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The peasants eat thistles, Goethe wrote disdainfully of the artichoke in his book Travels through Italy. Pliny the Elder, a first-century AD Roman scholar, called it one of life's monstrosities. And even recently one coo...
Owners of Rome's motorbikes, mopeds and scooters that were registered in 1993 or before are hurrying to obtain a certificate called a bollino blu to state that their vehicles emit acceptable levels of gas. If they don't...
The contemporary art gallery at the British School at Rome will re-open after three years' restructuring work on 3 Feb. The new, 180-sqm exhibition space was designed by Rome-based architects Francesco Garofalo and Sharo...
Advertising in Italian films is now legal as the result of a new measure approved by the government to reform the public funding of Italian cinema. Product placement in films has been banned until now in Italy although i...
In Italy Tues 27 Jan is the official day of remembrance for the Jews who were murdered and persecuted and the Italians who were deported to Nazi concentration camps during the second world war. It marks the day in 1945 w...
A part of the Esquiline will be transformed into a celebration of Africa and football from Sat 24 Jan-Sun 15 Feb. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II will be full of African music, food and singing as the "Continente Nero" festi...
Thurs 22 Jan marks the 60th anniversary of the Allied landings at Anzio, when troops arrived at the seaside town south of Rome with the aim of liberating the capital from the Germans. A fatal decision to delay the move n...
A national strike by urban public transport workers has been re-scheduled from 26 to 30 Jan. In Rome the buses, trams and metro will be affected from 08.30-17.00 and from 20.00-24.00, but services are expected to be avai...
Half of Rome's cars have been banned from circulating within the fascia verde, which roughly corresponds to the area inside the Grande Raccordo Anulare ring-road, from 15.00-19.00 on Wednesdays. Under new rules introduce...
A new year and a halfway house; just over two-and-a-half years have passed since Silvio Berlusconi became prime minister and if all goes according to plan, the next elections will be in spring 2006. Certainly Berlusconi...
A new year and a halfway house; just over two-and-a-half years have passed since Silvio Berlusconi became prime minister and if all goes according to plan, the next elections will be in spring 2006. Certainly Berlusconi...
On Saturday 22 January the Italian towns of Anzio, Nettuno, Ardea, Cisterna di Latina, Latina and Pomezia will welcome representatives of nations that fought in world war two to remember the 61st anniversary of the allie...
The annual "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity" is underway in Rome with ecumenical services and sermons to promote inter-denominational dialogue, this year with the theme "My peace I give to you" (Jn 14: 23-31). On Mon...
The traditional blessing of the animals for the feast day of S. Anthony Abbot (17 Jan) will take place on Sun 18 Jan at the church of S. Eusebio all'Esquilino (Piazza Vittorio corner Via Napoleone III) in Rome. The celeb...
The business principle of give the customers what they want appears to have worked, at least in the low cost airline sector. It has seen a phenomenal growth and has given traditional carriers a shot of adrenalin they cou...
For those who didn’t get what they wanted for Christmas or want a few more items, the bargains are here. The traditional post-holiday winter sales begin in Rome on Saturday, 10 January, and will last until 21 Febru...
New transport strikes are scheduled again now that the festive season it over. On Friday 9 January urban public transport systems throughout the country will come to a standstill for most of the day. Similar strikes in N...
A range of activities for children will be organised in Villa Borghese, Romes most central park, on 6 January, the day of the Epiphany, better known as La Befana. As legend has it, on this day an old witch comes to fill...
Italian postal rates for internal ordinary mail went up from 41 to 45 cents on 1 January and priority mail rates came down from 62 to 60 cents. The changes have caused chaos among tobacconists, one of the main suppliers...
Over 9,000 cases of fraud and deception carried out by astrologers and so-called mediums or magicians (maghi) have been reported to the anti-consumer fraud (antiplagio) phone-line in its nine years of activity. The most...
"Roma non spreca" is the city councils slogan for a new campaign destined to reduce the wastage of food waste in the city and to help the needy. Romes wholesale fresh produce market, located east of the city and known as...
A new law aims to increase safety levels on Italys ski-slopes. Under regulations just approved by the Senate, children under 14 will have to wear a helmet while skiing otherwise they will get a fine of 30 to 150. Priori...
Rome will host a series of free concerts around the edge of the city on New Years Eve. At the Metro A Anagnina parking lot, the Italian rapper artist Frankie Hi Nrg will perform with a host of others in a Hip-Hop festiva...
Italy's state-run TV channels have regained the largest audience figures for the coveted prime time slot after years of suffering at the hands of the Berlusconi-owned Mediaset network. The results for the so-called perio...
One in three Romans is enrolled at one of the city’s local libraries according to Rome’s daily paper Il Messaggero. With the inauguration of a new library in Via Zabaglia in the Testaccio district (replacing...
According to a survey conducted at the beginning of December at two primary schools in Rome 83 per cent of the children who were driven to school by their parents did not wear their safety belts. This compares with 64 pe...
The traditional “Adopt a Pigotta” campaign by the Italian branch of the United Nations Fund for Children (Unicef) is underway. A “pigotta” is a handmade doll made by people of all ages all over It...
Rome's city council has launched another initiative in time for Christmas as part of its popular Romaspendebene campaign designed to contain prices. From now until Christmas 35 neighbourhood markets are selling seasonal...
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is celebrated in Rome with the lighting of candles in a menorah (candelabrum) in Piazza Barberini. The first candle will be lit on Sun 21 Dec at 18.00 in the presence of Rome's mayor Walter...
On three days over the festive season Rome residents can dispose of their empty packaging at 27 recycling points across the city, and in return enter a draw to win one of 19 environmentally-friendly mopeds. On 27 Dec, 2...
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