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A series of events, exhibitions, cinema screenings and debates to remember the millions who died in the holocaust are currently underway for the 2006 Settimana della Memoria, 23-30 January. On the Giorno della Memoria it...
Ten carabinieri barracks have opened throughout the night to give the homeless a roof over their heads during the intense cold in Rome. Carabinieri and territorial military groups have been around the city over the past...
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
More than 10,000 demonstrators from Calabria and Sicily took part in protests held in Messina on 22 January against the building of a bridge across the Straits of Messina, which divides the Italian mainland from Sicily....
Disaster struck Romas football team when captain, Francesco Totti, was brought down last weekend by a foul and broke his leg six minutes into a game against Empoli. It was the day when the Roma football team won its tent...
The city is tightening the rules for advertising on Romes most famous monuments and buildings. Under recent new regulations the city will once again try to enforce the ruling that there can be only one structure under wr...
The municipio (centro storico) has announced a new competition open to artists living and working in Romes centro storico. The Premio Culturale Roma Centro Storico is designed to promote contemporary art in the ancient h...
If you missed the mass for the blessing of the animals at the church of S. Eusebio al Esquilino in Rome (see articles section for more details) you might like to go along to another mass to celebrate the feast of St Anth...
The alternate number plate rule for traffic in Romes green zone (most of the city within the Gran Raccordo Anulare (GRA)) returns on Thursdays from 19 January for ten weeks until 23 March. Cars with even-numbered plates...
The collection of Christmas trees has been extended by popular demand until 22 January. Old trees can be deposited at six ecological islands organised by the environment agency AMA at 7.00-13.00 and 14.00-18.30 on weekda...
Figures released by the civil courts in Rome show that fewer Roman couples turned to international adoption last year. With just 158 cases of international adoption in the first 9 months of 2005 the final total is expect...
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The number of organ transplants in Lazio in 2006 increased by 25 per cent compared to 2005 figures. Last year doctors in the region carried out a total of 298 transplants (up from 239 the previous year) including 163 kid...
Since smoking was banned in all public places and work places in Italy more than half a million Italians have given up smoking, according to figures from ISTAT, the Italian national statistics institute, and 21,9 per cen...
The city of Rome has a free SMS information service. To obtain the city news, register by sending the word ROMA, via SMS to tel. 3202043348, then choose the type of information you wish from four categories, traffic, new...
Rome has once again got live examples of its symbol, the wolf, six years after the last live wolf in the city died from old age. Not just one wolf but five wolves have been adopted by the Biopark (the new name for Rome z...
The quality of the air in Rome has improved slightly over the past year with a reduction of 100,000 in the number of private cars registered in the city. In order to improve to situation still further the city council ha...
When Pope Benedict XVI appeared in a cold St Peters square for his final audience before Christmas, the more than 20,000 faithful were delighted to see that the he was wearing a camauro, a papal hat dating from the middl...
Rome is making the move to methane buses. Between January and July next year, the Rome city bus company Atac will introduce a fleet of 200 buses using methane instead of petrol. The vehicles will emit 30 per cent less of...
The statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelia, which is in the Capitoline museums, has been moved to its new home. It has been given a permanent position as the star attraction of the newly created Giardino Romano, a co...
Park and ride public car parks near the city centre offer parking with good bus and metro connections to the historic centre for Christmas shoppers. There are facilities at Stazione S. Pietro in Via della Stazione 5; Cip...
After more than half a century, and years of negotiations, the Circolo degli Ufficiali (officers club) is finally preparing to move out of Palazzo Barberini into nearby Palazzina Savorgnan di Brazza. The move will mean t...
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