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More than 20 projects in the field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) have been selected for a project to be promoted among principa…
The cabinet on Friday declared a year-long official state of emergency at the archaeological site of Pompeii because of ''the continuing state of neg…
A fugitive member of the neofascist terrorist group NAR (Revolutionary Armed Nuclei) has been nabbed in Brazil after 26 years on the run.Pierluigi Bra…
The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa is taking part in a European HIV research project.They are now part of the ''Thinc'' research team, financed by t…
Pope Benedict XVI will travel to France in September to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the shrine at Lourdes, the Vatican said Friday.According to…
Consumer spending fell for the seventh month in a row in May, down 2.7% in volume compared to the same month last year, and there are no indications o…
Italy's soccer federation has reduced its squad of referees for Serie A and Serie B matches from 43 members to 39.''Other European federations have al…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday sent his ''sincere joy and keen congratulations'' to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez following…
A potential crisis over exports to the United States of Brunello di Montalcino came to an end on Thursday with an announcement that the agriculture mi…
A proposal to privatize the management of the Valley of the Temples, one of Italy's most important archeological sites, has kicked up a storm of prote…
A plan to save Italy's beleaguered national carrier Alitalia will entail ''sacrifices'', but it is too early to speculate on the number of layoffs tha…
Pope Benedict XVI will be the first pontiff in history to read a chapter of the Bible on television after agreeing to take part in a continuous readin…
Four people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on crash between a bus and a truck near Selva di Fasano, near the southeast city of Brindisi.P…
Italy's population is now just under 60 million and is climbing thanks to the influx of immigrants, national statistics bureau Istat reported on Thurs…
Alessandra Facchinetti on Wednesday described her first haute couture collection for Valentino as ''a couture for wearing'' shortly before its present…
Severe weather this spring may have irreversibly damaged vineyards in the northwest region of Piedmont and producers fear their harvest will be half w…
A town in the southern province of Salerno has become the first in Italy and Europe to demand that restaurants indicate the calories of the foods they…
The second phase of testing for a ground-breaking Italian AIDS vaccine is about to get under way, the research chief said Wednesday.''Finally everythi…
A national anti-government protest by the opposition Italy of Values (IDV) party set for July 8 was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after a scathing at…
A major shake up is needed to get the European Union back on track towards integration, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Wednesday.Spe…