Italian labour unions have announced a 24-hour national transport strike for 7 July. Public transport will stop at midnight on 6 July and, except for minimum guaranteed service, will remain out of service until midnight on 7 July. In Rome, all public...

Rome’s Gay Village opened on 26 June in a new location in the Parco del Ninfeo in EUR instead of at Parco delle Cascate as in previous years. Films, theatrical performances, concerts are available to visitors as well as fresco dining....

Rome’s Gay Village opened on 26 June in a new location in the Parco del Ninfeo in EUR instead of at Parco delle Cascate as in previous years. Films, theatrical performances, concerts are available to The Village is open Thursday...

New on tap detergent points will be inaugurated on 24 and 26 June in Lazio in the towns of Civitavecchia and Frosinone, following the success of the first “on tap” detergents distribution points opened in April and May. Customers can refill...

A study published by the Ente Bilaterale Turismo della regione Lazio (EBTL) in June says that tourism in the city of Rome in the first five months of 2008 has fallen by 2.7 per cent with respect to the same period...

The mayor of Naples, Rosa Russo Iervolino, has announced that a site has been chosen for the city's first termovalorizzatore or thermocycling garbage incinerator. It will be built in Agnano, a northern suburb where ex-pats of a NATO base were...

Suicides and murders committed by family members shoot up by 10-20 per cent in hot weather, the head of La Sapienza University’s forensic science department said this week. According to Professor Francesco Bruno, there were 600 murders by family members in...

As works starts on the new metro line C section to the southeast of Rome, around the existing Pantano - Roma Laziale train line, the city’s public bus service ATAC is providing a bus service from Pantano station to Anagnina metro...

Three days of discussions and experiments on new ways towards economic, social, and environmental sustainability; after its success last year, Ecofest, the festival of the environment organised by the region of Lazio, is back in Rome in Piazza Siena in Villa...

28 June marks the start of the Pauline year, when the Christian church celebrates the approximately 2000th anniversary of the birth of the apostle Paul. In Rome events centre on the basilica of S. Paolo Fuori le Mura, where Pope Benedict...