Venice city council on Tuesday said it had no plans to make modifications to a new bridge over the Grand Canal despite the fact that people have been…
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Wed, 10/01/2008 - 04:08
Spike Lee's new film about a Nazi massacre in Tuscany continued to stir controversy in Italy on Tuesday, after a village council decided to award the…
Wed, 10/01/2008 - 04:01
Pasta, trousers, soap and a radio were among the top choices of Italians asked what they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island…
Wed, 10/01/2008 - 03:53
Illicit love affairs can lead to crippling migraines in headache sufferers and may even kill, Italian researchers warned Tuesday.A specific type of he…
Wed, 10/01/2008 - 03:44
Italian train company Trenitalia on Tuesday buckled under pressure from the government and animal rights activists by suspending a ban on 'big' dogs t…
Wed, 10/01/2008 - 03:36
A Rome court refused an appeal Tuesday to lift an arrest warrant for ex-Lazio icon Giorgio Chinaglia in a case of alleged threats and share-fixing dur…
Wed, 10/01/2008 - 03:27
Money from Italy's World Cup qualifier against Montenegro later this month will be used to set up a new research unit on Lou Gehrig's disease, the Ita…
Tue, 09/30/2008 - 03:56
Marina Berlusconi, the eldest daughter of Premier Silvio Berlusconi, is among the world's ten most powerful managers, according to an annual ranking p…
Tue, 09/30/2008 - 03:37
Air France and Lufthansa are now battling between themselves over who will be the partner of the 'new' Alitalia, according to the head of a group of I…
Tue, 09/30/2008 - 03:18
Unemployment in Italy jumped 20.6% in the second quarter, over the same three-month period in 2007, lifting the national unemployment rate by a full p…
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 09:15
The National Association of Magistrates (ANM) on Monday said it was ''fundamental'' for the Constitutional Court to do its job ''in peace'' after Prem…
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 09:10
Air France and Lufthansa would be equally valuable as a strategic partner in the new Alitalia, Welfare Minister Maurizio Sacconi said Monday.''Today t…
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 09:05
Fiat on Monday signed an agreement to acquire a two-thirds stake in Serb automaker Zastava - more than 50 years after the then-Yugoslav state auto fir…
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 09:00
Basking in the glory of his sixth premier class and eighth career Grand Prix title, Italy's Valentino Rossi now has set his sights on the few remainin…
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 06:44
Five Italians who were among the 11 foreign tourists and eight local guides taken hostage in southern Egypt ten days ago have been released unharmed,…
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 05:44
Freshly crowned World Cycling Champion Alessandro Ballan on Monday thanked team leader Paolo Bettini for giving him his head in the World Road Race Ch…
Sun, 09/28/2008 - 03:02
Italian fuels giant ENI confirmed on Wednesday that it has found natural gas reserves in the Sicilian Channel, some 20km off the southern city of Agri…
Sun, 09/28/2008 - 03:00
A Tuscan jail has formed Italy's first soccer team made up of jailers and inmates.The Massa Carrara jail will compete at the highest level of Italian…
Sat, 09/27/2008 - 03:10
British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for his comic character Borat, was hauled into an Italian police station on Friday after causing havoc…
Sat, 09/27/2008 - 03:08
A law granting immunity to Premier Silvio Berlusconi was challenged on constitutional grounds Friday in a trial into alleged irregularities in the pur…