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A top southern Italian university was hit by a corruption scandal on Thursday, with the arrest of six people including two lecturers accused of sellin…
For the second year in a row, sheep are being used to trim the lawns of this city's parks and save the taxpayer some money.The first herd of sheep arr…
Outgoing Italian Premier Romano Prodi said on Thursday that he hoped Air France-KLM's interest in Alitalia could be revived after the French carrier d…
Juventus still believe they can regain the pinnacle of Italian soccer in their first season back in Serie A after the Calciopoli-enforced purgatory of…
Thirty-five years after the famed Riace bronzes emerged from the sea, a probe into a third ancient statue thought to have gone missing at the time is…
The wine a person chooses to drink may also hold a key to their sexual identity, according to an Italian winemaker who has created wines for the male,…
Italy's upcoming general elections might have to be postponed to accommodate a tiny party initially excluded from the race, outgoing Interior Minister…
Pope John Paul II had ''supernatural qualities,'' his successor Benedict XVI said on the third anniversary of the Polish pope's death.Speaking at a co…
An Italian project to build the world's highest climate station got cracking this week when mountaineers received the national flag that will eventual…
A Russo-Italian investment bank to fund the spread of Italian small and medium businesses in Russia is in the works.Russian envoy to the European Unio…
After winning the last race in Malaysia with World Champion Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari hopes to make up some lost ground at this weekend's Bahrain Grand…
Manchester United were lucky to come away from the Olympic Stadium with a 2-0 lead to carry into next Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final secon…
Vinitaly, Italy's most important trade fair for wine and distilled spirits, is ready to rack up another record year with over 150,000 visitors from mo…
James Bond is set to take Lake Garda by storm in coming weeks, with filming on the latest 007 flick and celebrations marking 100 years since the birth…
Aeroflot is still interested in buying troubled Italian carrier Alitalia and would consider presenting an offer if the conditions of sale became more…
Italian police on Tuesday seized a shipment of assault rifles heading from the Italian mainland to criminal gangs in Sardinia.Two Kalashnikovs, a US-m…
Italian beekeepers sounded the alarm on Tuesday over a fresh wave of honeybee deaths, saying that the overuse of pesticides was mainly to blame.The Na…
Italian police on Tuesday arrested a second person in connection with the February 2007 murder of a police officer during a soccer riot in Sicily.Dani…
Ex-Inter and Italy goalkeeper Walter 'Spiderman' Zenga has been named coach of Serie A strugglers Catania.Zenga, once one of the world's top keepers,…
Milan has won its bid to host the Universal Exhibition (Expo) in 2015, the Paris-based selection board announced on Monday.Representatives from 152 co…