Italy has a long tradition of unauthorised building to which officialdom often turns a blind eye; as recently as March 2003 a general amnesty was granted to thousands of such abusive constructions, freeing their owners f...
Bob Geldof criticised the Italian governments record on aid to Africa when he received Romes Man for Peace 2005 award on 24 November, in recognition of his anti-poverty campaigning for Africa. He labelled the bel paese t...
In the first nine months of 2005, the top ten Italian banks made profits of 8,625 million. This is compared to 5,520 million in the same period in 2004. Although a large amount of this profit has come from capital gains,...
Legambiente, Italys environmental watchdog, has released figures and information on the quality of life in the 103 provincial capitals throughout the country. The report took into account the quality of the air, systems...
Italy is preparing for a four-hour general strike to take place on Friday 25 November. The leading trades unions, CGIL, CISL, UIL, Faisa and Ugl have called the strike in protest at the governments budget for 2006, which...
Fathers from two Italian associations demonstrated at Romes Fiumicino international airport mid November, warning foreigners not to marry in Italy. The men members of associations for divorced and separated fathers cla...
Chamber music concert by the Philharmonia Quartet of Berlin. This is the second in the series of concerts in which all of Beethovens Quartets will be performed (21.00).
8 Dec-8 Jan 2006. A month-long Christmas festival made up of artistic and cultural events. From Finland there is Santa Claus and a special post office where children will be able to post their Christmas letters, as well...
Romes 5,000 registered blind people will now have the added assistance of audible signals at many of the citys key junctions. The number of audible traffic crossings is set to rise from 60 at present to some 470 over the...
The multinational food company Nestl was smarting today over the confiscation and withdrawal of 30 million litres of its baby-milk products from the supermarket shelves in Italy. The products in question Mio, Mio Cereal...
7-22 Dec 2005. Conducted by Daniel Harding, directed by Luc Bondy, with Steve Davislim, Monica Bacelli, Camilla Tilling, Emma Bell and Francesco Meli.
The Teatro alla Scala in Milan begins its season with Idomeneo by M...
A new Jewish museum has opened in Rome.
The old museum, which was on the first floor of the Roman synagogue on the Lungotevere Cenci, has been moved into five rooms, 600 square metres in all, on the garden level of the...
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6-11. Dec 2005. Choreography by F. Ventriglia, from an idea by Emiliano Pellisari. The use of video projections, computers, optical illusions and special sound effects is such that the force of gravity seems to cease. Th...
In the city center, a few steps from Termini Station, the Policlinico, La Sapienza University and the main Ministries we propose the rental of a three-room penthouse apartment of a...
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