Italians gained an average of between two and three kilos over the Christmas and New Year's holidays and will now have to stick to a fruit and vegetab…
Italian Harry Potter fans are bracing for fresh excitement and marketing razzmatazz on Thursday night when the translation of the final book in the sa…
The European Commission on Wednesday warned Italy to clear up its trash crisis or face punitive action.Rubbish has been heaped in the streets in and a…
Milan's version of London's congestion charge went into effect on Wednesday, causing few of the feared traffic snarl-ups but prompting fresh claims th…
Italy's public sector borrowing requirement last year declined to 27 billion euros, 7.6 billion euros less than 2006 and its lowest since 2000, the ec…
Designer and architect Ettore Sottsass, an eternally impish guru of the Italian cultural scene, was buried Wednesday in his adopted city Milan.Sottsas…
The beautiful painted walls of two dining rooms in which the Emperor Nero may once have had supper have gone on show in Rome as part of a major new ex…
The Italian government on Friday approved a decree allowing the expulsion of immigrants on the grounds of public security concerns.The decree will ena…
Tuscan shipbuilder gets 45ml sailboat commission for summer - Perini Navi, world leader in the design and construction of large sailboats, signed a co…
Italian exports totalled 264.8 bln euros ($387.191 bln) for January to September 2007, up 11.5%, compared to the same period of 2006.Italy's trade def…
The Vatican on Friday denied plans to set up exorcist garrisons across the Catholic world.''Pope Benedict XVI has no intention of ordering local bisho…
Unless there is a last-minute waiver, merrymakers this New Year's will see their party cut short by a 2am curfew on alcohol sales in restaurants, nigh…
'Life Is Beautiful' comic and filmmaker Roberto Benigni has come top of a poll which asked Italians to name their Person of the Year.Benigni, who is c…
Flights to Bari, Edinburgh and Birmingham begin in spring - Four new Ryanair flights will take off from Pisa's Galileo Galilei airport starting this s…
Former Juventus and Italy midfielder Antonio Conte has been named coach of Serie B side Bari, replacing Beppe Materazzi who resigned Friday morning.Ba…
The United States knew about a decades-old South American operation to hunt down leftist opponents but had no part in the plot, Italian prosecutors sa…
The cabinet on Friday gave its green light to direct negotiations with Air France-KLM for the acquisition of the Treasury's controlling stake in Itali…
