Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) is offering 15 to 60 per cent discounts on 12 high-speed railway routes in order to gain an dvantage over the airlines on travel between Italy's largest cities.
Discounts are on a sliding scale...
The largest labour union in Italy, the CGIL, has called a demonstration in Rome for 4 April to protest the rising unemployment, falling salaries and weakened pensions that have resulted from Italy's faltering economy.
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From 2 April only digital thermometers are available for sale in Italy. Thermometers containing mercury have now been banned, in line with a 2006 European Union directive to reduce the use and spread of the highly toxic...
1 April-24 May 2009. 50 hand-coloured photographs of celebrities and friends, self-portraits and staged images taken by the Egyptian artist over the past 15 years.
Spring gardens
Something of a magical destination, the ruined mediaeval town of Ninfa to the south of Rome is where, over a century, generations of the Caetani family planted and cultivated a wildly romantic English-st...
500 years after the glories of the Renaissance a new art movement burst forth in Italy to dazzle the west. It was exalted and explained by the poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who published its manifesto in the Paris dail...
When the house is burning it is best not to pour oil on the flames. But on his first visit to Africa Pope Benedict XVI seemed to have little regard for conventional wisdom. At the outset of his trip he lobbed not just a...
The city council has approved a plan to fuse Rome's three public transport companies, Atac Spa, Met.Ro Spa and Trambus Spa. According to the plan, parent company Atac, which oversees planning and development of Rome's pu...
Landfill managers around Lazio are threatening to turn away rubbish from Rome and 14 other towns in Lazio unless their municipal waste collection companies start paying arrears.
According to local business association F...
International Nursery and Preschool (4 months to 6 years) is looking for qualified, experienced and MOTHER TONGUE ENGLISH teacher for Preschool. Please send CVs to info@littlestari...
Hello everyone,
I’m renting out my charming and cozy 110 sqm apartment starting this June.
Strategically located between Termini, Santa Maria Maggiore, and Piazza Vittorio, the a...
Dedicated and passionate English teacher with experience in secondary and adult education, specialising in grammar, writing, and communication skills. Skills supporting diverse lea...
Tucked away in a green valley with a river running through just over an hour’s drive from Rome, is a tiny medieval village built from stone. Our bedrooms are dotted around the hea...