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Two species of white coral have been found off the coast of Puglia in the south of Italy. The coral, called Mardepora Oculata and Lophelia Pertusa, was thought to have been extinct in the Mediterranean since the sea warm...
Figures have been released by voluntary prison visitors that show that Italian prisons are housing excessive numbers of people, many of whom are suffering from serious infectious illnesses. On 1 June there were 59,012 pe...
A new survey of 13-19 year olds at one of Romes oldest secondary schools, the Tasso in Via Sicilia, reveals some of the habits, beliefs and passions of the so-called T Generation. In the poll, conducted by the students t...
On Sunday 12 June, Italy and 76 other countries will take part in the third annual event Fight Hunger: Walk the World to raise money and awareness to help end child hunger. The event is sponsored by the United Nations Wo...
The prefect for the province of Rome, Achille Serra, has decided to reintroduce the ruling that no drinks may be served in bottles or glasses at night in the most popular squares of Rome's historic centre during the summ...
In a referendum on 12 and 13 June, Italians will decide whether to amend or keep the present law that controls medically-assisted fertilisation. The law, which was passed by parliament in 2004, is considered one of the m...
Regulations governing football stadiums with seating for 10,000 or more spectators will change next season.
The move follows the recent increase in football violence in Italy. In a drive to stop hooligans, electronic, n...
Italians use on average 213 litres of water every day, according to a report published by the Italian department of civil protection. This is the highest and most-wasteful domestic consumption in Europe, probably because...
A political row about the successes and failures of the single European currency has been waged in Italy since the French and Dutch rejections of the European Union's constitution, on 29 May and 1 June respectively. The...
Over 90 per cent of Italians support the ban on smoking in public places, according to a new study by Italian research institute Doxa. In the survey of 3,114 Italians of 15 years and over, 87 per cent said they would ban...
Dividing rubbish for recycling became compulsory in Rome on 8 June. Anyone caught not putting rubbish into the correct container risks being fined from 50 to 619 and anyone found dumping rubbish on the street can be fine...
Beating off the likes of Coca Cola, Sony and even the mighty Ferrari, Nutella takes pole position this year for brand awareness in Italy, according to the Brand Asset Valuator from international advertising firm Young &...
From 15 June until 12 August, there will be an open-air sound and light display at the Galleria Borghese three nights a week. A performance of music, lights, voices and images will be projected onto the faade of the muse...
Some 92 per cent of Romans are generally satisfied about living in the Eternal City, more than locals in London (90 per cent), Paris (88 per cent), Berlin (87 per cent) and Madrid (85 per cent), according to a survey on...
World Day against Child Labour is celebrated on 8 June and figures have just been released to show that in Rome there are at least 1,134 child labourers under the age of 15 who are being deprived of the right to educatio...
Danish professional player and number one in Europe Iben Tinning furthered her cause by winning the BMW Ladies Italian Open at Romes Sheraton Golf Parco de Medici. Second and third respectively were two Italian players...
Some 15 million holidaymakers took advantage of the 2 June national holiday by spending four days at the beach, in the mountains or at their country retreats. Last weeks bridge was the first big exodus of the year and cr...
Following the application of a new Italian government ruling blocking the price of certain medicines until 2007, the Anti-Trust, the authority responsible for overseeing competition and fair play, has suggested that over...
From 7 June, cartons of fresh, pasteurised milk on sale in Italy must be labelled clearly with the place of its origin, not just where the milk was packed. More than 2.5 million litres of fresh milk are sold daily in Ita...
Reductions are on offer this summer at 30 bathing establishments at Ostia, the Roman seaside resort, under a scheme organised as part of the Romaspendebene campaign. This is an agreement between the city authorities and...
The city of Rome has its first Garden of Remembrance.
A large peaceful garden on a wooded hillside within the Flaminio cemetery at Prima Porta has been specially designed and equipped for the dispersal of cremation ash...
Excitement mounts especially for golf fans in Rome as the BMW Ladies Italian Open at Parco de Medici draws near. From 2-5 June all eyes will be on young Roman player Federica Piovano, fresh from her very first professi...
Biciroma is an annual event organised in Rome in collaboration with the Associazione due Ruote dItalia. This year, it takes place on Sun 5 June. The aim is to encourage cycling as a fun and alternative method of transpor...
Sunday 5 June will be the first ecological Sunday of the summer.
All traffic will be banned from the zones limited to traffic in Romes historic centre, sector G in Trastevere and on the Via Appia Antica. Traffic is fre...
From 5-9 June the Italian capital hosts the UITP World Congress and Exhibition, bringing together leading players in the public transport sector from around the world. The International Union of Public Transport (www.uit...
Thursday 2 June is Itays national holiday to celebrate the foundation of the republic in 1946. Festivities begin at 09.00 when the president of the republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, lays a wreath on the tomb of the unknown...
The bodies of four Italian soldiers, killed yesterday in a helicopter crash in Iraq, arrive around midnight tonight at Rome Ciampino military airport. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was deeply pained by the sol...
Presenting the Italian central banks annual report, Governor Antonio Fazio rubbed salt in the wounds of the Italian economy, confirming the country is now in recession and deploring the impact on public finances. With gr...
A new monitoring system is launched on 1 June to guard against the summer heatwave. Officials from 12 participating cities (Milan, Turin, Bologna, Rome, Brescia, Genoa, Palermo, Naples, Bari, Florence, Catania, Venice) a...
Italian legislation on assisted fertility has gone from one extreme to the other. First Italy had an unregulated anything goes system,* which led to notorious cases of granny births and gave the country the nickname of t...
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