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The majority of Italians have changed their daily menus in order to cope with rising food prices, the Confederation of Italian Farmers (CIA) said F…
The final and most delicate phase of an 18-month-long restoration of Renaissance master Donatello's famous bronze statue of David is to be closed off…
Some 20% of new cases of hepatitis C in Italy appear to be related to having had tattoos or piercing, experts said on Thursday. Contracting the…
A religious slander case brought against Italian comic Sabina Guzzanti for suggesting Pope Benedict XVI would ''go to hell'' will not go ahead, Rom…
The Miracle of San Gennaro was repeated on Wednesday when the blood of this city's patron saint liquefied at 9.30am. The event was announced to the…
Michelangelo's statue of David must be stabilised because it risks falling over due to an accumulation of small shocks, an expert warned on Friday.…
A major show on Renaissance great Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1489-1534) opening on Saturday will draw thousands of visitors to his adopted city…
Artistic masterpieces gathered by two collectors from vastly different worlds are brought together for a major new exhibition in this Umbrian town.…
New research clears controversial wartime pope Pius XII from the accusation that he did not do enough to save Jews, Pope Benedict XVI said on Thurs…
Zinedine Zidane was sorry he headbutted Italy defender Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup Final, according to a tell-all book on the France lege…
Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Alitalia could be looking into a precipice after rescue consortium CAI withdrew its plan for the failing airline bec…
Gallery-goers in Milan will be able to experience the sensation of entering a legal Italian brothel for the first time in 50 years thanks to a new…
The third edition of Modena's Philosophy Festival will explore how fantasy feeds the body and mind during a three-day marathon of events later this we…
Silvio Berluscon will christen his new People of Liberties (PDL) party early next year when centre-right, rightwing and smaller local components merge…
Italy will bear a ''historic responsibility'' for helping to resolve the world food crisis when it takes over the G8 presidency next year, United Nati…
The head of a consortium offering to rescue Alitalia warned trade unions on Wednesday he would give them another 24 hours before withdrawing an offer…
Police in Rome issued over 100 fines to both prostitutes and their clients during the first day of a new city council decree to clean up the streets a…
Italian soccer authorities are to speed up the adoption of a card to separate non-violent fans from hooligans.So far the electronic cards, which let '…
An Italian showgirl is trying to sell her virginity for a million euros.''I can't wait to see who's going to pull out the money to have me,'' the asp…
Rome on Tuesday became the latest Italian city to increase fines for prostitutes and their clients in a bid to clean up the streets and strike at r…