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There will be special Easter offers at supermarkets and markets in Rome thanks to another Roma spende bene campaign supported by the city council. The special offer, costing 15.90, will contain a traditional Easter cake...
Italys most famous and wanted mafia boss, Bernardo Provenzano, was arrested on Tuesday 11 April in a farm house two kilometres from his home town of Corleone in Sicily. Provenzano has been in hiding since 1963. Fifty po...
Agreement has been reached between the Vatican museum and the Rome city council to prepare a project for the building of a new entrance to the Vatican museums. The entrance would be in the Piazza Risorgimento, probably t...
The new drug laws recently passed through the Italian parliament came into effect on 5 April following publication of the amount of drugs that may be carried for personal use. The amounts are as follows:-
Heroin 10 dos...
ANZAC Day memorial
Australians and New Zealanders in Rome will celebrate ANZAC day on Tues 25 April. The day is a public holiday in their respective countries and commemorates the men of the Australia and New Zealand Ar...
Fifteen homosexual and heterosexual couples living in stable relationships have asked to be listed in the first Rome register of Civil Unions which was started in the X municipality , the densely populated areas of Cinec...
The British foreign office has issued a new guide to its services for UK tourists and nationals resident abroad. The guide sets out comprehensively what the foreign office can and cannot do for those in difficulty as a r...
European summertime begins on Sunday 26 March with clocks going forward one hour at 03.00. The next time clocks change will be on Sunday 29 October when the clocks will go back an hour.
Pope Benedict XVI has called his first consistory, a meeting of all cardinals, on 24 and 25 March, during which he will create 15 new cardinals. At present there are a total of 178 but only 110 under the age of 80, and t...
There is a new help line for gay, lesbian and transsexual people run by Arcigay Roma, the Italian lesbian and gay association, in collaboration with the city and province of Rome. The toll free number to call is 80071371...
The annual Lenten Rice Bowl collection organised by English-speaking churches in the city is in aid of the European Womens Solidarity Fund and its work in Bosnia in particular. During the six-week period of Lent leading...
The United States state department has published a report on human rights worldwide on its official website www.state.gov. The part of the report devoted to Italy, states that Italy generally respects the rights of the p...
The Italian rugby football team playing against Wales in the Six Nations championship
won its first ever point in an away match, when they drew 18-18. The two sides fought hard to gain the upper hand, in what was a sket...
One of the most famous paediatric hospitals in Rome the Bambino Ges has opened a new hostel where children from outside the city, who are receiving long treatment at the hospital, such as chemiotherapy or dialyses, may s...
On the eve of International womens day on 8 March, Eurisko, an independent market and social research institute, has released a survey on how the values and desires of women in Italy have changed over the past ten years....
Over one thousand people have signed up for the new solitary register Res (Romani e solidali) launched on 15 February to create greater community links by matching up free resources with the needs of people living in Rom...
The political temperature went up in Italy following the news that Pope Benedict XVI will give an audience to a group of the European Popular Party-European Democrats; the most numerous political group in the European pa...
Closed circuit television cameras are to be installed at Romes Verano and Prima Porta cemeteries following a series of thefts of monumental statuary. In the past few day thieves have attempted to steal two stone lions fr...
Pope Benedict XVI visited the studios of Vatican Radio, the broadcasting station of the Holy See, in Palazzo Pio on 3 March to mark the stations 75th anniversary. The pontiff met representatives of the stations 39 langua...
Plans have been announced for the complete modernisation of Romes La Sapienza university hospital, the Policlinico Umberto I. The sprawling hospital extends over 15 hectares and is made up of 46 buildings linked by more...
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