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Rome city council has announced a new, low-price service for getting rid of your old car or scooter when its useful life is over.
A toll-free call to 800 898 989, available 24/7/365, is all you need. The operator will take...
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The American University of Rome's department of international relations presents “The Italian Labyrinth. Politics in the Financial Crisis”, by Bjørn Thomassen and James Walston, on 1 February.
In addition to teaching political science and international relations at AUR, Thomassen and Walston...
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Rome's Metro B line is closed between Castro Pretorio and Monti Tiburtini, due to a burst water main in Piazza Bologna that damaged part of the underground’s electricity supply.
The line is scheduled to return to full operation on Wednesday 1 February,...
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Two Chinese artists known as the Gao Brothers are staging an initiative called “The Utopia of Hugging for 20 Minutes” in Piazza del Popolo on Saturday 28 January at 14.00.
The performance is dedicated to the memory of the Chinese man Zhou...
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As part of the public transport strike in Rome on Friday 27 January, workers from various trade unions are marching from Piazza Republic to Piazza S. Giovanni, resulting in a number of road closures.
The unions are protesting over a package...
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On the occasion of the 12th International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January, numerous memorial events are being held in Rome, many of them involving schoolchildren. Established in 2000 by the European parliament to commemorate the day in 1945 that the...
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25 Jan. The Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Rome's John Cabot University presents a bi-lingual reading from Vernacular Sonnets of Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (Vol. 1 1819-1832) from 20.30-21.30.
The book’s translator Michael Sullivan, from England, has taught English in...
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A nationwide taxi strike from 08.00-20.00 on Monday 23 January is the beginning of a difficult week for commuters in Rome. The city’s police have warned that taxi drivers will not be able to leave their protest base at Circo Massimo...
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The American Episcopal Church of Rome has announced Rev. Austin Keith Rios as its new rector. Rios succeeds the interim rector Rev. Dr John Kevern at St Paul’s Within the Walls church at the top of Via Nazionale in the city...
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English-reading users of Wikipedia will have to do without their favourite first point of reference for 24 hours because the English version of the online encyclopedia is only accessible with difficulty for 24 hours starting mid-night US Eastern Time on 18...
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The traditional blessing of the animals takes place in St Peter’s Square from 10.00-15.00 on 17 January, the feast day of St Anthony Abbot, patron saint of animals.
The event is organised by the Associazione Italiana Allevatori and sponsored this year by...
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In a statement on the financial aspects of the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia off the coast of Giglio on 13 January, owners Carnival Corporation and Plc put out a statement on 16 January with the following information about insurance.
The...
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The British embassy in Rome has confirmed that 23 British passengers and 12 crew members aboard the Costa Concordia that sank off the small island of Giglio on the night of Friday 13 January are safe and have been flown back...
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Rome's refuse collection service AMA has requested that people recycle their Christmas trees, rather than dispose of them illegally in street bins, at any of the city's 11 collection centres for bulky waste or 128 mobile collection points, between 7 and...
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The new underground car park in Piazza Cavour is now scheduled to open on 24 January, several weeks behind schedule.
In the weeks running up to the inauguration the city will have to perfect a new scheme for the flow of...
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Commercial activities such as shops, bars, restaurants, supermarkets have been liberated from Italy’s previously strict opening regulations and as from 2 January they can be open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. There are no more compulsory break...
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The airports company of Rome ADR is to stop using its automatic baggage handling facility at Fiumicino from midnight on 31 December, resulting in widespread disruption to those travelling through the airport.
The decision to switch off the equipment, which is...
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It had been our plan to put news on our website today of the new exhibition of work by Edith Schloss and her life-long friend Alvin Curran, which opens tomorrow 21 December. Instead we are bringing the sad news of her...
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From 20 December until 16 January, the Metro A line will stay open until 23.30 every day of the week except Saturdays when it closes at the later hour of 01.30.
During this period the MA1 and MA2 substitute shuttle buses...
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Rome's anti-alcohol measures have been extended until 17 March, after the previous ban expired on 16 December.
The order prohibits the take-away sale of alcohol from bars and clubs from 23.00 until close of business, seven days a week. It is also...
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News in Europe
Brussels, Belgium:
Lighting for Brussels-Charleroi locks.
published on 21/05/2009
In a bid to integrate the port of Brussels and the...
Jersey, Great Britain:
Jersey's new immigration controls
published on 16/07/2011
New immigration controls that will affect everyone in Jersey are due...
Jersey, Great Britain:
Jersey's fullfilment industry under threat
published on 20/10/2011
More than 1,000 jobs in Jersey hang in the balance: Ministers...
Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Water purity in Amsterdam: Amsterdam’s tap water.
published on 25/12/2007
Waternet, Amsterdam’s municipal water provider, have scored 8.4 out of a...
Oxford, United Kingdom:
Resource centre for tenants.
published on 21/05/2006
Oxford city council tenants and leaseholders now have a resource centre...
Oxford, United Kingdom:
Toll bridge for sale
published on 19/05/2009
Thanks to an 18th-century British law, new owners of the historic...
London, United Kingdom:
London cyclists targeted.
published on 23/08/2006
London mayor Ken Livingstons proposal to register cyclists and their bikes...
London, United Kingdom:
Covent Garden sale heralds change.
published on 14/08/2006
The property group Capital and Counties has bought the seven-acre Covent...
Berlin, Germany:
From parilament to hotel
published on 02/09/2005
To a chorus of protest, the German government has disclosed the...
Milan, Italy:
Vertical Circuit Race up the Pirellone.
published on 25/02/2009
Sunday 1 March sees the third vertical circuit race up the...
News in Africa
Lagos, Nigeria:
Rock ‘n’ Rule musical tour in Nigeria.
published on 02/10/2008
Musicians and performers from west Africa are to embark on a...
Maputo, Mozambique:
Maputo blasts caused by poor storage and human error.
published on 13/04/2007
Poor storage conditions including exposure to the elements, a lack of...
Cairo, Egypt:
Google opens Cairo office.
published on 27/06/2007
Internet search engine and service provider Google has opened an office...
Cairo, Egypt:
Suez Canal revenue falls.
published on 04/02/2009
Revenue from the Suez Canal fell sharply in the last quarter...
Accra, Ghana:
Accra psychiatric patients risk starvation.
published on 11/11/2006
Over 1,000 patients at Accra psychiatric hospital are at risk of...
Cape Town, South Africa:
New telephone dialling system for South Africa.
published on 11/01/2007
As of 16 January it will become mandatory to dial the...
Cape Town, South Africa:
Langa pool to get facelift.
published on 26/09/2007
The municipal swimming pool in Washington Street in Langa township on...
Maputo, Mozambique:
Chinese buses for Maputo
published on 20/07/2011
The Chinese government has donated 72 new buses to Maputo public...
Maputo, Mozambique:
Mavalane hospital to get overhaul.
published on 12/07/2006
The Mavalane general hospital on the outskirts of Maputo is to...
Accra, Ghana:
Ambassador Hotel to get five-star revamp.
published on 06/06/2006
Accras historic Ambassador Hotel is to get a 100 million dollar...
