Tag Archives: Rome

Wednesday, 27 September 2017 :  This weekend the best riders in the world were competing in the Stadio di Marmei, in Rome. The young Swedish Evelina Tovek litteraly impressed the crowd, beating Harrie Smolders in the jump off. If he did not win in Italy, the Dutch has, before the …

Monday, 17 July 2017 ROME – Italy’s government will not try to push through a law that would grant citizenship to the children of immigrants in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Sunday. The draft law faced opposition from politicians including members of a small centrist …

Friday, 19 May 2017 :  The Estonian, who dispatched world number one Angelique Kerber with ease in the previous round, dominated against her veteran opponent and won 6-1 6-1 in just 54 minutes. Next up for Kontaveit will be Romanian world number four Simona Halep who recovered from a second …

Friday, 17 March 2017 ROME: 10 people were injured in an eruption on Mount Etna on Thursday when magma flowing into snow caused a violent explosion that sent stones and rocks flying into the air, emergency services said. Amongst those hurt near the summit of Etna on the island of …

Thursday, 29 December 2016 A man and a 68-year-old woman were pulled alive from the rubble of the collapsed building. Both are seriously injured and were transported by air ambulance to hospitals in the capital. Four people, including a mother and her daughter, are still missing. A 68-year-old man and …

Thursday, 22 September 2016   ROME: Giovanni Malago, the president of Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), insists Rome’s dream of hosting the 2024 Olympic Games is still alive despite a crushing blow to their bid by the city’s own mayor. Rome, Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest are the cities hoping to …