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Wed, 05/07/2008 - 03:32
Judges in the main trial examining the financial meltdown of dairy and food multinational Parmalat have denied a defense request that two related proc…
Wed, 05/07/2008 - 03:26
The European Commission said Tuesday it will bring Italy before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over the ongoing trash crisis in Naples and the Ca…
Wed, 05/07/2008 - 03:19
Roma's chances of snatching the Serie A title from Inter are gone, Roma skipper Francesco Totti said Tuesday.Totti said he had ''a lot of regrets'' ab…
Wed, 05/07/2008 - 03:15
World sport's top court on Tuesday handed Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi a year's ban for using a stimulant in last year's Giro d'Italia.The Cour…
Tue, 05/06/2008 - 03:48
Italy's southern Tyrrhenian coast has been invaded by jellyfish just as bathers are taking their first dip of the season, experts warned on Monday.The…
Tue, 05/06/2008 - 03:42
Almost 40% of Italian mothers believe that having children is a daily struggle, according to a new report by the Doxa research institute on Monday.Bus…
Tue, 05/06/2008 - 03:31
Italian politicians on Monday were at odds over a neo-Fascist attack in the centre of Verona that some claimed marked a worrying level of political vi…
Tue, 05/06/2008 - 03:24
Unicredit has denied press reports that it has been in contact with German carrier Lufthansa in regards to preparing a bid for ailing Italian airline…
Tue, 05/06/2008 - 03:21
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will hold talks Tuesday and Wednesday paving the way for the formation of Italy's new centre-right government.Nap…
Tue, 05/06/2008 - 03:17
Some 9,500 people will need organ transplants in Italy this year but just over 3,000 will receive organs due to a lack of donors, according to data fr…
Tue, 05/06/2008 - 03:11
Consumer spending fell 1.7% in March, over the same month last year, the greatest year-on-year drop since the start of 2005, the Confcommercio retaile…
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 10:34
An Italian court on Monday blocked a police inspector's bid to have a statue of the Virgin Mary removed from a Sicilian town hall.Upholding an earlier…
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 10:28
The condition of a man attacked in the centre of Verona last week by a group of youths with links to the far right has worsened, doctors said Monday.N…
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 05:23
Inter won't throw away the Serie A title despite seeing their lead over Roma cut to three, coach Roberto Mancini said Monday.''We've been ahead on our…
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 03:25
Image-conscious teens in Italy are opting for the morning-after pill instead of taking regular contraceptive medication because they are worried about…
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 03:20
Fiat last month was able to boost its sales and market share despite a slump in the new car market in Italy.Overall new car sales in April declined by…
Sun, 05/04/2008 - 03:02
Animal rights campaigners in Venice crossed swords with the city council on Friday after distributing 30 kilos of birdseed to flocks of ravenous pigeo…
Sun, 05/04/2008 - 03:00
Italy's public sector borrowing requirement (PSBR) in the first four months of the year amounted to 31 billion euros, down some 2.7 billion euros from…
Sat, 05/03/2008 - 03:10
More than one out of two Italians live on less than 15,000 euros a year, according to a study of tax returns filed in 2006 on incomes for 2005 by the…