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Rome city council and the ministry for cultural heritage have signed a protocol regulating the use of public land in the historic centre for cultural, sporting, religious, political and other events. A register of permitted activities has been drawn up for...
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Two British film makers claim they have found the primary source of Trajan’s aqueduct, which has eluded archaeologists for centuries.
Michael and Ted O’Neill made their discovery near lake Bracciano north of Rome while researching documentaries on ancient Roman aqueducts for MEON...
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The first ground has been broken for a new marina on the Rome coastline, close to Leonardo Da Vinci international airport. The new project, which will have space for 1,400 yachts, is being built near the old lighthouse at Fiumicino, on...
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The new director of the privately funded American Academy in Rome has been announced as Christopher Celenza, who is currently a professor in the department of German and Romance languages and literatures at Johns Hopkins University. He will succeed Professor Carmela...
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For the second year running Rome city council has organized a programme of events to celebrate the traditional carnival season
Carnevale Romano runs from 6 February to Martedì Grasso (Shrove Tuesday) on 16 February, the day before Ash Wednesday and the start...
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The repairs and restoration of the main façade of the church of S. Luigi dei Francesi have now been completed and work can begin on the two sides of the building.
The church, which has been the centre of French worship in...
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Women are the most frequent visitors to Italy’s main archaeological sites according to a new study called L’archeologica e il suo pubblico. The research shows that 56.4 per cent of visitors to seven of Italy’s major sites are women, most of...
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The newly revised edition of Georgina Masson’s classic guide book, The Companion Guide to Rome, is now available in international bookshops in Rome. John Fort is once again responsible for the revision but he says that this is not a major...
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Rome’s Goethe museum on Via del Corso has announced its expansion after funding from the German government enabled the purchase of additional space adjacent to its current premises. The Casa di Goethe, located in the rooms where German writer and poet...
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Investors have presented plans for a cinema theme park in the south of Rome, the first part of which could open in spring 2011.
Cinecittà World will be located on 150 hectares of land in Castel Romano on Via Pontina, on...
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Rome is to get two new tram lines under plans announced by local public transport provider ATAC. The new lines will be called 4 and 6 and they will take to 8 the number of operating tram lines in the capital....
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Plans to increase the price of a taxi ride between the centre of Rome and Fiumicino airport from €40 to €45, and for the trip to the city’s second airport Ciampino from €30 to €35, are now on hold.
Changes to the...
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ENAC, Italy’s civil aviation authority, has given the go-ahead for the installation of full-body scanners to replace conventional metal detectors at the international airports of Fiumicino, Malpensa and Venice in mid-February on an experimental basis.
The scanners, which show images of...
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The Bocca della Verità cultural centre at S. Maria in Cosmedin is inviting enrolment for courses in classical Arabic, iconography and Byzantine liturgical music among other things. The course in Byzantine chant will lead to the creation of a choir to...
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Rome’s city airport, formally known as Aeroporto di Roma-Urbe, on Via Salaria just a few kilometres north of the city centre has been given a new passenger terminal as part of plans to expand the airport and boost the aviation sector...
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The Rome government has approved new regulations for private tourist coaches in the city. The measures now have to be approved by the city council before they can take effect.
The regulations cap at 300 the number of coaches allowed into the...
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Lufthansa Italia, the Italian subsidiary of the German airline Lufthansa, has announced that it will be suspending its Rome Fiumicino-Milan Malpensa service as of 16 February due to competition from Alitalia on the Rome-Milan route. The Italian flag carrier has the...
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There will be new traffic arrangements in the area around Tiburtina station in northeast Rome starting 23 January as a result of building work for the new station for high-speed trains.
The exit from the Tangenziale Est ring road leading directly...
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19/01/2010 - Remembering Haiti. A personal view from Rome. By Araceli Cardenas-Bon
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Every building in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince has been damaged. Every hospital has been destroyed. Every school, house, car, street, makeshift home, orphanage, church and shantytown - even the capital’s main prison and presidential palace are ruined by the massive...
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News in Europe
Dublin, Ireland:
Dublin Christmas sales
published on 15/12/2209
Dublin's biggest department stores, Arnotts, Clerys and Brown Thomas, are breaking...
Madrid, Spain:
Madrid gets tough on hoardings
published on 23/10/2010
One third of Madrid’s advertising hoardings are being removed because they...
Oxford, United Kingdom:
Oxford's Covered Market opens for Sunday trading
published on 24/02/2010
Oxford’s 18th-century Covered Market, designed by the architect of Magdalen Bridge...
Copenhagen, Denmark:
Copenhagen gets more air routes
published on 22/02/2010
Copenhagen airport is to get six new routes this spring from...
Berlin, Germany:
Stasi had keys to West Berlin
published on 21/02/2010
Weekly newspaper Die Zeit has revealed that East German secret security...
Paris, France:
Musée du Quai Branly reveals flood protection
published on 20/02/2010
One of Paris’ newest museum buildings, the Musée du Quai Branly,...
Barcelona, Spain:
Barcelona jobless drops
published on 20/02/2010
Barcelona has seen the first drop in unemployment since the beginning...
Brussels, Belgium:
Brussels plans to improve mobility
published on 19/02/2010
Brussels has announced a renewed initiative to improve traffic mobility and...
Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Islamitisch College Amsterdam to close
published on 19/02/2010
Amsterdam’s only Islamic secondary school is to close to new pupils...
Vienna, Austria:
Leopold Museum watercolours go on show
published on 15/02/2010
A collection of rarely seen watercolours will be on display at...
News in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya:
UN Security Council calls for “compromise”.
published on 08/02/3008
The United Nations (UN) Security Council has urged Kenya’s leaders to...
Nairobi, Kenya:
Kenya Airways flies high
published on 12/02/2010
Kenya Airways (KQ) saw an increase in both cargo and passengers...
Cape Town, South Africa:
Cape Town tackles irresponsible pricing for World Cup
published on 12/02/2010
Cape Town has moved to combat the perception that fans travelling...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:
Climate change conference in Dar es Salaam
published on 11/02/2010
Representatives of governmental and inter-governmental agencies, research institutions and non-governmental organisations...
Maputo, Mozambique:
New buses for Maputo
published on 10/02/2010
The Maputo public transport company TPM is to take delivery of...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
Low-cost housing in Addis centre
published on 09/02/2010
Addis Ababa city council has announced plans to demolish part of...
Accra, Ghana:
Ghana taxes bottled water
published on 08/02/2010
The price of bottled and sachet water is to increase by...
Lagos, Nigeria:
Lagos city hall reopens after renovations
published on 08/02/2010
The historic city hall on Lagos Island, the seat of the...
Cape Town, South Africa:
Robben Island overrun by rabbits
published on 07/02/2010
Robben Island in Table Bay 12 km north of Cape Town,...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
African Union elects Bingu wa Mutharika as new president
published on 02/02/2010
The African Union has decided not to confirm the Libyan leader,...
