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Portugal legend Luis Figo has picked up a bad calf strain that could end his career, doctors at his club Inter said Thursday.The 35-year-old former Ba…
An Ancient Roman staircase which appears to have led into a previously unknown major building has been found during excavations for a new subway stati…
Outgoing Premier Romano Prodi and premier-in-waiting Silvio Berlusconi were caught in a row Thursday over who would name Italy's next European commiss…
Former health minister Girolamo Sirchia, the man behind Italy's smoking ban, was convicted Thursday of accepting kickbacks in a trial into graft at a…
Leading farmers' association Coldiretti on Thursday urged Italians to shun exotic foods and stick to a Mediterranean diet in a bid to cut down greenho…
A new multi-centre exhibition dedicated to controversial crusading journalist Oriana Fallaci opens in her home town of Florence on Friday.Known for he…
An Italian court on Thursday slapped a suspended ten-day jail sentence and a 40-euro fine on a man who stared too hard at a fellow passenger on a trai…
World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi can't see Roma closing the four-point gap on leaders Inter at the top of Serie A.''I see Inter in great shape a…
Bologna's municipal theatre said Wednesday it will open a new opera school for would-be Pavarottis, directors and conductors in the autumn.With sponso…
Incoming Premier Silvio Berlusconi warned on Wednesday that unpopular measures would be necessary to turn Italy's ailing economy around and modernise…
Premier-to-be Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday again floated the prospect of an all-Italian rescue plan for Alitalia while leaving the door open to a ti…
A recent youth craze for swearing undying love by writing names on padlocks and throwing the key from a bridge into the Tiber has crossed the Italian…
An Italian court has ordered French actor Gerard Depardieu to pay 1,500 euros in damages to a young Italian paparazzo who he headbutted in a Florence…
Giro winner Danilo Di Luca said he was relieved after a career-threatening doping charge was rejected, telling his fans he was already gearing to repe…
Serie A club Torino on Wednesday sacked coach Walter Novellino and brought back former manager Gianni De Biasi for the third time.Novellino had been u…
The recipes are now online here - have a look and choose your favourite one!The word Italy is practically synonymous with good foodand ITALY Magazine…
Parents angry at adult kids who 'live in sin' should mind their own business, Italy's top appeals court said on Monday.The Court of Cassation said liv…
Italy has elected its third black member of parliament, a Congo-born university lecturer and TV immigrant show journalist who is perhaps best known as…
United States President George W. Bush and other world leaders have sent messages of congratulations to Silvio Berlusconi on the center right's victor…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Tuesday congratulated Silvio Berlusconi for the center right's victory in Italy's two-day general election.''I…