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New road rules were introduced at the start of July in an attempt to improve road safety in time for the summer holidays, when millions of Italians traditionally jump into their cars. Italy has one of the worst road safe...
One hundred million vehicles are expected to take to the roads of Italy during the holiday season 24 July-2 September. If you want to avoid the worst of the jams, the Societ Autostrade advises against setting off during...
An ambitious cultural programme to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of Villa Borghese to the public continues throughout the summer, including exhibitions, musical and theatrical events, film screenings and spor...
If you receive an e-mail or an SMS message to your Italian cell phone from an unknown source instructing you to dial a number beginning with the digits 899, beware: the call could cost you as much as e10 and maybe more....
Italians put other nationalities in the shade when it comes to wearing sunglasses, with 56 per cent of citizens wearing theirs every day, according to the Associazione Nazionale Fabbricanti Articoli Ottici (Anfao). Last...
It should have swollen eyes, if you prod it the flesh should be as compact as a hardened muscle, and it should have a tang of the sea about it. When cooked but not too much it should be just as firm, and its freshness...
Just a few days before it took over the EU presidency, the Italian government had a difficult situation on its hands. The concentrated arrival in Sicily of migrants heading north from Africa in the first three weeks of J...
The Golden Gala athletics meeting takes place in Rome 11 July and looks set to attract many of the biggest stars of track and field. The meeting is one of six single-day events that are held over the summer and make up t...
Canadian singer Alanis Morisette will be headlining a free concert in Piazza del Popolo on 12 July, which will also see performances by Britain's Craig David and Will Young and Italian stars Velvet and Nicol Fabi. The mu...
Rome's taxi drivers have announced they will hold a 24-hour strike on Monday 14 July in protest at illegal cabs, taxis from other provinces and regions which pick up passengers in the capital, and concessions at airports...
The Axum obelisk in Piazza Porta Capena outside the headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is due to be returned to Ethiopia in September or early October at the latest. Restoration of the 2...
Think of Rome and the ancient monuments, the priceless art, the timeless history come to mind. At the other end of the scale, perhaps you visualise a good plate of pasta served up in your favourite trattoria or, if you w...
July is the month for fashion collections, and as well as the shows presented by AltaRoma (see article Rome's High Fashion) and individual couturiers, the city is preparing for the impact of the annual spectacle known as...
The final of the first eight-a-side football tournament "Senza frontiere" (without borders) takes place on 16 July. The event was organised by the Associazione Senza Frontiere and the Associazione Romana Pro Juventute to...
The crocodile that had been spotted in Rome by several alarmed residents in the last couple of weeks has apparently been caught, without much of a struggle, as it turns out it was stuffed. Police were alerted after the t...
Footballer Francesco Totti, captain of Roma, star of the Italian national team and butt of innumerable jokes based on his alleged lack of brain power, is enjoying the last laugh. His book, "Tutte le barzellette su Totti....
The tiny Villa Lais in Piazza Cagliero off Via Tuscolana to the east of Romes city centre appears better suited as a play area and venue for the Sunday afternoon passeggiata than as the city councils answer to the questi...
Grab your tyre pump and get your bicycle ready, because the summer provides a good opportunity to see Rome from a different point of view.
Whats that you say? You dont have a bike? No need to worry, as rental shops are...
Short film, the traditional business card of the aspiring director, is enjoying something of a renaissance in Italy as a genre in its own right, with a range of festivals and events showcasing the cutting edge of Italian...
Many foreign cultural academies are taking part in the 2003 Venice Biennale, where 64 national pavilions aim to reveal a cross-section of the worlds realities in the 50th international exhibition of art. This year the ev...
An Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) has opened in the Vatican that gives instructions to users in Latin. "Inserito scidulam quaeso ut faciundam cognoscas rationem", the initial screen commands. The cashpoint can only be us...
A book of stories written by passengers on Rome's public transport system has been published under the title "Parole in corsa". The 173 tales were selected from more than 300 sent to the Trambus web site (www.trambus.com...
An unreleased film starring the late Alberto Sordi, the popular Roman star of movies including "Un americano a Roma", could be shown in the Piazza Campidoglio in the autumn, Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni has suggested. "L...
Gay Pride week in Rome opens on Sat 27 June. There will be seven days of music, cinema, theatre, and conferences along the Tiber Bank between Porta Portese and the Isola Tiberina. The annual Gay Pride parade takes place...
Rome has a new metro stop, "Quintiliani" on line B between Monti Tiburtini and FS Tiburtina stations. The station in the Pietralata district in the northeast of Rome was constructed at the end of the 1980s but remained c...
The city council has opened an office of "Decoro Urbano" which is open Mon-Fri, 10.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00, to receive residents' complaints about urban decay by telephone and e-mail. Office staff locate the problems, t...
Look out for strange nocturnal events in the gardens of Via Sannio, S. Giovanni 23 June-1 July, when a gathering of witches promises mystery and entertainment. Organised by the cultural association "Il Naufragarmedolce"...
Italians are among the unhappiest people in the world, according to a survey of 40 countries conducted by the research institute Censis, with 26.4 percent dissatisfied with the quality of their lives compared with a glob...
A bus full of lawyers will be making its way around the outskirts of Rome over the next month as part of an experiment to provide legal assistance on an itinerant basis. The lawyers of the Foro di Roma will give advice f...
Richard Alford, the director of the British Council in Italy, has been made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the Queens Birthday Honours List. Alford has been director of the British Council...
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