Premier wants parliament to decide fate of his government - Premier Romano Prodi went before the House on Tuesday to ask that it reconfirm its confide…
A new tourism promotional programme called 'Florence Loves You', which offers a series of discounts throughout the city, is in effect for Austrian vis…
Shelby White agrees to return ten antiquities - Italy has reached a deal with US collector Shelby White to reclaim ten Greek and Etruscan objects robb…
A new waterbus service reserved for Venetians only started plying up and down the Grand Canal on Monday, allowing residents to avoid bustling groups o…
First phase: set up dumps for 1 mln tons of refuse - The commissioner appointed by the government to resolve the Naples rubbish emergency said on Mond…
Three museums in Etruscan city - Cortona is a small Etruscan town located in the Val di Chiana (near Arezzo).According to data released by the local g…
Fans can't expect immediate glory after 'soccer tsunami' - Juventus can't expect an immediate return to past greatness, coach Claudio Ranieri said Mon…
Three Italian soldiers serving in the Lebanon peacekeeping force were killed Monday morning as they were driving home from the port of Trieste to Bari…
Ex- minister Mastella pulls key support - The government of Premier Romano Prodi appeared to be on the brink of collapsing on Monday after former just…
Italy's Six Nations debut away to Ireland on February 2 will be especially tough because of the Irish desire to bounce back from their disappointing W…
Grand Canal structure 'may have to be watched' - A slight movement in Venice's first new bridge in 70 years is worrying engineers carrying out the fin…
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ugo Pirro died Friday in his Rome home. He was 87.Pirro earned his Academy Award nominations for Elio Petri's Investigati…
Riva Lofts gets top honours from British style magazine- British style magazine Wallpaper recently deemed Riva Lofts, a new hotel housed in an old fac…
Trattoria Coltibuono brings Tuscan food and wine - Trattoria Coltibuono has gone straight from the heart of Chianti to the Ginza district of Tokyo one…
Italy's seven-times world champ Valentino Rossi on Friday firmly denied having any thoughts of retiring and said he intended to take back the MotoGP t…
Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli on Friday denied press reports that his French goalkeeper Sebastien Frey will be swapped for AC Milan and Italy stri…
Italians have the cleanest homes in Europe, thanks to spending more time doing housework, according to a new report.Carried out by the British researc…
DNA studies carried out in Sardinia, the sun-drenched Italian island whose inhabitants are often on the short side, have helped identify only the seco…
Italian carmaker Fiat SpA's components unit Magneti Marelli has signed a joint venture agreement with India's Sumi Motherson Group to produce automoti…
