Britain has a new ambassador to the Quirinale, Sir Ivor Roberts. He replaces Sir John Shepherd, who has retired after three years in Italy.
Sir Ivor has been in the British diplomatic service since 1968, starting his ca...
The book "I signori di Appolonia. Poteri e formazione dello Stato di Africa occidentale fra XVI e XVIII secolo" (Carocci 2002) will be presented at the Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente, in the presence of the i...
The Professional Women's Association is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a party on Wed 18 June. Cocktails will be served from 19.30, followed by a buffet dinner and birthday cake. Admission is 5 for members, 35 fo...
Concert featuring "Platero y yo", the recital of extracts from the work of Argentine writer and poet Jun Ramon Jimenez set to guitar music by M. Castelnuovo Tedesco, and "La Storia di Babar", from a text by Jean de Brunh...
Qualified instructors are hosting gym sessions with aerobics, self defense, yoga and more, every Sunday in Villa Borghese, as part of the park's centenary celebrations.
24 June. Concert by Stefano di Battista, saxophone, and Danilo Rea, piano, in aid of the charity Arch, which provides support for HIV-positive children and children with AIDS, and their families. Tickets cost 50 (21.00).
20 June-21 July 2003. This year the festival celebrates the 300th anniversary of the foundation of St Petersburg with a programme including many Russian artists and companies. The traditional face of Russian art is repre...
The busy district of S. Lorenzo is now closed to private traffic (excluding residents, motorbikes and scooters) Wed-Sun 20.00-03.00. The measure, which affects the area enclosed by, but excluding, Viale Scalo di S. Loren...
If you receive an e-mail or an SMS message to your 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 10 and maybe more. Easily c...
Lyric opera will be performed at the baths of Caracalla this summer for the first time in ten years. George Bizet's "Carmen" will echo around the Roman ruins on eight dates beginning 24 July, directed by Michel Plasson a...
Rome is Italy's ice cream capital, according to a recent report in "Il Messaggero" newspaper, with an average 15 kilograms consumed per person last year. Those cones and cups added up to an estimated 650 million for the...
12 June 2003. Argentinian tenor Marcelo Alvarez and Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra perform in a concert at the Colosseum organised by the city council in conjunction with Zoneattive. The programme includes Ravel and Rac...
The 50th edition of the international arts exhibition opens in Venice on 15 June with the theme "Dreams and conflicts the viewer's dictatorship" directed by Francesco Bonami. This year the biennale is bigger than ever,...