Debate over Italy's controversial abortion law has been rekindled by a case in which a hospital treating a pregnant woman aborted a healthy foetus whi…
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Mon, 08/27/2007 - 06:39
One of the masterpieces of Western art, Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel frescoes in Padua, is threatened by flooding and water seepage, an expert warned on…
Mon, 08/27/2007 - 06:33
The cold, rainy weather dogging swathes of Europe this summer is of little help to a small colony of frogs in central Italy, struggling to beat the he…
Mon, 08/27/2007 - 06:19
Scenes of panic erupted in a mountain village near Palermo on Friday as one of the many fires devastating Sicily's northern coastal areas began to eng…
Mon, 08/27/2007 - 06:12
Filmmakers and celebrities attending the upcoming Venice Film Festival will have an unusual extra category to compete in this year: the award for "the…
Mon, 08/27/2007 - 04:44
Cult US documentary-maker Michael Moore told Italians on Friday not to take their universal health care system for granted and took fire at former pre…
Mon, 08/27/2007 - 04:24
Italy's stock market regulator Consob on Friday gave its green light to Milan stock market operator Borsa Italiana to modify its statutes in view of i…
Sat, 08/25/2007 - 06:51
Titian's Veneto homeland is paying tribute to the 16th-century master this autumn with a stunning two-part exhibition featuring 90 artworks.The show,…
Sat, 08/25/2007 - 05:38
An association promoting wine tourism in Tuscany has asked to raise the level above which drivers will be found guilty of operating under the influenc…
Sat, 08/25/2007 - 05:25
The group of islands off the Tuscan coast that includes Elba and Montecristo is considering making environmental history by going totally oil-and-coal…
Sat, 08/25/2007 - 04:43
Premier Romano Prodi on Friday shrugged off a growing tax protest, saying that a boom in tax revenue demonstrated the public's confidence in the gover…
Sat, 08/25/2007 - 04:40
The crisis on international markets caused by the subprime credit crunch in the United States will reduce Italy's projected GDP growth from about 2% t…
Fri, 08/24/2007 - 05:30
A series of designs epitomizing the unique style of Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani is to get a permanent home in Milan.After seven years touring…
Fri, 08/24/2007 - 05:16
Sicily on Thursday remained in the grips of a fire emergency which has so far claimed the lives of three people.Firefighters and army units were tackl…
Fri, 08/24/2007 - 05:09
Juventus return to Serie A on Saturday with a new coach and mighty ambitions after a year of penance in the second division for the Calciopoli referee…
Thu, 08/23/2007 - 21:28
While tourists may love this lagoon city's pigeons, for Venetians they are a little too dear, costing each resident some 275 euros a year to clean up…
Thu, 08/23/2007 - 19:36
A major tax row blew up in Italy on Wednesday after the government said it would push ahead with an election pledge to hike the tax rate on financial…
Thu, 08/23/2007 - 08:44
AC Milan fans will be banned from attending Sunday's Serie A opener against Genoa in a bid to prevent possible violence between supporters of the two…
Thu, 08/23/2007 - 08:05
Venice is stepping up efforts to fight slovenly behaviour among the scores of visitors that crowd the city each day.In its latest move to discourage b…
Thu, 08/23/2007 - 07:27
At least three people died on Wednesday in a fire emergency on the scorching southern island of Sicily.The three died after a blaze broke out at a hol…