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Taxes rank alongside communists and magistrates in Silvio Berlusconis list of pet hates. The prime minister once famously said that he understood people who sidestepped taxes that were too high. And, putting his policy w...
Up to now, great mirth or derision have always greeted the legend that Rome was founded on exactly 21 April in 753 BC or 2,758 years ago this month but now one of the greatest experts on the origins of Rome has come u...
The 21-mile (32 km) cross-Channel swim between Dover and Calais is notoriously one of the most taxing challenges a long-distance swimmer can tackle.
Although marathon swimmers attempt longer distances in competitions...
Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861-1949) was born in Philadelphia of a Swiss-Jewish immigrant family who had made shrewd investments in the mining industry. He and his wife Irene had been collecting old masters when they met Hi...
And the Lord God said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this,
Thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field;
Upon thy belly shalt thou go,
And dust thou shalt eat all the days of thy li...
The new pope Benedict XVI, elected swiftly on the afternoon of 19 April, has chosen a surprising name, one that symbolises a break with the popes of the last 50 years. Since the reformer Pope John XXIII, who opened the S...
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has been elected as the new pope. Appearing on the balcony above the main entrance to St Peters basilica at just after 18.30 Tuesday 19 April, the 78-year-old German waved briefly to the Romans,...
Rome hosts the biggest rubbish dump in Europe, claimed to be now nearly full to overflowing, the fulcrum of a rubbish crisis facing all of Italy today. Yet plans are afoot to exploit the unlovely tip further, with public...
As Italy's richest man it came as no surprise to learn that the prime minister is also its richest politician.
The fact was confirmed in the Italian parliament's latest publication of the members' declared financial int...
Every year Rome city authorities are cleaning 4.25 million sqm of city walls, in a campaign costing 2.5 million per annum. And these figures exclude efforts to remove graffiti from monuments and those of a racist nature....
The return of the obelisk or stele of Axum has suffered another setback. It should have left in March 2005 to go back to Ethiopia in order to be ready for official celebrations for its return in Axum on 13 April. However...
For those interested in Italian royal memorabilia, Christie's, the fine art auctioneers, are selling a collection of items belonging to Princess Maria Beatrice di Savoia in London on Friday 22 April. This wonderful misce...
Formula 1 racing fans will be out in force on Sunday 17 April to see Roman Giancarlo Fisichella, the Renault team driver who won the first grand prix of the season in Melbourne, Australia, and who comes from the Tiburtin...
On Sunday 17 and Monday 18 April, more than a million Italians will be eligible to vote in "run-off" voting for 25 town and city councils, including five provincial capitals, Venice, Matua, Pavia, Chieti and Andria, as w...
The influence of John Paul II will be present in more ways than one at the conclave that opens in the Sistine Chapel on 18 April. Firstly, almost all the cardinals present were appointed by him. Secondly, John Paul II re...
These are some of the names to look out for in the future of the Roman Catholic Church. Any one of these men might be a future pope, but all of them will have an influence one way or another on the way the Church will go...
Those interested in the papal sartorial details should quickly make a visit to the premises of Annibale Gammarelli, the papal tailors, 34 Via di S. Chiara, near the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva.
Three sets of vestme...
A litre of unleaded petrol at most Italian petrol stations went up from 1.199 to 1.249 in the first week of April. Add an increase of 0.05 per litre for medium-large sized cars and the price rise for a full tank becomes...
Every day, one in two Italians commute, whether by car, train, bus or tram. According to a survey by the Italian statistics institute, Istat , 26 million people travel every day from one Italian city to another. Two thir...
The Italian soccer league matches resumed after the break for papal funeral on a sour note with post-match soccer violence reported in at least five cities, Rome, Palermo, Udine, Cava dei Tirreni and Perugia, with rival...
The Czech Republic is opening a cultural institute in Rome. Directed by Miloslav Hirsch, the new institute in Via Costabella 28-32 will be inaugurated on Thursday 14 April, with an exhibition of works by Jan Knap, the co...
Turin-based football team Juventus is bracing itself for an emotional night on Wednesday 13 April when the team faces English opponents Liverpool for the second time in eight days.
The clubs played each other last Tuesd...
A special concert in memory of Pope John Paul II will be held on Wednesday 13 April in Rome at the Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Piazza della Reppublica at 21.00, when the orchestra and chorus of the Rome opera hous...
Rome celebrates its birthday, or natale di Roma, on 21 April, 2,759 years after Romulus is believed to have founded the city. The Gruppo Storico Romano (GSR), an association that recreates the characters and
customs of...
The human rights section of the European court of justice in Strasburg has given Italy until 6 May to explain the expulsion of illegal immigrants who landed on the island of Lampedusa in mid-March. The court is particula...
Italians drank more than two billion litres of mineral water in 2004 in restaurants and bars. Usually when a glass of mineral water is ordered, the barman will pour it from a large, already open bottle, but that is about...
On the third Sat of every month, the director of the Museo di Roma gives a guided tour of the museum and discusses specific themes related to the permanent collection. The next visit is on Sat 16 April and will be centre...
Sad but jubilant crowds held centre-stage along with the simple wooden coffin of Pope John Paul II at his funeral on Friday 8 April.
The pope and his pilgrim people have been the protagonists of this intense week of mo...
Pilgrims and Romans will be able to watch the funeral rite of Pope John Paul II on large screens in at least 11 locations in the city: S. Maria Maggiore, S. Giovanni in Laterano, S. Paolo, Tor Vergata, Circo Massimo, Pia...
Tattoos, lollipops and statues
If you think that the immense line of people waiting to pay their last respects to John Paul II is too much for you, you wont be joining the lines to buy commemorative souvenirs either. Ho...
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