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People are getting away with illegal behaviour in the city's public parks and gardens, according to an article in Leggo, one of Romes free daily papers.
It is prohibited to drive motorbikes in pedestrian areas, let dog...
The autumn season of public transport strikes is about to begin, with the following announced as the official strikes in September:
7 September. Alitalia's 24-hour strike for this date has been called off until later i...
During work on the pavements along Via Veneto in readiness for the Rome film festival which opens on 13 October, a slab of Egyptian granite, over three metres long, has been found just below the surface inside the Aureli...
On 9 September the brand new park of Centocelle will open permanently to the public as part of the Notte Bianca celebrations.
The park comprises a wood with some 500 typically Mediterranean trees, a nature trail, a cycl...
Data released by the ministry of education, universities and research show a widening gap between the number of women being awarded degrees at Romes universities and the number of men. In the year 1 January to 31 Decembe...
USA nuclear submarines will leave the tiny island of La Maddalena in Sardinia by 2008.
The United States department of defence, which has used the island as a base since 1972, has notified the Italian defence ministry o...
Long delays and high-alert security reigned at Italian airports after a major terrorist plot was foiled to blow up planes travelling between UK and USA.
Lengthy delays and last-minute cancellations of flights to London...
More and more Italians are putting biological food on their tables. According to research done by Coldiretti, the largest agricultural oganisation in Italy, 6 per cent more Italians choose biological products compared to...
The government is taking a hard line with southern Italy in an attempt to solve the ongoing trash crisis.
While in the rest of Italy particularly in the northern regions there has been an increase in rubbish recycling...
The last weekend of July and the first of August is when most Itlians set off for their holidays.
According to Losservatorio di Telefono Blu, in August there will be between 23-25 million Italian holidaymakers out of th...
Air Ones cancelled 87 flights early this week, which left 9, 000 passengers stranded.
At Milans Linate airport 10 flights were cancelled on Monday and passengers at Rome Fiumicino, Bari Palese and Torino Caselle all su...
Enough of kitsch gondolas. This is the message from Venices gondola association, which have drawn up rigid guidelines to be placed before the city council shortly. Once new norms are approved, gondoliers will have to sti...
The Romanian consulate in Rome will now open five days a week, instead of three, to cope with the large numbers of nationals trying to obtain exit visas so that they can be sure of being allowed to return to Italy at the...
Summer holidays are a dream come true for Italians but a nightmare for their pets.
According to a report by the Zoomark market reserach unit into pet supplies and pet ownership at least 150,000 dogs and 200,000 cats wi...
The Italian summer holidays are starting seriously this weekend with thousands of people leaving the city to get away from the intense heat. The two international airports that serve the city are expected to see 400,000...
Rome has become the Italian capital of bank robberies. While the number of attacks on banks in the rest of Italy diminish, in Rome the first five months of 2006 show an increase of 55 per cent. Surprisingly most attacks...
After many years the public can once again enjoy theatre productions at the historic Teatro dellAngelo. Situated in Via Simone de Saint Bon 17 (close to Viale delle Milizie, Ottaviano area in Prati), Teatro dellAngelo is...
Swimming has been banned on a 20 km stretch of beach on the Rome coastline which runs from Focene, close the international airport at Fiumicino, north through Fregene and Maccarese. All are very famous and popular bathin...
The heat is on. In the next eight days, in fact, Rome and the southern part of the country can expect temperatures to reach up to 38 degrees celsius.
The elderly are the ones most at risk in this aria africana; especial...
A series of 24 information panels have been put on the most important bridges and river banks along the Tiber in Rome. The weatherproof panels have information about the history of the older bridges, the hydraulic engine...
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