Strikes in Italy on 12 March

Italy’s main trade union confederation CGIL has called a four-hour strike on 12 March over labour, taxation and immigration issues. Transport services will be worst hit but people should expect other public services to be disrupted at some point during...

Rome court rejects Berlusconi list again

The Rome electoral office, a section of the Rome tribunal, has rejected for the second time the list of candidates for prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Popolo della Libertà (PdL) in the 28-29 March regional elections. The court first rejected the...

New School Rome students present WFP with donation for Haiti quake victims

Students from one of Rome's leading international schools presented the Rome based World Food Programme with a cheque for €6000 on Tuesday 9 March to help victims of the recent Haiti earthquake. Five students from The New School Rome representing...

Court confirms Berlusconi list exclusion in Rome

The Lazio regional administrative tribunal has upheld an appeals court ruling excluding candidates of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right Popolo della Libertà (PdL) from running in regional elections in the constituency represented by the province of Rome on 28-29 March....

Pincio restored

The Pincio, which looks out over Piazza del Popolo, has once again become a place for leisure-time strollers, children and tourists. It has now been restored after several years of abandon during excavations for the proposed Pincio car park. The present...

Rome campaigns against plastic bags

Some of Rome’s more eco-conscious supermarkets already provide paper and eco bags for customers. Now AMA, the city’s waste disposal utility, has started to distribute paper shopping bags throughout the city. From 8-14 and 22-28 March it will give out...

Online Rome council service for traffic fines

Rome council has introduced a service on its website allowing people to see if they will be receiving a request for payment for outstanding traffic fines received before 31 December 2004. Clicking on the box titled Concordato multe elevate fino...

Formigoni civic list readmitted to elections in Lombardy

President of the northern Lombardy region Roberto Formigoni of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right Popolo della Libertà (PdL) is back in the running for re-election on 28-29 March. The Lombardy regional administrative court accepted his appeal against an earlier court...

Rome pays tribute to Miriam Makeba

Rome pays tribute to the late South African singer-songwriter Miriam Makeba with a programme of events and concerts from 10-13 March. The tribute is an idea of the Movimento degli Africani in Italia, an organisation working to promote the rights...

Polverini civic list admitted for Lazio election

The Rome appeal court has admitted the civic list of the centre-right candidate for the Lazio regional elections, Renata Polverini, overturning an earlier decision to exclude it over a missing signature. The ruling means that Polverini can run for election...