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Noted Italian buildings and sites open on 21 and 22 March
Some 780 libraries, palaces, archaeological sites and religious buildings all over Italy are open to the public free of charge on 21 and 22 March, for the 23rd a...
Private traffic banned in Rome on 1 February
Traffic in Rome has been banned within the fascia verde (green belt) on Sunday 1 February from 07.30 to 12.30, and from 16.30 to 20.30. The move is par...
No cost for eco-friendly service
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 its 14 collection centres...
City votes to reduce advertising billboards
Rome has passed new legislation to reduce the amount and size of billboards that can be placed around the capital by advertisers.
The maximum size for the largest signs...
France warns that Corsica will not tolerate pollution
The Costa Concordia has travelled over 40 nautical miles in the 24 hours since it left Giglio on its way to be scrapped at the north-west Italian port of Genoa....
AMA Roma cracks down on absenteeism
Rome's refuse collection agency AMA Roma is clamping down on its widely-documented rates of absenteeism, which the city's mayor Ignazio Marino has described as "unacceptable". The...
Refuse trucks grounded over closed treatment plants
Rubbish has been piling up on Rome's streets in recent days due to the temporary closure of two of the city's four treatment plants.
The Via Salaria facility nor...
75 per cent of waters contain bacteria
Much of the sea water around Rome is not suitable for bathing, according to data released recently by the Lazio branch of Italian environmental body Legambiente.
In early Jun...
The British pavilion in Milan will focus on the importance of the honey bee to our planet
British beekeepers will be delighted by the news that the winning design for the British pavilion at Milan's Expo 2015 designed...
Residents oppose increases but mayor cites environmental policy
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino has announced that he wants massive price hikes to cost of residential and commercial parking permits in the limited tra...
American artist Finley involved in campaign
Graffiti has been removed from about 500 metres of walls around Piazza Annibaliano in the north-east Nomentana district by Retake Roma, the movement whose Italian and inter...
Renovation works complete
The Villa Borghese lake, popularly known as the laghetto, was reopened by Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino on 24 April following renovation works over the last eight months.
It has been out of...
Focus on making cities greener
This year the focus of Earth Day on 22 April is "green cities" and the quest to make urban spaces more ecologically friendly.
There are numerous events taking place in Rome to mark th...
St Peter's turns off lights for Earth Hour
St Peter's turns off lights for Earth Hour The annual "Earth Hour" event takes place in Rome on Saturday 29 March at 20.30.
Backed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the gl...
Traffic diversions and school closures in the capital
Schools in Ostia and along coastal areas of Rome are closed on Monday 3 February, following days of heavy rain and extreme flooding.
The north of Rome is also b...
Dumping Christmas trees illegally carries fine of up to €500
Rome's refuse collection service AMA has requested that people recycle their Christmas trees, rather than dispose of them illegally in street bins, at...
Rome bans traffic on 8 December to reduce smog There is a complete ban on private vehicles circulating within Rome's fascia verde (green belt) on Sunday 8 December from 07.30-12.30 and from 16.30-20.30. The ban a...
Starling problem worst along LungotevereRome's annual campaign to move the capital’s troublesome wintering starlings away from central areas will not take place this year, due to lack of funds.Around this time ever...
Bottled water in Italy is big business but there is nothing wrong with Rome’s tap water
While sitting down at a local trattoria in the charming Trastevere neighbourhood on a hot summer day, I ordered a bottle of local F...
City promises four new trees for every tree felled
The contentious tree-felling operation to make way for metro C works in the S. Giovanni area has been stalled until 8 October while the city "verifies" Roma Metropoli...
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