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Month-long holidays are all but a distant memory for most Romans, according to recent figures from national consumer association Adoc. Only two per cent of Romans in the survey sample now manage four weeks or more, while...
Weathering a recession and the bursting of the internet bubble, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has seen his personal fortune triple in his 11 years in politics. In early 1994, before Forza Italia won the nation...
The city of Rome has a famous rose garden, which occupies a gentle slope on one side of the Circus Maximus with a fine view of the ruins of the Palatine hill. Created in 1950 on land that was a Jewish cemetery until 1934...
Stphane Lissner from France has taken up his new post at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, not just as superintendent as had originally been announced, but also as artistic director. The reason for the dual post is that Li...
Lottomatica Roma ended the regular basketball season with a loss against Bipop Carire RE, but that didnt stop the squad from sneaking into the sixth seed for Legabaskets Serie A play-offs, which kick off on 11 May. Lotto...
Since the swearing in of Lazios new regional president, Mario Marrazzo, who was elected during last months regional poll, a major knock-on effect has seized the local health service, according to reports in Italian daily...
Italian hospital doctors have revealed that half their elderly and frail patients, who make up 70 per cent of the total being treated, would rather stay on in hospital than go home to a lonely and empty house with no-one...
The director Giorgio Barberio Corsetti has moved the action of this Tosca, which opens this years Maggio Musciale festival in Florence, to the 1960s, giving rise to inconsistencies such as the references to Napoleon but...
Lazios economy goes foreign
Foreign investment in Rome and Lazio has grown steadily over the past five years. At the beginning of the decade there were 391 foreign-owned companies in the region. The figure for 2005 is e...
Parking in Rome is, in theory, set to get easier. The city council, has announced that it will test a parking payments system that, in Europe at least, has only been introduced successfully in Amsterdam and Dublin. From...
Antonio Pappano, the new musical director of the Accademia di S. Cecilia, has been in Rome to present his programme for the 2006-2007 season. Pappano, who is taking over the post from Myung-Whun Chung, will conduct nine...
The tree peony, a shrub from the remotest regions of China with the most beautiful and often highly-scented flowers, has increased in popularity in Italy in the past few years. The Centro Botanico Moutan, a specialist...
Its like a cheese cutter, isnt it? The two stone cutters laughed and nodded. In the middle-distance, silhouetted against a blue April sky, the town of Tivoli was tumbling over its hill. Around us, down on the plain in Ba...
Romes city council has decided that the hot air balloon operating from the Villa Borghese park cannot be used as an advertising billboard, either now or in the future, thwarting the balloon operators hopes of opening up...
A final sentence by the Italian court of appeal has absolved the last two people accused of taking part in the terrorist bomb attack at Piazza Fontana in Milan in December 1969. The bomb, which exploded in a crowded bank...
If you are at Piazza Venezia, with an hour to spare, leave your worries behind and step into the calm atmosphere of a Japanese garden. "Come Ciliege in Fiore" is a free exhibition, sponsored by the Rome provincial govern...
Its like a cheese cutter, isnt it? The two stone cutters laughed and nodded. In the middle-distance, silhouetted against a blue April sky, the town of Tivoli was tumbling over its hill. Around us, down on the plain in Ba...
The Czech Cultural Institute opened in Rome last month, making it the republics 19th foreign cultural institute in Europe and the United States. Director Miloslav Hirsch already has four exhibitions, two conferences, thr...
Italys financial world has been tossed into a frenzy* by recent bids from outsiders to take over two domestic banks, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) and Antonveneta. The bids from Spains Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria...
This is a marvellous production of this much-loved opera. Da Ponte created a delightfully witty libretto from the very slenderest of plots, observing human behaviour, as in all great comedy, with profundity, sympathy and...
The Rome city councillor responsible for public works has announced plans for three new bridges over the river Tiber. They will be sited on the stretch of river between EUR and the sea. The first bridge will connect Osti...
Per grazia ricevuta: the words of Pasquino a limbless ancient Roman statue, plucked from the mud during renovation work near Piazza Navona in 1501 on the death of Pope John Paul II.
For centuries, Pasquino has been t...
One of Florences most delightful and exclusive gardens is tucked away in a corner of Piazzale Michelangelo. Every day, droves of tour buses converge on the vast terrace overlooking the city to let their occupants enjoy t...
Prior to a few weeks ago, my knowledge of martial arts was based exclusively on the films Enter The Dragon, The Karate Kid, and the complete works of Chuck Norris. Naturally, it was a pleasure to take several lessons at...
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...
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