8 Dec 2003-6 Jan 2004. Rome's most famous Christmas fair includes stalls selling toys and decorations, a nativity scene (presepio) by the Association of the Friends of the Presepio, and a merry-go-round.
The first national TV viewers' strike has been proclaimed from Friday 12 Dec until Sunday 14 Dec. Though a regular occurrence in Milan since 1995, this year the initiative has spread to 12 cities across the country, inc...
21 Dec 2003. Join the choir of St Paul's within-the-Walls for carols in the Viminale area. Carollers will meet at the church at 15.30 for a quick rehearsal, and then tour the surrounding streets.
13, 24 Dec 2003. This year's Christmas concert at the Vatican will once again feature big names from around the world, including soul music legend Solomon Burke, Italian singer Gianni Morandi, ex-Boyzone frontman Ronan K...
Police in Italy are trying to find saboteurs who have been injecting poisonous substances into bottled water. About a dozen people across the country have ended up in hospital after drinking contaminated mineral water, a...
14 Dec 2003. Handels "Messiah", performed by the choir of St Pauls within-the-Walls and the Nova Amadeus orchestra, conducted by Laura Simionato (19.00).
21, 23 Dec 2003. The rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is being performed by students of the Istituto Massimiliano Massimo (the Jesuit school in Rome), and the Students Association f...
Trade unions in Italy are not allowed to strike during the holiday period 17 Dec-8 Jan but stoppages in the transport sector are scheduled before these dates. Railway workers belonging to the Orsa trade union have announ...
The Teatro La Fenice in Venice is finally coming back to life after the fire that destroyed it on 29 January 1996. The reconstruction of the theatre began just a year after the fire, but was interrupted in 1998 due to pr...
15 Dec 2003. A presentation of "Di proprio pugno. Autobiografie di emigranti italiani in Argentina e Brasile" by Camilla Cattarulla, and "L'invenzione di un Medioevo americano. Rappresentazioni moderne del passato coloni...
16 Dec 2003. A concert to present the CD "Astor Piazzolla", recorded by the Argentinian pioneer of "new tango" in the auditorium at the Istituto Italo-Latino Americano in 1972. "Cuartetango", featuring Giuliano Bisceglia...