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The new premises for the Monte Milvio market in Via Riano have opened, giving a permanent home to the 74 traditional stalls that have occupied the central reservation of Viale Tor di Qunto since 1982. New mayor Gianni Alemanno opened the...
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The Roseto Comunale, Rome’s city rose garden, opens this year from 3 May until mid June.
This year the roses will be judged on Saturday 17 May by a panel of international judges as well as the judges of the local permanent...
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Italian archaeologists have found 27 new Etruscan tombs at the well-known burial site at Tarquinia, a town north of Rome. They have been digging since April after a chance discovery at a building site about 500 metres from the Monterozzi hill...
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Silvio Berlusconi on 7 May told Italian president Giorgio Napolitano that he had formed a new government, the fourth since the media magnate entered politics in 1994. The government of 21 cabinet ministers, which will be sworn in on 8 May...
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Rome residents planning a weekend by the sea along the coasts of Campania, western Calabria or the Aeolian Islands may want to think twice, as hordes of the Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish have already taken up residence. The pinkish jellyfish, which is...
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According to figures for the first quarter of 2008 released by the administrative governing body of the Fondazione Musica per Roma on 5 May, the number of visitors to the Auditorium Parco della Musica continues to grow. Compared to the same...
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Magistrates in the Rome district attorney’s office have opened an investigation into the online publication last week of all Italian taxpayers’ tax returns by outgoing finance minister, Vicenzo Visco. The magistrates, who will determine whether Italy’s privacy law has been infringed,...
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Rome’s Foro Italico becomes the centre of attention from 5-18 May when it plays host to the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis championship, commonly known as the Rome Masters.
The tournament is divided into two weeks of action. Between 5 -11 May the...
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As of 3 May, passengers at Fiumicino airport embarking for flights to the United States and Israel will check in at the newly unveiled check-in area, called terminal 5. A remote structure 800 m from the main check-in area, terminal 5...
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The seventh Tekfestival will take place in Rome from 6-11 May at Cinema Farnese (Campo de Fiori) and Cinema Trevi (Vicolo Puttarello, 5) with screenings from 16.00 to midnight each day. The Tekfestival is an international film festival that takes place...
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Gianni Alemanno, the new conservative mayor of Rome, says a controversial covering structure for a major ancient Roman monument should be torn down, but says he will allow Romans to decide for themselves in a referendum.
Alemanno, who won election with...
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Christian charities Caritas and the Community of S. Egidio have signed a deal to give free funerals to 50 of the city’s homeless who have no family members to take care of payment. The charities will be responsible for informing AMA,...
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For the first time in over 18 years, the city of Rome has a conservative mayor. In a run-off election held 27-28 April, Francesco Rutelli, a former left-of-centre mayor, was defeated by Gianni Alemanno, a member of the far right...
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Around 100 stolen paintings, statues, letters and manuscripts recovered by Italian art police from the black market have gone on show at Castel S. Angelo. The annual display highlights the behind-the-scenes operations in which police have retrieved a wide range of...
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A building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano has been given the go-ahead and will be constructed on the current site of the towers that once housed the ministry of finance in EUR.
The plan for the building has been approved...
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On 25 April the “linee mare”, the city bus lines that make getting to the sea easier, will be back in circulation.
The buses 062 “Mare 1” and the 07 “Mare 2” will go back and forth along the coast between...
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Excavations for the new Metro C line station at Piazza Venezia have revealed an ancient Roman staircase in the middle of the square. The white-marble staircase inset into pink granite has been dubbed “the imperial steps” by archaeologists, who believe they...
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Italian animal rights groups were up in arms after an Italian brown bear who wandered into Switzerland was shot dead this week. JJ3 had been living in the Swiss canton of Graubunden for the last year, but Swiss authorities decided he...
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Four out of ten Italian couples no longer have sex and only 30 per cent of couples are satisfied with their sexual life according to a study carried out by a group of sexologists, gynaecologists, and andrologysts. The study shows that...
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The work to repave the area around the base of the Colosseum on its western side has brought to light new archaeological findings. At the beginning of April a marble piece measuring a metre and a half of an equestrian statue...
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News in Europe
Brussels, Belgium:
First Muslim secondary school for Brussels.
published on 28/08/2008
Belgium’s first Muslim secondary school is set to open in Brussels...
Milan, Italy:
The World Press Photo
published on 08/05/2008
World Press Photo. Photography and Journalism: the images awarded in 2008.
4-25...
Vienna, Austria:
Vienna pool opens despite arson attack.
published on 05/05/2008
The Vienna-Ottakring Kongressbad swimming pool is open for business despite damage...
Copenhagen, Denmark:
Copenhagen restaurant in world’s top ten.
published on 05/05/2008
The Noma restaurant on Copehagen’s waterfront in Christianshavn has been named...
Paris, France:
Paris catacombs reopen.
published on 05/05/2008
The historic catacombs in Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy are once...
Berlin, Germany:
Berlin’s Templehof airport to close in October.
published on 05/05/2008
A final attempt to save the historic Templehof airport in west...
Dublin, Ireland:
Green light for Dublin’s national sports campus.
published on 05/05/2008
Work is to begin next year on the long-awaited National Sports...
Madrid, Spain:
Recycling lessons for senior citizens.
published on 05/05/2008
Madrid’s senior citizens are to be offered a two-hour course in...
London, United Kingdom:
New London mayor.
published on 05/05/2008
Conservative candidate Boris Johnson defeated Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone in the...
Milan, Italy:
Hopes for Malpensa.
published on 01/05/2008
Good news for Milan’s Malpensa airport. The airport’s management, SEA, and...
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...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
Ethiopia-Djibouti railway website.
published on 06/05/2008
Railway enthusiasts and people interested in the history of the Horn...
Nairobi, Kenya:
Kenya Airways to resume Paris flights.
published on 06/05/2008
The country’s flagship airline Kenya Airways (KQ) is to resume flights...
Nairobi, Kenya:
Safaricom Marathon in Lewa.
published on 06/05/2008
The annual marathon sponsored by Kenya’s leading mobile telecommunications provider Safaricom...
Maputo, Mozambique:
Mozambican police have “licence to kill”.
published on 06/05/2008
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has released a report accusing the...
Cape Town, South Africa:
South Africa mulls action over food crisis.
published on 06/05/2008
South Africa’s government is looking at measures to curb the effect...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:
Precision Air introduces Boeing on Dar-Mwanza and Dar–Nairobi route.
published on 06/05/2008
Tanzania’s leading airline, Precision Air, has introduced a Boeing 737-300 on...
Arusha, Tanzania:
Karibu travel and tourism fair in Arusha.
published on 06/05/2008
The annual Karibu travel and tourism fair takes place in Arusha...
Arusha, Tanzania:
First African wind farm in Singida.
published on 06/05/2008
Towering wind turbines could soon be competing with imposing rock formations...
Nairobi, Kenya:
Grand Regency hotel up for sale.
published on 05/05/2008
One of Nairobi’s most expensive and controversial hotels, the Grand Regency,...
