The Naples trash emergency erupted again Monday morning as scores of protesters clashed with police trying to clear a way to a dump at the centre of t…
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Mon, 01/07/2008 - 06:31
Eight Italians were aboard a Venezuelan passenger plane which crashed into the sea near the Los Roques archipelago in the Caribbean on Friday, the Ita…
Mon, 01/07/2008 - 06:18
Fiat shares plunged on the Milan stock exchange at the end of the week despite the fact that the group bucked the general trend and posted strong sale…
Mon, 01/07/2008 - 03:59
Italians are flocking to Rome to see a show highlighting Italy's successful battle to reclaim plundered art treasures.The show, called Nostoi (Ancient…
Sun, 01/06/2008 - 13:38
An interim compromise solution has been found for a popular Italian wine which began the year without a name.The compromise was reached during a meeti…
Sun, 01/06/2008 - 06:20
Italian families can expect to spend over 1,000 euros more next year for food, utilities and fuel, according to the consumer rights group Codacons.Unl…
Sun, 01/06/2008 - 06:14
Post-holiday sales kicked off in Italy on Wednesday with retailers hoping to make up for a disappointing Christmas period, while consumer groups are p…
Sun, 01/06/2008 - 04:02
Turin, which has given the world Juventus, Fiat and solid chocolate, was named on Friday as the best city in Italy for childrenThe capital of Piedmont…
Sun, 01/06/2008 - 04:00
Italian car scrapyards recycled 85% of the cars they crunched up in 2007, according to the national federation of car scrapyards (CAR).Each year in It…
Sun, 01/06/2008 - 04:00
Consumer groups and trade unions urged the government to help struggling families after Italy's inflation rate rose to a four-year high of 2.6% in Dec…
Sun, 01/06/2008 - 03:55
Thousands of Italian children hunted out stockings on Friday ahead of Epiphany celebrations that half of Italians still see as an important part of th…
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 06:06
Guns are catching up with fireworks in Italy's love affair with blast-em-up New Year festivities, Italian police say.No one was killed by fireworks ag…
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 04:03
A blaze that broke out in a disused Roman factory late Thursday forced scores of squatting immigrants out into a freezing Roman night.None of the 100…
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 04:02
Naples awoke Friday to the now-familiar smell of smouldering rubbish after a night in which the fire brigade had to put out dozens of fires.Four city…
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 04:01
Italians spent 2.7 bln euros ($3.9 bln) on the traditional food and drinks consumed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, according to Italian farmers'…
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 04:00
The flu season in Italy is heading into full swing with the number of confirmed cases last week double that of the previous week, according to the Hig…
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 03:28
A cold snap hit northwestern Italy on Friday with snowfalls blocking several roads in Liguria and causing the partial closure of the port of Genoa.Sno…
Fri, 01/04/2008 - 06:25
An account of the Mafia's hold on Naples has been voted Book of the Year in the first annual literary poll by Italy's leading news programme.The book,…
Fri, 01/04/2008 - 05:52
A Turin fire chief had a fatal heart attack Thursday as he was about to be questioned by prosecutors investigating a steelworks blaze that killed seve…
Fri, 01/04/2008 - 05:28
Tensions threatened to explode in the Naples suburb of Pianura on Thursday as authorities struggled to find a temporary solution to the area's umpteen…