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A new railway link will directly connect Rome airport and the main cities in central and northern Italy. It will take 2 hours and 14 minutes to arrive in Florence and 2 hours 59 to get to Bologna, while a longer ride would be required to Padua (3 hours and 57 minutes) and Venice (4 hours and 12 minutes).   The new high-speed routes will star...

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Italy is turning to the private sector to try to increase the profitability of some of its cultural treasures, including the Uffizi gallery in Florence and Borghese gallery in Rome.   Under a new initiative sponsored by the government of the prime minister, Matteo Renzi, Italy's cultural centres are likely to begin to look more like other gr...

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by Nicoletta Cottone   Visitors to the Jubilee, which starts in Rome this December, will need to present a pass in order to enter the Porta Santa (holy door) of the Basilica of San Pietro in Rome. The goal is to avoid massive queues and chaos and be able to adjust on-site security to the number of people expected. Starting in October, p...

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by Chiara Beghelli   The project was announced in March 2014, but now it's ready to go. In a very warm Roman morning, Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of jewelry company Bulgari, together with the Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, inaugurated the restoration works of the Spanish Steps, one of the most iconic and loved places in the city.   Bul...

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di Emma Bonino   Signor Presidente del Consiglio, Cari Ambasciatori, gentili ospiti, sono molto lieta di darvi il benvenuto oggi a questa decima Conferenza degli Ambasciatori d'Italia nel mondo. Quando l'anno scorso ho assistito alla sessione inaugurale della Conferenza, alla presenza del Signor Presidente della Repubblica, non avr...

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Una linea marittima diretta fra il porto di Civitavecchia e quelli di Halifax, in Canada, e Baltimora, negli Stati Uniti. L'iniziativa e' del gruppo armatoriale Grimaldi Napoli, uno dei piu' importanti in Europa, ed e' una delle conseguenze della ripresa del mercato automobilistico.   "Trasporteremo le auto prodotte nello stabilimento Fca di...

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The year of Italian culture in the United States aims to strengthen ties with the American people, with whom Italy "shares the values of democracy, rule of law, identity and respect for people", asserted Minister Giulio Terzi, who presented the initiative along with US Secretary of State John Kerry. More than 180 events in 40 American cities aimed...

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No one enjoys a city break with inclement weather and sightseeing in most European cities during December and January means the seasonal temperatures can deter all but the most earnest of travellers. Despite having an average 111 mm of rainfall and temperatures around 8°C, Rome provides the perfect escape route with its abundance of underground anc...

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"Questa è l'ultima Assemblea plenaria di questo Cgie". Elio Carozza non ha dubbi e - nella prima giornata di lavoro alla Farnesina - apre la relazione del Comitato di Presidenza con ringraziamenti e saluti. Riprende i temi cari al Consiglio Generale e cita gli appuntamenti e le battaglie che hanno visto il Cgie in prima linea.   Questo perch...

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Arrivederci, New York! After seven months on the job, Mayor de Blasio is taking a break from City Hall and hitting his ancestral homeland of Italy for a 10-day vacation.   The mayor, his wife, Chirlane McCray, and their kids Chiara, 19, and Dante, 16, are scheduled to depart on July 18 for a multi-city Italian tour sources told the Daily Ne...

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