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Fathers from two Italian associations demonstrated at Romes Fiumicino international airport mid November, warning foreigners not to marry in Italy. The men members of associations for divorced and separated fathers cla...
The multinational food company Nestl was smarting today over the confiscation and withdrawal of 30 million litres of its baby-milk products from the supermarket shelves in Italy. The products in question Mio, Mio Cereal...
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The amount of counterfeit goods intercepted by Italian customs authorities at Romes Fiumicino airport and other arrival points in Lazio has risen by 1,300 per cent over the last two years. Despite the record seizures, ma...
Rome is the only Italian city still to feature in the top ten European tourist destinations, according to research carried out by Italys Buon Viaggio Network. Paris retained the number three spot, although Madrid and Lon...
On 16 November the Italian senate, the upper house of the parliament, voted in favour of a contentious devolution bill entailing the first changes to the countrys constitution since its drafting in 1947. However, as the...
The hill town of Zagarolo in the province of Rome is to be the home of the first Jewish university in Italy. The Palazzo Rospigliosi, built in the town in the 16th century, will become the Italian headquarters of Touro C...
The world roller-skating championships will take place at Palalottomatica in the EUR area of Rome from 17-27 November. More than 1,000 competitors from 35 countries are expected to take part. Italians currently hold seve...
Lucky parents can receive a 1000 baby bonus for every child born or adopted in 2005 (and not just for second children as first planned), alongside a cheque for 160 for any children under three years of age (those born or...
Striking Italian journalists brought news agencies, printing presses and radio and television broadcasting to a halt this Wednesday and Thursday. Members of the FNSI, the main journalists union, organised a two-day strik...
A multi-faith service will be held on Remembrance Day Fri 11 Nov to commemorate the dead of two world wars and subsequent conflicts. The ceremony, organised by the British Embassy, takes place at 10.45 at the Rome Comm...
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Italian Vino Novello was released onto the market officially at midnight on 6 November. Wine makers all over the country have been producing Vino Novello since it was legally recognised in 1987 and this year there will b...
First the price of an espresso coffee went up, then a basket of vegetables at the supermarket, now the cost of funerals is in the spotlight. According to Italian consumer association Codacons, the average burial costs fo...
The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) based in Rome has launched an educational video game for children aged 8-13, called Food Force. The game takes children to a fictitious island in the Indian Ocean where drough...
To celebrate the festivals of All Saints and All Souls, Italians traditionally visit their family tombs; Cemeteries all over Italy fill with people carrying flowers for the graves and in Rome there are two days of guided...
The European Commission is taking Italy to task over its plan for the Messina Straits bridge, following a formal complaint by the World Wildlife Fund. Brussels is concerned that the Italian government skimped on environm...
A new low-cost airline, Blu-express a part of Blue Panorama airlines, will begin operations out of Romes Fiumicino airport on 21 November with two flights daily to Bari and three flights daily to Milan Malpensa. From...
Protests have broken out in several Italian cities against the governments university reform package, being voted on in the chamber of deputies on Tuesday. In Rome it is estimated that over 50,000 students and professors...
The Rome and Lazio economy may be running well compared to the rest of Italy, but CNA, the confederation of artisan and small and medium businesses fear that it is beginning to slow. At their annual provincial conference...
Since the end of conscription in January this year, there has been fewer young people signing up for community service, once the official alternative to military service. Now a national civil voluntary service has been s...
Every year children from Rome's elementary and junior secondary schools are taken on school trips between October and May. In the past four years the number of children participating has risen from 4,000 in 2000 to 18,...
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