Articles by ITALY

Tue, 04/01/2008 - 03:42
Italian fashion powerhouse Prada saw its best year ever in 2007 and is now waiting for the right moment to enter the stock market, CEO Patrizio Bertel…
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 03:32
Italian forestry police sounded the alarm Monday over the growing national market for the illegal trafficking of coral.Italians are snapping up the co…
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 03:28
Italy's famed Iceman mummy had an anniversary bash over the weekend as his purpose-built museum here celebrated ten years in business.''Oetzi has been…
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 03:13
Fiat shareholders on Monday approved the balance sheet for 2007, a record year for which Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said CEO Sergio Marchion…
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 03:05
Roma striker Francesco Totti is already working hard to recover from injury in time for Roma's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Manchester…
Mon, 03/31/2008 - 06:22
Italy's inflation rate jumped from 2.9% in February to 3.3% in March, the highest since September 1996, national statistics bureau Istat said in its m…
Mon, 03/31/2008 - 06:17
Italian soccer was under a fresh pall Monday after this season's second fan death led to calls for a new crackdown on soccer violence.The death of 28-…
Mon, 03/31/2008 - 03:09
Italian motorcycling ace Valentino Rossi's hopes to get on top of the MotoGP championship on Sunday may be thwarted not by world champion Casey Stoner…
Sun, 03/30/2008 - 04:12
Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani has designed the clothes American singer Alicia Keys is wearing on her 'As I Am' tour and he has also decided to c…
Sun, 03/30/2008 - 04:10
Tuscan fashion is getting ready to dress Japanese ladies from the ages of 35 to 40 for Winter 2009.This target will be the basis of the selection of 2…
Sun, 03/30/2008 - 04:08
Tuscany holds the top spot for olive oil on a national level, according to the L'Olio 2008 guide, which will be presented in Rome on March 31.The publ…
Sun, 03/30/2008 - 04:06
Years ago, media guru Negroponte defined the infrastructures on which digital bits and data run as ''information highways''.Now, Tuscany will be the f…
Sun, 03/30/2008 - 04:04
Organic businesses have reached a record quota of 2,980 and are looking towards 3,000.While on the decline on a national level, in Tuscany organic bus…
Sun, 03/30/2008 - 04:02
Companies involved i direct sales in the provinces of Florence and Prato are run by women, accorsding to a new study.These companies utilize direct sa…
Sun, 03/30/2008 - 04:00
Mascalzone Latino owner and skipper Vicenzo Onorato has not given up his dream of bringing the America's Cup to his native city of Naples.According to…
Sat, 03/29/2008 - 04:12
The center-right People of Freedom (PDL) coalition continues to maintain a comfortable lead over the center-left Democratic Party (PD) but it may not…
Sat, 03/29/2008 - 04:10
Lucca likes milk that goes straight from the cow to the glass.Automatic distributors of unpasteurized milk in Lucca are selling 5,000 litres per week.…
Sat, 03/29/2008 - 04:08
Italian fashion house Ferragamo, started by the man who became shoe-maker to the stars in 1920s Hollywood, on Friday celebrated its 80th anniversary i…
Sat, 03/29/2008 - 04:06
Work began in Venice this week to fit a titanium belt to one of the city's most famous landmarks, the bell-tower in St Mark's Square.Experts were call…
Sat, 03/29/2008 - 04:04
The European Commission on Friday announced it was satisfied with Italian action on a mozzarella dioxin scare.The EC said it saw no reason for further…