A robber with a shoe fetish has been arrested after a three-month rampage along the northwestern Italian coast.The 27-year-old man, Maurizio Giusto, w…
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Tue, 09/18/2007 - 09:01
Italian Deputy Premier and Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli on Tuesday threw his support behind the bid Italy's second biggest airline Air One is ma…
Tue, 09/18/2007 - 08:58
Italy is hailing an unprecedented example of soccer supporters joining together not to commit violence but to expel a troublemaker from their midst.Du…
Tue, 09/18/2007 - 06:35
Italian wine merchants are shifting their marketing targets in the United States to the 'Millennials', the new generation of consumers born after 1977…
Tue, 09/18/2007 - 06:15
The number of graduates in Italy doubled over the last ten years with more than 40% of young people now completing university courses - the same rate…
Tue, 09/18/2007 - 05:29
Juventus midfielder Antonio Nocerino was discharged from hospital Tuesday morning after spending a night in observation following a road accident.Hosp…
Mon, 09/17/2007 - 04:21
This year's early and wine wine harvest is only the latest effect of global warming in Italy, the Italian Coldiretti farmers' union said on Tuesday.It…
Mon, 09/17/2007 - 03:29
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair is ready to spend more than $1 billion in order to offer flights from Milan's Malpensa airport and expand its services…
Mon, 09/17/2007 - 03:25
A Milan magistrate on Thursday renewed accusations of political "complicity" in a failed bank takeover bid which generated an international scandal an…
Mon, 09/17/2007 - 03:16
Education Minister Fabio Mussi moved on Wednesday to stem polemics over admissions exams for medical students after questions were raised about transp…
Mon, 09/17/2007 - 03:11
Itay's year-on-year inflation rate held at 1.6% in August with the consumer price index rising 0.2% over the previous month, national statistics burea…
Sun, 09/16/2007 - 07:09
A group of old people in the Italian city of Genoa will soon be testing a high-tech electronic bracelet designed to comfort and protect them at all ti…
Sun, 09/16/2007 - 04:14
The climate in Italy is heating up at a faster rate than the rest of the planet, according to a new report from the National Research Council (CNR).Lo…
Sun, 09/16/2007 - 04:13
After getting tough last month with windshield washers, city officials here would now like to crack down on illegal parking attendants.According to ci…
Sun, 09/16/2007 - 04:04
If current climate trends continue, Italy's Po River risks running dry some 100km before reaching its delta on the Adriatic Sea, experts warned in a r…
Sun, 09/16/2007 - 03:46
The European Commission said on Tuesday that the Italian economy was underperforming.The EC said it expected Italy's GDP to grow by 1.9% this year, a…
Sun, 09/16/2007 - 03:46
Italy's biggest electricity company Enel indicated on Thursday it was ready to move into the nuclear power sector quickly if public opinion shifts in…
Sat, 09/15/2007 - 06:07
Two men were nabbed this week while fishing money out of Rome's famed Trevi Fountain in more crowd-stopping antics at the landmark monument.Police mov…
Sat, 09/15/2007 - 06:00
Two US military officials have begun a three-week mission in southern Sicily to locate the remains of about 40 American soldiers who went missing in a…
Sat, 09/15/2007 - 05:03
A prized sweet chestnut from the region of Cuneo in the Italian north-west and a white asparagus native to the Bassano area north of Venice have becom…