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Ireland has announced that it is to close its embassy to the Holy See, which is based in Villa Spada on Rome
Two Italian newspapers, La Repubblica and La Stampa, are carrying news that Italy
The mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno has signed an order prohibiting demonstrations taking place in the capital
The city of Rome is counting the cost in the aftermath of Saturday
At 08.00 on Sunday 16 October, Piazza Repubblica was quiet. Gone were the crowds that swelled around Mario Rutelli's Fountain of the Naiads as they began their protest at 14.30 the day before.
On Via Nazionale there...
Protests scheduled for Rome on Saturday 15 October leave Piazza della Repubblica at 14.00 and go in the direction of Piazza Porta di S. Giovanni, where they are expected to finish at 21.00. There will be 39 bus routes af...
Protests around the centre of Rome, leading up to a large demonstration on Saturday 15 October, are stretching the capacity of the security forces in the capital.
On Tuesday 11 October the Biblioteca Nazionale was cl...
It is now forbidden to sit on the large flower pots outside Palazzo Grazioli, the Roman residence of the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Situated on Via del Plebiscito, just off Piazza Venezia, the flower pots had...
Rome is currently preparing measures to prohibit demonstrations in squares in the historic centre, such as Piazza Navona.
The city said that the order is designed to eliminate the risk to Rome
Italian voters have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the four referendums. Not only did the turnout reach 57 per cent of the electorate, well over the necessary quorum of 50 per cent plus one vote, but the votes in favo...
James Walston looks at the results of the local elections in Milan and Naples and their possible consequences for Silvio Berlusconi
The Festa della Repubblica is celebrated in Rome and across Italy each year on 2 June. The public holiday commemorates the June referendum in 1946 when Italians voted to exile the monarchy in favour of a republican form...
James Walston takes a look at the latest actions of Italy
Security has been increased at the embassies whose countries are currently involved in military action against Libya: the US embassy on Via Veneto, the British embassy on Via XX Settembre and the French embassy in Piazza...
Despite Silvio Berlusconi's trumpeted victory on 14 December his government is just as fragile as it was before and the chances of a spring elections are just as high.
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James Walston is back in Rome and asking whether much has really changed in the political life of Italy since he left for a trip to Ghana at the beginning of January.
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