The court's sentence contrasts with the principles of civil justice and is a worrying signal. It is a backward-looking ruling that strikes at ... the civil conscience of women and of the whole country.

For the first time in 100 years we've passed an urban master plan that is going to expand the concept of the historic city,

A personality that has contributed, in far away and difficult years, to spread and popularize in Italy the extraordinary artistic strength of jazz.

It's a picture that does not give certainty about the country's stability.

It will be a great event ... held in the most charming scenery in the world,

A big city can be a mass of people in conflict - you have to develop a sense of relationship,

This is a city where you can go from Bernini to Michelangelo to Julius Caesar to Meier. This is what we want to protect, Rome's double identity. The city as a rigorous protector of its past but also driven towards the future.

This is proof that we want to be known as the city of acceptance. I think these sorts of things mark the civilization of a city; they make it human. They build a sense of community and solidarity.

That's just not true any longer. Now we have the opposite problem. Rome is a global player. The city is taking a leadership role when you think of happening cities.

Every time we dig underground we find some hidden marvel.