The only alternative for Alitalia to an accord with Air France-KLM is bankruptcy, outgoing Transport Minister Alessandro Bianchi warned on Wednesday.S…
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Thu, 04/10/2008 - 03:45
An Italian senator who made national headlines by deserting outgoing Premier Romano Prodi's fragile coalition within months of its election was report…
Thu, 04/10/2008 - 03:38
Italy is to get the stretch of North African desert where thousands of its soldiers fell in one of the key battles of the Second World War.Egyptian Pr…
Thu, 04/10/2008 - 03:28
Italy is leading a European Union drive to produce medical and security scanning waves that could be a better and safer alternative to X-rays.''T-wave…
Thu, 04/10/2008 - 03:19
Italy's GDP this year and next will rise by only 0.3%, with the budget deficit at 2.5% of GDP for both years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sa…
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 05:47
Italy is making real progress in its battle against racketeering but it needs to stay on guard and continue fighting, a group of anti-mafia figures ga…
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 05:42
Italy's prosecutors should have regular tests on their mental health, ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday.Restating a lack of faith in the sanit…
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 05:36
Trading of Alitalia shares remained suspended on the Milan stock exchange Tuesday ahead of a board meeting at the troubled national carrier at which s…
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 03:57
Some 30 buffalo farms around Naples began work again Tuesday after tests showed their milk did not contain cancer-forming dioxins.Health officials sai…
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 03:31
Beekeepers and environmentalists took to the streets of Rome on Tuesday, calling for government action to ban pesticides they say are to blame for rec…
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 03:24
AC Milan is doing its ''utmost'' to land unsettled Barcelona striker Ronaldinho, boss Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday.Berlusconi claimed the Brazil sta…
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 03:21
An Italian probe into suspected tax evasion by England manager Fabio Capello involves the owner of his former club Roma, according to an Italian newsp…
Tue, 04/08/2008 - 03:59
The European Union said on Monday that Italian wine was safe to drink after a news magazine exposed a scam involving wine allegedly tainted with toxic…
Tue, 04/08/2008 - 03:52
A high-flying Telecom Italia (TI) manager with a muddled sense of history issued an embarrassed apology on Monday after he exhorted company staff to t…
Tue, 04/08/2008 - 03:45
Despite a general slump in the automobile market in Italy, sales of commercial vehicles this month jumped 3.3 over the same month last year, sector so…
Tue, 04/08/2008 - 03:42
Like a famous scene in a Rambo movie, an Italian man said he vented his anger and frustration by shooting up shops and petrol stations around his home…
Tue, 04/08/2008 - 03:34
A disturbing number of Italian cities are in the grip of a smog crisis, the country's top environmental group warned on Monday.Issuing its regular upd…
Tue, 04/08/2008 - 03:30
An association representing separated fathers staged a protest Monday near the Spanish Steps to draw attention to the plight of fathers who are denied…
Tue, 04/08/2008 - 03:25
The Formula 1 circus heads back to Europe for the next three races with Ferrari already setting the pace for the season after only three races.On Sund…
Mon, 04/07/2008 - 09:22
Italian opposition chief Silvio Berlusconi, who is bidding for a third return to power, renewed demands on Monday that the ballot slips for Italy's up…