Finding suitable childcare in the Lazio region will soon be much easier with the introduction of the "Casa Nido" project. As of late December, women who have undergone the training scheme to become so-called "tagesmutters" (a German term meaning "day mothers")...

In preparation for their prime time documentary "New Homes from Hell: Buying Abroad", ITV television network is seeking British expatriates who have had singularly negative experiences buying homes abroad. ITV says that in addition to reporting the stories, they will also...

The theme of this year’s Settimana della Storia at the Ara Pacis from 18-22 November is from “From the trenches to the piazza: the irruption of youth in Europe in the twentieth century”. The discussions and lectures will explore the development...

Wanted in Rome would like to thank anyone who has written in recently informing us about irregular replies to their classified advertising. These take the form of “phishing” – such as returning false cheques made out for large sums of money,...

Buoyant figures open the seventh edition of the AgrieTour expo in Arezzo from 14-16 November. Statistics formulated by the AgrieTour national observatory show that in 2007 the number of farms offering holidays in the Lazio region went up by 9 per...

Google has unveiled a new function for its programme, Google Earth, allowing users to see ancient Rome as it was in 320 AD at the height of the city’s expansion. Depending on your computer and internet connection this may take a...

The city attorney’s office has sequestered the new waste disposal plant at the Malagrotta landfill northwest of Rome a day before its planned inauguration on 13 Nov. According to the court order filed by the city’s attorney’s office, the gasifier had...

Four market traders have lost their case to sell clothes and trinkets in Campo de' Fiori after the Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) rejected their plea against the decision made by the Rome city hall in 2003, which fixed a quota...

City officials are claiming success for the city helpline at 060606. According to the figures the helpline has received more than 16 million calls since October 2002, when it started, and October 2008. Begun as a switchboard for the city council, the...

A study by the senate’s judicial commission has revealed that 80 per cent of Italy’s prison population suffers from poor health. Drug addiction is the leading health malady afflicting over 21 per cent of inmates in Italy compared to the Italian...