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Italian motorcycling ace Valentino Rossi on Tuesday closed his tussle with Italian tax authorities with an agreement to pay some 35 million euros in b…
Italian forensics experts on Monday took DNA samples from the surviving relatives of Mauro De Mauro to test a Mafia informant's claim about a body in…
The agriculture ministry on Monday issued a new decree dealing with the name of a popular Italian wine which can no longer be called Tocai.The decree…
The largest memorabilia show ever dedicated to Pinocchio, the wooden puppet who became one of Italy's most famous exports, will get under way at the 1…
Contrary to what their mothers might think, Italian kids need to be a bit dirtier, according to paediatricians attending a recent conference on allerg…
Venice's long 'pigeon war' could be heading for a solution, local officials say.The city has for years been trying to rid its historic squares of sell…
Prostitution in Italy has undergone a transformation in terms of both those who practise the profession and where and when it is practised.According t…
The trend among of Italians to buy their own homes or to invest in real estate appears to be waning, according to a study by sector operator Tecnocasa…
More ample coalitions on both the center right and the center left would give each a considerable boost, compared to the leading parties in the two gr…
Police in Sicily have uncovered the hideout of Mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo, who was arrested last November along with his son after 24 years on th…
President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday urged the parliament he recently dissolved to ratify the Lisbon Treaty reshaping the European Union's instituti…
Microsoft has agreed a three-year deal to boost its AC Milan's cutting-edge sports technology and medicine facility, Milan Lab.''We're happy to collab…
The exultant face of AC Milan's 18-year-old striker Alberto Paloschi dominated Italian sports pages on Monday after an astonishing Serie A debut again…
How would you explain to a bunch of twelve-year old British school children who have never encountered grammatical gender that objects, ideas, animals…
Can you name seven colours in Italian? Did you know that there are many sayings related to colours? Did you know that some political parties in Italy…
This is the fifth lesson in our beginner series on Italian Language. This time A. Antonioni guides us through some of the more useful phrases of Itali…
As promised our beginner series on Italian Language, continues. This time Fabrizio Ulivieri guides us through those most essential of verbs "fare" and…
Italy Magazine has, over several issues, put together a language course aimed at providing readers with a good foundation on Italian. Before you get s…
  This is the fourth beginners lesson. The lesson requires a dictionary so get hold of a basic italian dictionary or try the online dicti…
  This is the third beginners lesson, the lesson requires a dictionary so get hold of a basic italian dictionary or try the online dictionary ava…