Environment
Those who wish to move around Rome at speed on two wheels, whatever the traffic restrictions, now have a solution. The Vectrix is the first high-performance electrical scooter available in Italy and can travel 110 km at...
The annual starling "distress call" operation, to dissuade the birds from flying above certain streets of Rome, begin this week in the Ostia, Prati, Viale Mazzini and Stazione Termini areas.
Starlings show a preference...
Rome's Via Condotti and Milan's Via Montenapoleone are tied at number 14 as the most expensive street addresses in the world, both costing a yearly average rent of 2,250 per sqm of apartment.
This is Italy's ranking in...
The government has put forward a special plan for Naples to counteract increasing levels of gang-related violent crime in the city, where there have been 12 murders in the past two weeks.
Measures include an increase o...
Rome has been classified number 60 out of 103 Italian cities for the environmental quality of life it offers, making it the most "liveable" major city in the country, according to the 2007 Urban Ecosystem report presente...
City authorities have launched a new cleaning operation for 57 streets and squares in Trastevere in partnership with Ama, Romes environmental and waste collection body. Squads of Ama employees will sweep and wash the str...
Monica Cirinn, Rome city authoritys head of animal rights, has drawn attention to a regulation in force since November 2005 but unknown to the majority of Rome residents, which states that it is legal to bury domestic pe...
The senate and the chamber of deputies have given the go ahead for Romes 2016 summer Olympics bid. The motion was approved by all parties except the radical Lega Nord party, which advocates greater regional autonomy. C...
Italian men are more willing than in the past to tie on their apron strings but are still not doing enough.
According to Italian research institute Astra Ricerche (which conducted the survey for Procter and Gamble) men...
Italys chamber of deputies has voted in favour of blocking the project for the construction of the Messina bridge, which would have linked Sicily to mainland Italyat least for the time being.
The project was deemed "not...
Thirteen important works of ancient art have been returned to Italy by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, a move to be seen as a very important step in the fight against the illicit trade in works of art found in the cou...
The director of St Petersburgs Hermitage Museum, Mikhail Petrovsky, has announced that Castello Estense in Ferrara has been chosen to house the Centro Studi Rinascimentali dellHermitage di San Pietroburgo or Hermitage It...
Rome's rubbish service, AMA, opened new offices on 2 October in Via Capo dAfrica 23 B, near the Colosseum. The office handles all applications, variations, cancellations, reductions etc, and takes the place of the old of...
The minimum age for buying alcohol will rise from 16 to 18 years of age according to new government measures announced this week to protect minors and prevent accidents on Italian roads. There will also be a total ban on...
The many reality shows on Italian television are not drawing audiences as they used to.
L'Isola dei Famosi is now only attracting around 16 per cent of television viewers, Reality Circus' second episode was only watche...
Sunday 24 September will be a traffic-free day in Rome, city authorities have announced. All cars and motorcycles will be banned from the historic centre, Trastevere, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Via Cola di Rienzo and Via Ap...
From Friday 22 to Sunday 24 September Italy's "Clean up the World" initiative will take place, an event in which ordinary citizens of all ages play their part in ridding their local city streets, parks, piazze and rivers...
Smog kills more than 8 000 Italians each year.
This was the conclusion of research conducted by Italy's environmental protection agency APAT in conjunction with the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The study, carried o...
There will be a public transport strike on Friday 15 September affecting all of Romes buses, metros, trams and local railways. The strike will begin at 0.00 on Friday morning and will conclude at 23.59. Normal service is...
Romes answer to the Hollywood Oscars, the prizes to be awarded for best film, best actor and best actress at Romes film festival, which will run from 13 21 October 2006, have been designed by Bulgari, the prestigious Vi...
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Aperitif at the organic restaurant
Join Club Tutti Expats & Locals of Roma (https://www.meetup.com/clubtuttiroma) for a delightful aperitif which will be held on Friday April 26th at 6:30 PM at the organic restauran...
