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The wording on the city council advertisement says: In Rome its easier now you can change your residence without leaving your kitchen. It is an exaggeration, but what it means is that some of the bureaucratic procedure...
The Italian region of Lombardy has released the results of a survey on how young couples are living and dividing the domestic chores. Conducted for them by three separate pollsters, 2,881 people between the ages of 21 an...
by Gerald OCollins, S.J
He doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus. Shakespeares words about Julius Caesar bear applying to Pope John Paul IIs mission on our planet. During the years of his papacy, he went on...
After a long day waiting, the news of the death of Pope John Paul II at 21.30 local time still came almost as a surprise to the city. Although people have been making their way to St Peters for the last two days, and alt...
Lazio, Romes "other" football team, has been on the verge of bankruptcy for over a year. Players have not seen their salaries for months and taxes have not been paid. The current owner of Lazio, Claudio Lotito, has now p...
The Rome city council has approved the creation of three new cycle paths. The areas involved are Mandrione, Tor Vergata and Ostia. Public tenders for the construction work will be published in the next few weeks and buil...
If a new proposal is passed by the Rome city council, each administrative department will have to appoint one person responsible for evaluating complaints. All written or e-mailed complaints received from disgruntled res...
Thursday 31 March will be the 12th and final Thursday of restricted traffic in the city. Vehicles with licence plates ending with an odd number will not be allowed to circulate in the "fascia verde" the green zone betw...
Italy goes to the polls on 3 and 4 April in local elections, and all the political parties will be looking closely at the results. Fourteen governors (regional presidents) will be chosen along with regional and provincia...
A total 3.5 million Italian civil servants, mainly in the health and research sectors, have not had their work contracts renewed for 15 months. Many had previously been told that their request for a pay rise of 105 per m...
If a new proposal is passed by the Rome city council, each administrative department will have to appoint one person responsible for evaluating complaints. All written or e-mailed complaints received from disgruntled res...
The province of Rome has confirmed that it will continue providing season tickets for public transport at reduced prices for students up to 26 years old, and for commuters resident in the province with a gross annual inc...
If a new proposal is passed by the Rome city council, each administrative department will have to appoint one person responsible for evaluating complaints. All written or e-mailed complaints received from disgruntled res...
The Roman airports authority, Aeroporti di Roma, which runs Romes Fiumicino and Ciampino airports, has registered an increase of ten per cent in the passengers arriving this year compared to the Easter weekend of 2004....
Local councils of several small towns and villages in Lazio have protested to the regional government about a new ruling which allows taxis and hire cars to take passengers from the locality where their licence is issued...
Now that spring has really begun, thousands of people will start to tidy their gardens and begin the home improvements they have been putting off all winter. Before they start these apparently harmless tasks, the Europea...
Pope John Paul II made a 15-minute appearance at the window of his study for his traditional Easter blessing of Urbi et Orbi. The popes appearance, the only one during Holy Week, was the longest he has made at his windo...
A new pedestrian precinct has been completed in the centre of Rome, just in time for Easter. The walk, which is one kilometre long, goes from the Largo Argentina along the Via dei Cestari to the Piazza della Minerva and...
Trambus, the city of Rome public transport company, re-introduced the filobus (trolley-bus) to the city on 22 March after an absence of 33 years. Thirty of these new buses have begun service on the 90 express route from...
Tourists and residents will be able to visit all of the principle museums and archaeological sites in Italy over the Easter weekend. Details of the places which will be open and the opening times are available on www.ben...
Admiral Sergio Biraghi, commander-in-chief of the Italian navy, announced in his recent annual report that the navies of 22 countries will participate in the running of a Mediterranean control centre which is being set u...
Italian trade unions have announced that there will be a 24-hour national stoppage starting at 21.00 on Sunday 10 April. Travellers will experience widespread disruption of the rail service throughout Italy. All the main...
The Italian parliament has approved the first phase of major constitutional reforms that will give more power to the regions at the expense of the central government, more to the prime minister at the expense of the pres...
John Earles account of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Balkans during world war two is a masterpiece of detached, investigative reporting. We only know Earle was actually there from the information on the b...
Thursday 24 March will be the eleventh Thursday of restricted traffic in Rome. Vehicles with licence plates ending with an even number will not be allowed to circulate in the citys "fascia verde" the green zone between...
They call him the Italian moose. Roberto Guidoni, 53, is a small farmer from near Brescia in northern Italy. In the next few days he is expected to win one of the most gruelling races in the world for the third time. The...
The president of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has awarded Nicola Calipari the "Medaglia d'oro al Valor Militare alla memoria".
Calipari was killed by United States troops while driving with the Italian hostage Giuliana Sg...
The political group Social Alternative, led by Alessandra Mussolini, has been re-admitted to the race for the elections in the Lazio region of Italy on 3-4 April. Mussolinis party was stopped from running when the region...
"Cultural Internet" has been launched by the Italian ministry for fine arts and the national heritage. The website, which will eventually cost 5.6 million, will offer the public online access to libraries, archives and...
You may have noticed a poster that has adorned the insides and outsides of the citys trams and buses for the last few months. It features close-up photos of eight different mouths, each with the words Il difensore civico...
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