Pope Francis is changing numerous traditions but probably not many imagined him becoming the icon of a sticker album. The so-called “Album della Gioia” , a publishing project by Officina C...
Girlfriend in Coma in streaming
The film-documentary “Girlfriend in Coma” was screened by “La7”, the former Telecom Italia TV network now propriety of Cairo Communications, on 9 March. The film is writte...
Roberto Benigni reads the Italian Constitution
Fans of Roberto Benigni should tune in to Rai 1 during prime time on 17 December to hear his reading of the Italian constitution. Best known to English-speaking audiences for his role in La Vita &egra...
BBC central to RomaFictionFest
BBC Worldwide takes centre-stage on 1 October at the RomaFictionFest, the sixth edition of the international festival dedicated to television fiction, which runs from 30 September to 5 October a...
English-reading users of Wikipedia will have to do without their favourite first point of reference for 24 hours because the English version of the online encyclopedia is only accessible with difficul...
Rome’s book fair for small publishers
The tenth edition of
Residents in Italy who miss BBC television can view festive-themed programmes for free every day from 1-25 December via the global BBCiPlayer App. BBC Worldwide announced that the service is available...
Wanted in Milan - Our new website is now online
Dear Friends,
We hope you have had a wonderful summer and we know that getting back to ordinary life isn't always easy. But here is the new website that we have been working on while you have been...
The American cable network HBO, in conjunction with British broadcaster BBC2, is planning to produce a mini-series based on Robert Graves' "I, Claudius" novels, after recently acquiring the filming ri...
No more BBC on Italy's digital terrestrial TV
Sadly, clicking channel 43 will no longer bring you BBC World News on digital terrestrial TV. Blogs around Italy are aflame with accusations of censorship and outrage that foreign ― and thus pr...
The Italian journalists
Press freedom demonstration in Rome
A demonstration in favour of freedom of expression and plurality of information in the media will take place on 3 October at 15.30 in Piazza del Popolo. The protest has been called in defence of artic...
Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy
Press demo delayed to mourn dead soldiers
The demonstration in defence of freedom of the press scheduled for 19 September in Rome has been put off until 3 October in sign of respect for the six Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan on 17 Sep...
