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A team of artistic 'spidermen' start combing Florence's famed duomo on Monday, feeling their way across its surface to see what's in need of repair.Ov…
Bassilichi Spa is relying on the sun for energy production.The Florentine company recently presented a solar panel prototype as a preview of the panel…
Milan is paying tribute to the work of the troubled Anglo-Irish figurative painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992), whose powerful and often disturbing art…
A holy monument returned to Ethiopia after years of foot-dragging is to be re-erected later this year after the final technical wrinkles are ironed ou…
Former premier and media baron Silvio Berlusconi is no longer Italy's richest man, having been overtaken in the annual Forbes magazine billionaires' l…
One in three young Italians believe having sex while standing up or in water is effective in preventing unwanted pregnancy, the Italian Gynecology and…
Former Arsenal and Juventus star Liam Brady is to join his former coach Giovanni Trapattoni at Ireland.Brady, a 52-year-old Dubliner, said Thursday he…
Second-placed Roma visit Napoli on Sunday buoyed by their Champions League win over Real Madrid and hoping the Neapolitans won't repeat their giant-ki…
Five-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi is geared up and ready for the 2008 season, confident he can win back the title which has eluded him for the…
Italian screen beauty Maria Grazia Cucinotta says her native Sicily, for all its faults, is heaven on Earth.The Messina-born actress, 38, said she had…
Sorry-looking barbarians in chains and the glorious generals who brought them to their knees are the stars of a new exhibition celebrating Roman trium…
Alfa Romeo should return to the American market within two years and even Fiat's 500 city car may cross the Atlantic, according to Fiat CEO Sergio Mar…
A date was set Wednesday for Italy's top court to OK or block a landmark Italian trial into one of the United States' most controversial anti-terroris…
A school in the northern city of Trento is inviting the parents of rowdy children into the classroom in an effort to check bad behaviour and prevent b…
An 80-year woman was denied a national health card because, according to health officials, she had been dead for 25 years, the local press reported on…
Ex-captain Marco Bortolami returns against France on Sunday as one of the four changes Italy coach Nick Mallett has made from the squad that lost heav…
The Italian government was readying to push through a new package of laws on workplace safety after a fifth man died on Tuesday following an accident…
A merger between Air France-KLM and Alitalia is in the interests of both airlines and should move ahead as quickly as possible, according to Giovanni…
Shoppers in the Sicilian capital of Palermo will soon get the chance to thumb their noses at the Mafia by taking their custom to a supermarket with so…
Venice is setting its sights on its pesky pigeons again after new reports showed the risks the birds pose to its health and heritage.''We must do more…