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Environmental agency AMA will continue its free collection of Christmas trees until 21 January. The agency has already collected some1,000 Christmas trees throughout the city. Trees in good condition are sent for repla...
Cars with license plates ending in even numbers will be banned from the city
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Twelve traffic lights and a satellite system will be installed along the Tiber as part of a flood warning system for the pedestrian and cycle path. If a central measuring system situated at Ponte Risorgimento shows that...
City authorities are asking Rome residents to remember the three rules of recycling this Christmas: to separate paper from plastic, to break up large packaging in order not to block up bins, and to throw rubbish in the c...
There will be no newspapers until 27 December due to a three-day strike and the traditional Christmas break, the Italian journalist trade union (Fnsi) has announced. Newspaper, magazine, agency and web journalists as wel...
It is estimated that 80 per cent of Italian tax evasion is committed in the service sector and commerce, particularly by the retail trade, according to the vice-minister of the economy, Vincenzo Visco, The total of econ...
Vatican secretary of state and avid Juventus supporter Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has proposed that the Vatican start up a football club to compete in the Italian football league. A long-time fan and wealth of sporting k...
The controversial finanziaria government budget has been approved by a vote of confidence in the senate of 162 against 157 votes, thanks in large part to the votes of seven life senators who gave their support to Prodi's...
The RAI television licence fee will increase by
Foreigners can now apply for and renew their permit of stay (permesso di soggiorno) at the post office and then track the progress of the application process online at www.portaleimmigrazione.it. The website also gives i...
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Four new adjunct councillors have been voted on to the Rome city council in the 10 December elections for immigrant representatives. Romulo Sabio Salvador from the Philippines will represent Asia and Oceania (2,190 votes...
Two important pieces of Roman sculpture, stolen in the 1980s and belonging to the city of Rome, have been recovered and put on display again after cleaning and restoration. One is a headless male figure in toga, dating t...
The Christmas tree for St Peters square was donated by Italy, from the southern region of Calabria, this year and transporting it to Rome from the south of Italy was no easy feat. The tree, which is some 33 m high, took...
Around one worker in ten in Rome is non-Italian, according to a report released by city authorities statistics office. Some 75 per cent of the 155,000 foreigners resident in Rome are in employment compared to the 62 per...
An underground car park on the Pincio has been approved by city authorities. The car park will hold spaces for 726 cars on seven floors. However, only 10 per cent of spaces will be available for people looking for parkin...
There will be a 24-hour nationwide local transport strike on Friday 1 December beginning at 08.30. In Rome, the industrial action will affect all bus, tram and metro services as well as local train services. Services wil...
Climbers have longed claimed that the true peak of Lazios mountain Terminillo is higher than its hitherto official peak, and is 150 metres from it. Now this has been confirmed by Mario Crespi, a lecturer from the enginee...
Only one Italian out of three can speak a foreign language and more than half declare that they have no intention of learning one. These were the results of a survey done by Italian research company Censis in conjunctio...
Learner drivers in Rome area will now have to sit their driving test at one of the three offices of the vehicle licensing department (Motorizzazione) instead of their local driving schools, resulting in an overall conges...
20 November sees the beginning of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome. Celebratory events include the re-launching of the library on 20 November following its recent expansion (1,000...
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