Articles by ITALY
A sculpture of a crucified frog that went on show in a Bolzano museum this weekend has sparked a backlash from local clerics and politicians who want…
Italy leads its European Union partners for bank robberies and the percentages of banks which have been robbed, according to a study by the Italian Ba…
Italy on Wednesday will mark National Bread Day with bakeries throughout the country inviting customers to get a closer look at how bread is made.The…
Gay rights organisations on Monday called on the government to draw up a new law on gay hate crimes following a series of attacks on homosexuals that…
Detainees at a migrant holding centre here have launched a hunger strike in protest at the sudden death of a Tunisian man over the weekend, an Italian…
Tour de France holder Alberto Contador of Spain stretched his slim lead in the Giro d'Italia by eight seconds over Italy's Riccardo Ricco' in Monday's…
The producers of the two Italian films that gained major honours at Cannes, Il Divo and Gomorrah, have thanked Italy for giving a lifeline to independ…
Pier Francesco Guarguaglini from Tuscany's Castagneto Carducci - head of Finmeccanica - was the man able to transform the Italian company from the Cin…
Police have arrested a thief they believe was responsible for the death of an American tourist who was hit by a train near the Tiburtina station last…
It was three days that extra virgin olive oil connoisseurs won't easily forget. It was truly a full immersion in a world still little known; however,…
Prostitutes from 60 different countries currently practise their trade in Italy, many of them controlled by foreign mafia gangs, according to a study…
An MP from the opposition Democratic Party (PD) has proposed lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 for municipal elections.''I believe that giving 16-…
Italy's largest environmentalist group on Friday made an appeal for better controls on the number of beaches that have been taken over by private bath…
Italy is to set up an anti-bullying task force to tackle bad behaviour among the nation's schoolchildren, Education Minister Maria Stella Gelmini said…
The Turk who almost killed Polish pope John Paul II in 1981 has asked to become a citizen of Poland.One-time hitman Ali Agca said from his Turkish pri…
Plans to build the world's longest suspension bridge to link Sicily and the Italian mainland are back on track and the bridge may open as early as 201…
Italy's commuter trains have been dubbed 'Dingoes'.The name of the Australian wild dog was chosen by a poll of primary school students.The schoolkids,…
Chain smoking in Italy is on the rise, a report by the Higher Institute of Health (ISS) warned on Friday.Although around 600,000 Italians have given u…
The United Kingdom is ''rediscovering'' Tuscan wine, with Made in Italy red wine exports were up 20% in value and 18% in quantity for 2007 with respec…
Former Bank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio was indicted Friday along with 15 others for a 2005 scandal-hit bank takeover bid.Other high-profile names…