temple of Concord (in actual fact, he was referring to the Temple of Saturn with its di...
The Worlds Most Expensive Products
Among the products of Nature, the most expensive
To be derived fromtrees or shrubs are amber,
balsam, myrrh and frankincense.
I must not pass over the fact that gold, with which...
The Rom or gypsies, as they used to be called, have historically held a precarious position in society and to say that they have suffered persecution seems an understatement if not a simplification. But in contemporary t...
Diamonds are said to be a girls best friend, so lets begin this cocktail party with the recipe for a Diamond Martini.
Diamond Martini
125 ml Wyborawa vodka or other premium-grain vodka.
A dash of Martini & Rossi (...
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