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The second edition of the Salone Italiano del Golf or SIG, will be presented at Arezzo
The military aeronautical base of Vigna di Valle has recently been selected by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as the international experimentation centre for the study of rain.
Vigna di Valle is situated 30...
The number of schoolchildren participating in Rome city council
The ever-popular Sanremo song festival, now in its 57th year, will take place from 27 February to 3 March.
The musical competition will be held at Sanremo
Rome police have announced that they may have discovered the cause of a mysterious bitter smelling cloud that has been appearing erratically across the city and upsetting Rome residents over the last week. The authoritie...
Italy ranks eighth in an international classification on the most
Cars with license plates ending in odd numbers will be banned from the city
De facto (non-married) couples and civil ceremonies are on the rise in Italy, according to Italian bureau of statistics Istat.
In 2005 there were over 500,000 unmarried couples who gave birth to 80,000 children
The number of tourists in Italy in 2006 grew by 11.5 per cent compared to 2005 figures, according to a report by the Touring Club Italiano. The positive swerve comes after several years of fluctuating tourist numbers. Wi...
Senior citizens resident in Rome with an annual gross income not exceeding
Italy is well below the target that it has set for rubbish and recycling, particularly in its southern regions.
In 2005 Italians generated 31.7 million tonnes of waste, 1.6 million more than in 2003.
While the governm...
Around 80 more passenger flights a day may be scheduled at Rome
The cabinet has agreed upon a bill setting out rights for unmarried couples after months of wrangling between the nine parties in prime minister Romano Prodi
ISTAT, the Italian institute for statistics, is altering the makeup of the basket to be applied in 2007 in the determining of changes in the cost of living. The main change is the dropping of the ordinary camera, photogr...
Government controls have begun on a national scale to ensure that shops are issuing receipts to customers. Three out of every 10 businesses inspected since 1 January 2007 are not complying with this requirement.
Some...
The Italian antitrust authority has published the results of a survey it started a year ago into the cost of current accounts, with the conclusion that the cost
Cars with license plates ending in even numbers will be banned from the city
Fines for double parking in Rome can be made even in the absence of the municipal police. It is enough that an offence be registered by one of the surveillance cameras installed by the city in areas where double and tr...
The ministry of fine arts has announced that every weekend until 5 and 6 of May 2007 there will guided tours to the historic rooms (Saloni Storici) of the Palazzo Venezia which are normally not accessible to public excep...
lWork by the late French artist Gilles Aillaud (1928-2005) goes on show at the French Academy at Villa Medici in Evasioni, the first big exhibition of the year, 8 Feb-8 April.
During his years in high school Aillaud su...
It was a very happy mayor Walter Veltroni who officially announced last November that Rome was to have its first public golf course, to be built on land conceded by the city. Less happy, but still upbeat, was Franco Chim...
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The Italian government and football authorities have outlined tough new measures at a special cabinet meeting following the suspension of all matches on 2 February. The sanction was imposed after a 38-year-old police off...
The government was set to meet the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on Monday 5 February to decide when Italian football will be restarted. All domestic and international Italia...
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