An advertisement will soon be running on Italian state television to advise elderly people about the dangers of swindlers who often take advantage of the summer months when the elderly are at home alone. The film, using...
Some 26 per cent of web searches performed by the 20 million Italians online are about health and well-being, says a new survey from Italian biomedical research group Censis-Forum. The findings were based on a study of 1...
Holidays in mountainous areas or natural parks are now all the rage in Italy. But ecotourism, or sustainable nature-based tourism, may be developing into a victim of its own success. On the one hand, the sector is good f...
Cobblestones are to be removed from some of Romes main streets. The embankments along the Tiber and some of the roads going into Piazza Venezia, such as Via delle Botteghe Oscure, will be resurfaced with special sound-ab...
The supply of marble in the historic quarries of Massa Carrara is close to being exhausted. The quarries in north-east Tuscany have provided some of the most highly-prized white marble for sculpting for hundreds of years...
Italian women are delaying motherhood to 30 or beyond an age when counterparts around Europe are already trying for a second. A new survey from the commissione igiene e sanit del senato (senate committee for health and...
When it comes to old family businesses still run by the direct descendents of the founder, Japan can claim the two oldest in the world, founded before 750 AD. However Italy is not far behind with five family businesses i...
There will be an exhibition of works by the contemporary Chinese artist Jiang Guo Fang depicting images of the Forbidden City in China in Palazzo Venezia in Rome 27 July-2 Oct.
Fang has displayed his work inside the Fo...
From 1 September parents of children at secondary and superior school (the old scuola media and the liceo and technical schools) should be able to order their children's books via internet. The books will then be deliver...
The gradual unfolding of the news about last Thursdays horrific terrorist attacks in London bore terrible echoes to that of previous tragedies in other parts of the world.
First came the news of one bomb exploding, then...
In a sign of its increasingly important role as a regional transport hub, work is under way at Romes Leonardo Da Vinci Airport in Fiumicinoto to build a second large hotel. The Hilton chain, which owns Fiumicinos sole h...
A customer service position is available at a Rome-based tour agency from October 1st to November 1st 7:00 am to 9:00 am). Candidates must be English speakers, preferably with expe...
AIS is seeking qualified teachers with native level language proficiency for an immediate start.
Join us in our new beautiful campus in the North of Rome. Please send your CV.
Qualified mother tongue teachers are needed for morning/afternoon lessons in state schools for Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary, and Secondary 2. CELTA or equivalent teaching cer...
Next to Metro A Lepanto, this historical Roman apartment is on the 5th (top) floor with a rooftop offering a view of the Vatican. Located in the quiet neighborhood of Prati, this b...