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Italys opposition centre-left coalition scored an overwhelming victory in regional elections this Sunday and Monday. Initial fears that turnout would be low following the death of Pope John Paul II on Saturday proved unf...
Riccardo Muti resigned as musical director of the Teatro alla Scala, the famous Milan opera house, on 2 April. In his resignation letter Muti, who was appointed to the position in 1986, explained that hostility towards h...
Italy is Europes number one for freelancers, with 28 per cent of the workforce registered as self-employed. The new finding comes from the recently released OECD Factbook 2005: Environmental and Social Statistics, which...
Just beyond the extreme western boundary of Rome, a new so-called city of the future is taking shape, heralded by its inventors, with a dash of hyperbole, as a modern version of the famed ideal cities of the Renaissance....
Fencing may be the only sport in the world in which you can strike your opponent on the head with a sword and get a handshake when youre done. Such a blow would surely draw the whistle in a basketball game, while swordpl...
Italys recent sharp slide down the international competitiveness stakes has prompted a national crisis of confidence. The Italian economy came 47th in the World Economic Forums (WEF) 2004 competitiveness rankings, six pl...
If you go to Rome to pay homage to the pope, use public transport. Expect to find organised but very long queues. Hot during the day, cool at night. For info tune into 103.3. This is the message the civil protection unit...
Employees of the Vatican, including Vatican radio staff, have been queuing for several hours to pay their last respects to the body of Pope John Paul II in the Clementine hall inside the Vatican. Large numbers of people...
Thousands of mourners gathered in St Peter's square this morning for a commemorative mass for John Paul II.
Pilgrims and tourists listened then applauded as Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state under Pope John Pau...
The first decision that the college of cardinals will take when it meets in the Vatican on Monday 4 April is to decide the time of the transfer of the body of Pope John Paul II to St Peters basilica where it will lie in...
People have already started arriving in Rome to pay their respects to John Paul II, who died on Saturday evening and whose body will lie in state in St Peters basilica from Monday afternoon to the funeral which is expect...
Italian politicians and officials, Vatican clerics and members of the diplomatic corps paid their respects throughout Sunday 3 April to the late Pope John Paul II, whose body is lying in state in the Vatican.
The pope...
lThe sixth annual Trend season of plays by new British writers performed by Italian theatre companies is now under way at Teatro Belli, produced by Rodolfo di Giammarco and promoted by the British Council.
This seasons...
Imagine exotic, mouth-watering aromas that you have not experienced in months. Then imagine your taste buds soaking up forgotten flavours in the way that dry earth absorbs a downpour. Although I still enjoy a delicate sa...
''He was one of us. I've been coming to see him since 1986. I was 18 then. I was and am a boy scout. There was a scout-rally in the Abruzzo, a mountainous region to the east of Rome. There were 13,000 of us. He came by...
It was as I sat at a friends house in Borgo Vittorio, just a few streets from St Peters, that I heard the bell toll. There had been so many false alarms over the last few days, but the heaviness of this ring was differen...
by Laura Clarke.
Non ci sar unaltro papa come lui. There will be no other pope like him, said an elderly lady at the news of the death of John Paul II, wiping the tears from her eyes. She was one of many people in St Pe...
All through Friday evening people have been gathering in St Peters Square to wait for news of the death of Pope John Paul II. Families with children, young couples, small groups of nuns, stood watching the two brightly l...
Italians go to the polls on Sunday 3 April and Monday 4 April to elect 14 regional governments, two provincial governments and 367 city and town councils, of which nine are provincial capitals. In total, more than 41 mil...
The wording on the city council advertisement says: In Rome its easier now you can change your residence without leaving your kitchen. It is an exaggeration, but what it means is that some of the bureaucratic procedure...
The Italian region of Lombardy has released the results of a survey on how young couples are living and dividing the domestic chores. Conducted for them by three separate pollsters, 2,881 people between the ages of 21 an...
by Gerald OCollins, S.J
He doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus. Shakespeares words about Julius Caesar bear applying to Pope John Paul IIs mission on our planet. During the years of his papacy, he went on...
After a long day waiting, the news of the death of Pope John Paul II at 21.30 local time still came almost as a surprise to the city. Although people have been making their way to St Peters for the last two days, and alt...
Lazio, Romes "other" football team, has been on the verge of bankruptcy for over a year. Players have not seen their salaries for months and taxes have not been paid. The current owner of Lazio, Claudio Lotito, has now p...
The Rome city council has approved the creation of three new cycle paths. The areas involved are Mandrione, Tor Vergata and Ostia. Public tenders for the construction work will be published in the next few weeks and buil...
If a new proposal is passed by the Rome city council, each administrative department will have to appoint one person responsible for evaluating complaints. All written or e-mailed complaints received from disgruntled res...
Thursday 31 March will be the 12th and final Thursday of restricted traffic in the city. Vehicles with licence plates ending with an odd number will not be allowed to circulate in the "fascia verde" the green zone betw...
Italy goes to the polls on 3 and 4 April in local elections, and all the political parties will be looking closely at the results. Fourteen governors (regional presidents) will be chosen along with regional and provincia...
A total 3.5 million Italian civil servants, mainly in the health and research sectors, have not had their work contracts renewed for 15 months. Many had previously been told that their request for a pay rise of 105 per m...
If a new proposal is passed by the Rome city council, each administrative department will have to appoint one person responsible for evaluating complaints. All written or e-mailed complaints received from disgruntled res...
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Join Club Tutti Expats & Locals of Roma (https://www.meetup.com/clubtuttiroma) for a delightful aperitif which will be held on Friday April 26th at 6:30 PM at the organic restauran...
