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Investment in the stock market has bounced back in the past few years, but bricks and mortar are still the most popular investment for most Italians. This is confirmed by the rise in mortgage lending, with the annual fig...
The leading names in world tennis including Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Tim Henman are taking part in the TIM Masters tournament at the Foro Italico in Rome until Sunday 15 May. For tickets, information of players, da...
The province of Rome has announced that it will reopen its library in Palazzo Valentini this autumn after a two-year closure for renovations. The library, founded in 1912 and housed in the 15th-century building that is t...
The spectacular Iris garden run by the Societ dellIris in Florence will be open to the public this year from 30 April-20 May for the XVIX annual Iris competition. Competitors have to send the rhizomes to t...
May Day, the workers' holiday, falls on a Sunday this year so there will be no extra holiday in Italy, but the annual trades union sponsored concert will be held as usual at the Piazza S. Giovanni in Rome.
The three tra...
Italy's infamous cassonetti, the large rubbish bins that seem to litter the streets of its towns and cities, may soon be a thing of the past. Many councils have adopted a system of door-to-door refuse collection, involvi...
Turandot, Puccinis last opera and one that can be said to be the last great opera ever composed, was left unfinished at the composers death in 1924. Although composition was suddenly interrupted before what Puccini had p...
There were 5,428 successful cases of medically-assisted procreation in Italy last year, according to data published by the Istituto Superiore della Sanit (National Institute for Health). Some 33,000 couples joined assist...
If by chance you happen to visit the Ligurian coast on 30 April, turn the wheel of your car off the motorway at Varazze and drive down the hill onto the ancient Via Aurelia. Along this Roman road, which in the past conne...
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is forming his third government to serve until the end of the legislature in 2006. He hopes that he will have obtained a vote of confidence for his new team in both houses...
The price for the 12,000 beach concessions along 915 kms of Italys coastline could go up if the new minister for the treasury, Giulio Tremonti, has his way. The concessions (for rights to put up, for example, snack bars,...
The last piece of the Obelisk of Axum has finally been transported from Rome to Ethiopia in a giant Ukrainian Antonov aircraft. This finally brings a difficult operation to an end about 18 months after the obelisk was fi...
The transport commission of the European Union (EU) has approved Italys plan for the salvage of its troubled airline Alitalia . It has now completed an inquiry into the proposed 1,2 billion recapitalisation and is satisf...
Romes 12th municipality has unveiled plans to install roadside electronic information points in the EUR area in the south of Rome. They will provide hourly news updates on traffic, weather, opening hours for public offic...
Some say that marriage is on the decline, but Italians over the age of 40 are bucking the trend.
According to the Italian institute for statistics, ISTAT, 29,818 men and 16,037 women between the ages of 40 and 75 marrie...
Maintenance has begun on roads throughout Rome. More than 96 roads are due for attention in the first phase of works, which should be completed by September. Repairs were urgently needed before the heavy rain of the past...
The Italian minister for the environment has agreed to offer financial incentives to those who buy a new motorino mopeds most commonly owned by Italians. Anyone buying one of the new Euro 2 mopeds, which have been in...
The 60th anniversary of the liberation of Italy will be celebrated in Rome with a series of events and encounters, many of which will involve school children. Announcing the programme the city mayor, Walter Veltroni, ex...
The Mass in St Peter's square in Rome for the installation of the new pope, Benedict XVI, will take place at 10.00 on Sunday 24 April. More than 500,000 pilgrims are expected to attend the Mass. Special security measures...
The Vatican museums will be closed on Sunday 24 April to mark the inauguration of the new pope, Benedict XVI. The Sistine Chapel will reopen to the public on Monday 25 April.
Stphane Lissner, has been appointed as the new superintendent at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in place of Mauro Mieli. Lissner, who is French, has been artistic director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival and the Vienna F...
Inaugurated just three years ago, Romes Auditorium Parco della Musica recently published its balance sheet for 2004. The venue managed to generate pre-tax profits of 300,000 and self-finance covered 50 per cent of its op...
The mafia and jazz may seem an odd combination, but on 21 April the Rome city council inaugurated a new centre for jazz, La casa del Jazz , in a magnificent 1930s villa which had been confiscated from a mafia boss. The o...
When in Rome look both ways. Recent figures show Lazio is the most dangerous region in Italy for pedestrians. On average 2,000 pedestrians are knocked down on Romes roads each year, with last year recording the highest...
Too much traffic and ever higher rents are driving Italians out of their major cities. A new study by the Fondazione Filippo Caracciolo shows that, over the last ten years, the number residents living in historic centre...
The 60th anniversary of Italys liberation on 25 April lies on the cusp between history and living memory. There are still a few who remember the event as adults and it is still close enough not to be just history. The da...
Friday 22 April sees a four-hour stop for all urban transport systems all over Italy, including bus and underground trains, in a dispute over sick pay. Travellers should check local information for the time of the strike...
After an aggressive speech to the Italian senate, prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has given his resignation to President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He stated his intention to try to form a new government immediately and see...
Anzac day on 25 April will be commemorated by Australians and New Zealanders in Rome with a joint service at 09.00 at the Rome War Cemetery,
Via Nicola Zabaglia (near the Piramide), and in Milan with a service at the Co...
The provincial government of Rovigo, in the Veneto region in the north of Italy, has offered to pay fishermen 26 cents for every kilo of catfish they catch in the river Po. These giants, which are estimated to make up 27...
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