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The province of Rome has confirmed that it will continue providing season tickets for public transport at reduced prices for students up to 26 years old, and for commuters resident in the province with a gross annual inc...
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...
The Roman airports authority, Aeroporti di Roma, which runs Romes Fiumicino and Ciampino airports, has registered an increase of ten per cent in the passengers arriving this year compared to the Easter weekend of 2004....
Local councils of several small towns and villages in Lazio have protested to the regional government about a new ruling which allows taxis and hire cars to take passengers from the locality where their licence is issued...
Now that spring has really begun, thousands of people will start to tidy their gardens and begin the home improvements they have been putting off all winter. Before they start these apparently harmless tasks, the Europea...
Pope John Paul II made a 15-minute appearance at the window of his study for his traditional Easter blessing of Urbi et Orbi. The popes appearance, the only one during Holy Week, was the longest he has made at his windo...
A new pedestrian precinct has been completed in the centre of Rome, just in time for Easter. The walk, which is one kilometre long, goes from the Largo Argentina along the Via dei Cestari to the Piazza della Minerva and...
Trambus, the city of Rome public transport company, re-introduced the filobus (trolley-bus) to the city on 22 March after an absence of 33 years. Thirty of these new buses have begun service on the 90 express route from...
Tourists and residents will be able to visit all of the principle museums and archaeological sites in Italy over the Easter weekend. Details of the places which will be open and the opening times are available on www.ben...
Admiral Sergio Biraghi, commander-in-chief of the Italian navy, announced in his recent annual report that the navies of 22 countries will participate in the running of a Mediterranean control centre which is being set u...
Italian trade unions have announced that there will be a 24-hour national stoppage starting at 21.00 on Sunday 10 April. Travellers will experience widespread disruption of the rail service throughout Italy. All the main...
The Italian parliament has approved the first phase of major constitutional reforms that will give more power to the regions at the expense of the central government, more to the prime minister at the expense of the pres...
John Earles account of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Balkans during world war two is a masterpiece of detached, investigative reporting. We only know Earle was actually there from the information on the b...
Thursday 24 March will be the eleventh Thursday of restricted traffic in Rome. Vehicles with licence plates ending with an even number will not be allowed to circulate in the citys "fascia verde" the green zone between...
They call him the Italian moose. Roberto Guidoni, 53, is a small farmer from near Brescia in northern Italy. In the next few days he is expected to win one of the most gruelling races in the world for the third time. The...
The president of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has awarded Nicola Calipari the "Medaglia d'oro al Valor Militare alla memoria".
Calipari was killed by United States troops while driving with the Italian hostage Giuliana Sg...
The political group Social Alternative, led by Alessandra Mussolini, has been re-admitted to the race for the elections in the Lazio region of Italy on 3-4 April. Mussolinis party was stopped from running when the region...
"Cultural Internet" has been launched by the Italian ministry for fine arts and the national heritage. The website, which will eventually cost 5.6 million, will offer the public online access to libraries, archives and...
You may have noticed a poster that has adorned the insides and outsides of the citys trams and buses for the last few months. It features close-up photos of eight different mouths, each with the words Il difensore civico...
The Descent from the Cross fresco by Daniele Ricciarelli da Volterra (1509-1566) has been unveiled after three years of painstaking restoration work and decades of neglect.
On the Pincio, near the foundations of the ga...
If at this moment a crisis explodes somewhere in the world involving Italian citizens, a highly-trained team in Rome, backed up by banks of sophisticated equipment, will be in action within seconds to locate and help the...
A good map of Lazio is advised for the following trip, because once off the motorway, the roads twist in all directions. It is also a good idea to set off early in order to avoid finding churches closed for the midday br...
John Earles account of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Balkans during world war two is a masterpiece of detached, investigative reporting. We only know Earle was actually there from the information on the b...
Rome was transformed after it became the capital of the new Italy in 1870. A burgeoning middle class wanted houses, theatres, cafs and shops. Prince Maffeo Sciarra, owner of prime property near the Trevi fountain, obligi...
Only a month ago, the European Union gave the Bank of Italy a telling off, saying that the Italian banking market was "too closed" to foreigners. It suggested that the Bank of Italy was not encouraging foreign participat...
Following the example of France, Switzerland and Belgium, Rome city council has set aside Saturday 7 May as its first "Neighbours Day". Condominiums all over the city are being invited to organise festive gatherings eith...
Atac and Metrobus, the Rome city council transport companies, launched eight new bus routes on Monday 21 March. The routes provide better links between metro and suburban train stations and makes access to the new immigr...
Both Michael Schumacher and Ferrari have for many years seemed unbeatable. The sight of the tall imposing German standing on the podium risked becoming repetitive, as did the smiling diminutive figure of Ferrari team bos...
Sunday 13 March.
Police discovered that 24 out of 100 petrol stations between Milan and Florence were delivering 49 litres of petrol for every 50 litres shown on the pump.
Monday 14 March.
Favourable weather conditi...
Pope John II will not be leading the celebrations of Holy Week as usual. The Vatican has announced that the pope will instead participate from his apartments. The pope is still recovering in the Vatican after a tracheoto...
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Aperitif at the organic restaurant
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...
