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Italy can expect to have a budget deficit of 2.3% of GDP both this year and next, before it climbs to 2.9% in 2009, the European Commission said in i…
New mothers and mothers-to-be will now have special parking privileges at key points here in the Tuscan capital, the company which manages the city's…
The new Fiat 500 city car has been elected 2008 Car of the Year, well-informed sources said on Thursday.The winner of the Car of the Year award will b…
A huge exhibition of gay art has finally found a home in Florence after clashes with Catholic politicians forced organisers to pull the plug on the sa…
Italy deserve to qualify for Euro 2008, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said Thursday ahead of Saturday's crunch match against Scotland in Glasgow.''This…
Police investigating the murder of English university student Meredith Kercher in Perugia have found traces of DNA belonging to the victim and her Ame…
A policeman who shot an Italian soccer fan dead on Sunday is now facing murder charges, the policeman's lawyer said Thursday.
''The magistrate has…
Ducati's MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner drew a firm line on Thursday between himself and Italy's longstanding motorcycling hero Valentino Rossi.St…
Being married gives you a significantly higher chance of staying alive after the age of 65, according to new research by four Italian universities.Hav…
The Cavalli brand will soon appear on a new line but it will not be one of clothes but of wine.Cavalli Section is the brainchild of Tommaso Cavalli, t…
Wheat prices tumbled 10% in October, over the previous month, making any further hike in pasta and bread prices unjustified, the Coldiretti farmers' u…
The funeral of an Italian soccer fan shot by police on Sunday went off without incident on Wednesday.Thousands of fellow supporters of Gabriele Sandri…
Snow on the Apennines along with heavy rain and strong winds over much of the peninsula gave Italians their first taste of winter on Wednesday.Snowplo…
Italy's top court has apparently changed tack on the acceptability of vulgar language.The court, which this summer made headlines by greenlighting the…
Italy striker Luca Toni is set on leaving nothing to chance against Scotland on Saturday.Toni said there was ''no way'' Italy would be playing for a d…
CHRISTMAS in Italy is magical. The decorations are put up in December rather than at the end of summer, it often snows (particularly in the countrysid…
A new exhibition exploring the weird and wonderful artistic talents of US filmmaker David Lynch has opened here after a successful run in Paris. The A…
Campari is the biggest drinks company in Italy in terms of turnover, according to a list of 40 firms drawn up by the Italian merchant bank Mediobanca…
Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher was back testing a Ferrari racing car on Tuesday for the first time since he retired from Formula 1 in 2…
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro said on Tuesday that seeing TV pictures of soccer fans rioting in Italian cities on Sunday made him feel ''lucky'' to pl…