Articles by ITALY
A major two-day conference opened here on Wednesday with the aim of mapping out strategies that will enable Italy to minimise the impact of climate ch…
An Italian research institute has discovered a gene that helps the heart recover from heart attacks and strokes.Mauro Giacca, director of the Internat…
The Mediterranean is heating up with worrying consequences for the sea's biodiversity, an environmental report warned on Monday ahead of a major clima…
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Zimbabwean Archbishop Pius Ncube, an outspoken opponent of President Robert Mugabe and the central f…
Europe's top forensic science experts gathered in the Italian capital on Thursday for a conference which will be looking at problems connected to DNA…
Flash News - British sleuth Sherlock Holmes will be the star of the fifth edition of the Ravenna Mystery and Noir Festival, September 27-October 7.The…
Milan is marking the 30th anniversary of Maria Callas' death with a series of events, at La Scala Theatre, scene of some of her legendary performances…
Italian consumers on a war footing against higher food prices retaliated on Thursday with a 'pasta strike'.The protest was organised by consumer right…
The International Automobile Federation cancelled all McLaren's points in the Formula 1 constructor's championship on Thursday at a Paris hearing into…
Italy's rugby team believe the fright they got from Romania in Wednesday's tight World Cup victory will help them finally find their best form.Italy l…
Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini is the highest-paid manager in Serie A ahead of his cross-town rival Carlo Ancelotti of AC Milan, La Gazzetta dello…
An anti-biotech 'super-alliance' is launching Italy's largest ever-campaign against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) this weekend.The 28-strong c…
The Italy Magazine website has grown in the past two years from a few hundred visitors a day to thousands and from a couple of hundred forum members t…
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has been forced to drop out of the Pompeii film project due to scheduling problems, sector sources said on Wedne…
Italy's popular chili pepper peperoncino raises the risk of getting prostate cancer, Italian doctors said Wednesday.Speaking on European Prostate Awar…
(embargoed until 17:00 GMT) - The Earth won't be swallowed by the Sun when, billions of years from now, it expands to become a so-called Red Giant, It…
More than 30% of Italians would like to see crusading comic Beppe Grillo become premier, according to a poll out on Wednesday.Grillo has been in the s…
Former pole vault world champion Giuseppe Gibilisco on Wednesday had a two-year doping ban overturned on appeal, clearing the way for him to compete i…
Spaghetti producers said on Wednesday that their prices would have to go up because of higher costs, fuelling a protest by consumer groups who have ca…
Milan is gearing up for the launch of Italy's first documentary festival, an event which organisers hope will turn the northern city into a premier ce…