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On Sunday 17 and Monday 18 April, more than a million Italians will be eligible to vote in "run-off" voting for 25 town and city councils, including five provincial capitals, Venice, Matua, Pavia, Chieti and Andria, as w...
The influence of John Paul II will be present in more ways than one at the conclave that opens in the Sistine Chapel on 18 April. Firstly, almost all the cardinals present were appointed by him. Secondly, John Paul II re...
These are some of the names to look out for in the future of the Roman Catholic Church. Any one of these men might be a future pope, but all of them will have an influence one way or another on the way the Church will go...
Those interested in the papal sartorial details should quickly make a visit to the premises of Annibale Gammarelli, the papal tailors, 34 Via di S. Chiara, near the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva.
Three sets of vestme...
A litre of unleaded petrol at most Italian petrol stations went up from 1.199 to 1.249 in the first week of April. Add an increase of 0.05 per litre for medium-large sized cars and the price rise for a full tank becomes...
Every day, one in two Italians commute, whether by car, train, bus or tram. According to a survey by the Italian statistics institute, Istat , 26 million people travel every day from one Italian city to another. Two thir...
The Italian soccer league matches resumed after the break for papal funeral on a sour note with post-match soccer violence reported in at least five cities, Rome, Palermo, Udine, Cava dei Tirreni and Perugia, with rival...
The Czech Republic is opening a cultural institute in Rome. Directed by Miloslav Hirsch, the new institute in Via Costabella 28-32 will be inaugurated on Thursday 14 April, with an exhibition of works by Jan Knap, the co...
Turin-based football team Juventus is bracing itself for an emotional night on Wednesday 13 April when the team faces English opponents Liverpool for the second time in eight days.
The clubs played each other last Tuesd...
A special concert in memory of Pope John Paul II will be held on Wednesday 13 April in Rome at the Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Piazza della Reppublica at 21.00, when the orchestra and chorus of the Rome opera hous...
Rome celebrates its birthday, or natale di Roma, on 21 April, 2,759 years after Romulus is believed to have founded the city. The Gruppo Storico Romano (GSR), an association that recreates the characters and
customs of...
The human rights section of the European court of justice in Strasburg has given Italy until 6 May to explain the expulsion of illegal immigrants who landed on the island of Lampedusa in mid-March. The court is particula...
Italians drank more than two billion litres of mineral water in 2004 in restaurants and bars. Usually when a glass of mineral water is ordered, the barman will pour it from a large, already open bottle, but that is about...
On the third Sat of every month, the director of the Museo di Roma gives a guided tour of the museum and discusses specific themes related to the permanent collection. The next visit is on Sat 16 April and will be centre...
Sad but jubilant crowds held centre-stage along with the simple wooden coffin of Pope John Paul II at his funeral on Friday 8 April.
The pope and his pilgrim people have been the protagonists of this intense week of mo...
Pilgrims and Romans will be able to watch the funeral rite of Pope John Paul II on large screens in at least 11 locations in the city: S. Maria Maggiore, S. Giovanni in Laterano, S. Paolo, Tor Vergata, Circo Massimo, Pia...
Tattoos, lollipops and statues
If you think that the immense line of people waiting to pay their last respects to John Paul II is too much for you, you wont be joining the lines to buy commemorative souvenirs either. Ho...
House prices in Italy continued their upward trend in 2004, according to a recent report from the large real estate agency Tecnocasa. Prices in the second half of last year rose by an average of six per cent in major cit...
Sandwiched between Piazza Vittorio and S. Maria Maggiore, residents of a small Roman palazzo have been opposing a mobile phone mast since July 2004.
The furtive night-time installation was only prevented when local poli...
Rome Baptist Church will start its third term of English classes on Tues 12 April at 18.30. There are currently four levels available taught by English mother-tongue teachers. Classes last for ten weeks and are free. All...
The name of Rome's central station, the "Stazione Termini", may be changed in memory of Pope John Paul II. City mayor, Walter Veltroni, announced that he had asked the state railways to consider this request, at an extra...
The American International Club of Rome is an international group that meets regularly to provide its members with an opportunity to enjoy mutual interests and experiences through cultural, educational and social exchang...
The 40th edition of the Agriturist, a guide to farms offering holiday accommodation in Italy, is out now. There are more than 13,500 farms all over Italy offering restaurants and accommodation. Many have swimming pools a...
The Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) will take place from 15-21 April at the Nuovo Olimpia cinema in Via in Lucina 16/g. Over 50 films will be shown from all over the world including the Czech Republic, France, Iran...
''No, I've never seen anything like it, admitted Captain Giovanni Cimotti from Rome's municipal police, the man in charge of handling the movement of the massive deluge of visitors pouring into Rome for the funeral of Po...
The college of cardinals set Monday 18 April as the date for the beginning of the conclave to elect the new pope to succeed Pope John Paul II.
Meanwhile, detailed planning continues for the funeral at 10.00 on Friday, w...
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...
At 08.00 on Tuesday, the people queuing to pay their respects to the body of John Paul II stretched from Vicolo delle Palline near Borgo S. Angelo, snaking through for about a kilometre to Via Conciliazione and finally t...
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...
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