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…
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Sat, 09/15/2007 - 04:08
An Italian research institute has discovered a gene that helps the heart recover from heart attacks and strokes.Mauro Giacca, director of the Internat…
Sat, 09/15/2007 - 04:00
The Mediterranean is heating up with worrying consequences for the sea's biodiversity, an environmental report warned on Monday ahead of a major clima…
Sat, 09/15/2007 - 03:49
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Zimbabwean Archbishop Pius Ncube, an outspoken opponent of President Robert Mugabe and the central f…
Sat, 09/15/2007 - 03:42
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…
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 06:28
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…
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 05:15
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…
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 04:10
Italian consumers on a war footing against higher food prices retaliated on Thursday with a 'pasta strike'.The protest was organised by consumer right…
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 03:39
The International Automobile Federation cancelled all McLaren's points in the Formula 1 constructor's championship on Thursday at a Paris hearing into…
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 03:34
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…
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 03:31
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…
Fri, 09/14/2007 - 03:21
An anti-biotech 'super-alliance' is launching Italy's largest ever-campaign against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) this weekend.The 28-strong c…
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 10:27
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…
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 05:33
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…
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 04:29
Italy's popular chili pepper peperoncino raises the risk of getting prostate cancer, Italian doctors said Wednesday.Speaking on European Prostate Awar…
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 03:55
(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…
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 03:48
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…
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 03:42
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…
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 03:38
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…
Wed, 09/12/2007 - 05:22
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…