A new law has been passed for the protection of animals in Italy. In future anyone killing, abandoning, ill-treating, using in cruel competitions or betting on a domestic animal will be committing a criminal offence, pun...
This great Etruscan work, attributed to Vulca, will be back on display on 16 July in the Etruscan Museum, Villa Giulia, after its first major cleaning since it was excavated in 1916 near Veio, close to Rome.
The terraco...
A new express bus service between EUR Fermi metro station and Ostia Lido was inaugurated on 10 July. The 070 express will run every ten minutes from EUR to Castelfusano between 09.00 and 11.000 and then on the return jo...
23 July-21 Aug 2004. The festival, in Puccinis birthplace near Lucca, opened with an extraordinary early celebrative performance of Madama Butterfly on the exact date of its centenary with stage direction by Vivien Hewit...
Romes city authorities have stepped up provisions for the elderly in the summer months. Six newly-opened oases in addition to 18 green areas which have been running for the past two years will serve as meeting points for...
There are 188,000 millionaires in Italy. Those who that have at least $1 million or e820,000, at their disposal now make up one in every 300 Italians; the average sum of one of these bank accounts is in excess of e1.8 mi...
The chips are down for Italys most famous car-maker, Fiat. The firm is up to its eyebrows in debt, struggling to withstand the pace of an increasingly competitive market and facing restless trade unions worried about an...
Private swimming pools are usually connected to hotels and admission generally includes towels, sun beds and umbrellas. Ask about discounts for children and season tickets. Hotel Shangri L Corsetti, Viale Algeria 141 (EU...
AVIS (Associazione Volontari Italiani Sangue) is currently running a blood donation campaign aimed at reducing the annual country-wide shortfall of blood experienced in Italy during the summer period when most people go...
A beach party at Ostias Corallobeach on Fri 9 July will raise funds for Arch, an organisation that helps HIV-positive children. Guests can dance the night away on the atmospheric, torch-lit beach to music from the 1970s...
South-east Asian cuisine is linked together by common underlying food philosophies, ingredients, flavours and preparations, although it can vary widely. It is comparable to the idea of Mediterranean food: the countries s...
Every art scene in the world has its own snobberies, rules, mafias, impenetrable market machinations. Every opening exists on a different level with a different clan of admirers and, if possible, regimented buyers. Of co...
Michael Burns, a 31-year-old Irishman from Belfast, confessed why he now had more Italian friends than fellow-foreigners. To be honest, I now realise people of my own tongue will inevitably move on at some time. The Ital...
These Russell Page designed gardens are open to the public on the first and third Sunday in July and September and on 14 and 15 August. For information tel. 3332266855.
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An informal romantic garden created around the ruins of an abandoned mediaeval town. Open the first weekend of the month until November, from 9.00 - 12.00, 14.30 - 18.00. Information from the Agenzia di soggiorno di Lati...
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The Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) is hosting a Spring Market on Saturday, May 31. There will be American and Italian baked goods, second-hand clothing, handmade greeting cards...
The Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) invites you to a Fundraising Aperitivo. All proceeds will go directly toward supporting refugees and asylum seekers through the JNRC’s vital p...
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