Articles by ITALY

Sat, 05/24/2008 - 03:08
Valdera, Pisa and Danube, Hungary are getting even closer thanks to similar needs in the hydraulic security sector created the foundations for a trans…
Sat, 05/24/2008 - 03:06
Italian art police on Friday seized 23 ancient artefacts during a raid on a house in Sicily belonging to two black market traffickers.The haul, descri…
Sat, 05/24/2008 - 03:04
Italy's GDP increased by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the last quarter of 2007, Istat said in a preliminary estimate Friday.Istat sai…
Sat, 05/24/2008 - 03:02
A priest in the Sicilian city of Ragusa has chosen love over the Church, daily newspaper La Sicilia said on Thursday.Don Ignazio Grillo, who has heade…
Sat, 05/24/2008 - 03:00
Palermo's World Cup winning centre-back Andrea Barzagli is moving to Fiorentina, the Sicilian club announced Friday.Palermo President Maurizio Zampari…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 13:01
citrus salad, cheese and orange flower honeyIngredients(serves four people)2 pink grapefruit1 white grapefruit8 kumquats1 passion fruit1 lime1 blood o…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 04:43
An Italian medical scheme led by one of the world's top heart specialists aims to get to the bottom of puzzling anomalies and get ''the right fit'' fo…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 04:35
The Italian Confederation of Farmers (CIA) on Thursday appealed to restaurant owners across the country to include rare native ingredients on their me…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 04:27
A channel of communication has been opened to negotiate the release of two Italian aid workers who were kidnapped in Somalia on Wednesday, diplomatic…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 04:20
Special 'anti-Mafia' pasta will be on sale in Italy's main squares on Sunday with profits going to help the elderly, national senior citizens' resourc…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 04:11
Italy's largest environmentalist group on Thursday urged more action to save Italian animal and plant species from extinction.''There has been a lot o…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 04:03
After being pipped to the scudetto, Coppa Italia holders AS Roma have vowed to deny Inter Milan the double in Saturday night's Italian Cup Final - the…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 03:57
Ferrari and McLaren on Thursday made it clear they intended to make Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix their private affair.Ferrari clocked the fastest time i…
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 03:43
The mayor of UNESCO World Heritage site Alberobello has played down rumours that the Sultan of Oman has set his sights on buying one of the Puglian to…
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 03:35
A so-called 'bridge' loan to keep ailing Italian airline Alitalia in the air was approved Wednesday by the Senate and now moves to the House.The decre…
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 03:29
Italy's scuba divers have been drafted into the fight to keep the Mediterranean clean and full of life.The Italian diving association NASE has agreed…
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 03:24
An association of Padre Pio devotees said on Wednesday it wants to press charges against the Capuchin friars of San Giovanni Rotondo for allegedly des…
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 03:12
The two Italian aid workers taken hostage in Somalia on Wednesday morning are alive and well, their Italian NGO said after managing to talk with their…
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 03:08
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is convinced he could win Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, even if it is not his favorite track.Speaking at a pre-race press co…
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 03:04
Italian motorcycling ace Valentino Rossi is happy with his Yamaha bike and team and is ready to renew his contract, the seven-time world champion told…