Work expected to obscure landmark for up to three years but will open whole new sections to public, say city official.
Journalism
Eurozone crisis live: how the markets reacted to proposed ECB intervention
Here’s some unsettling news from Sicily, which the government in Rome
fears could be danger of default. John Hooper writes.
Another weak link in the euro zone
The beleaguered governments in Madrid and Rome are battling with their highly indebted regions.
World’s media lavishes praise on Olympic opening ceremony
Danny Boyle’s ceremony variously described as ‘outrageous’, ‘inventive and offbeat’ and ‘the world’s biggest inside joke’.
Theatre audiences in Europe flock to plays despite the economic squeeze
Stage performances in Italy, Spain and France have suffered from funding cuts, but ticket sales are high.
London 2012: international press fears about tuberculosis, brothels and Bakewell tarts
Indians are sniffy about the toilets, Turks are focusing on the brothels and the beds are too short for some. The world’s correspondents report back on global first impressions.
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Italy’s former interior minister implicated in mafia talks
Prosecutors in Palermo accuse Nicola Mancino of withholding evidence about talks between the state and Sicilian mafia.
Eurozone crisis live: Greece ‘off track’; Germany’s credit rating outlook cut to negative – as it happened
Here’s a question to ponder over your lunch: how long did the Spanish parliament spend seriously debating the pros and cons of entry into the
euro?
John Hooper, our correspondent in Rome, reckons the answer is “less than a day” – and the same is probably also true for Portugal, Greece and Italy.
House of the Telephus Relief: raising the roof on Roman real estate
Buried by Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, archaeologists at Herculaneum have excavated and carried out the first-ever full reconstruction of the timber roof of a Roman villa.
The last thing Italy needs
Silvio Berlusconi will probably run for prime minister for a seventh time.