Articles by ITALY

Mon, 08/13/2007 - 09:09
According to the Daily Telegraph it pays to be extra nice in bars and restaurants in Venice in the hope of having the "turista simpatico" price list a…
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 08:49
Three cities thousands of miles apart but linked by the wind and sea - Trieste, Gibraltar and Reykjavik - have been grouped together by the German dir…
Sun, 08/12/2007 - 08:31
Architects compete to design façade of Vespucci airport - AdF the management company for the Florence airport has announced a competition of ideas…
Sun, 08/12/2007 - 08:01
New York flight attracted over 6,000 people during the month - The Pisa airport saw a total of 1,624,963 people during the first half of 2007 a 14.9%…
Sun, 08/12/2007 - 07:57
A group of 27 cyclists is preparing to follow the historic via Francigena linking Canterbury and Rome in a fund raising effort.The Francigena Way, fir…
Sun, 08/12/2007 - 07:54
Industrial output in Italy declined in June in respect to both the previous month and the same month last year, national statistics bureau Istat repor…
Sun, 08/12/2007 - 07:49
A group of mentally ill Italian people are getting ready to smash stereotypes at home and abroad by following Marco Polo's tracks to China.They are go…
Sat, 08/11/2007 - 08:25
As Italy continued to battle one of its worst forest fire emergencies in years, a southern bishop called on the Church to excommunicate arsonists as a…
Sat, 08/11/2007 - 07:58
Florentine aerospace company to participate in NASA mission - Galileo Avionica (part of the Finmeccanica group) will take part in NASA s Phoenix miss…
Sat, 08/11/2007 - 07:52
Low-cost carrier Ryanair has decided to sue the Italian aviation authority ENAC over plans to reduce the numbers of flights at Rome's second airport,…
Sat, 08/11/2007 - 04:47
New international development program in the works - AnsaldoBreda is soon to have a European ally. The announcement was made by the President and Chai…
Sat, 08/11/2007 - 04:42
An Italian consumer group has launched a campaign to stop boorish behaviour on the nation's beaches spoiling summer vacations."Many people behave on t…
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 08:27
Ailing Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti is in satisfactory condition and could be discharged, a bulletin from the Modena University Hospital said on Th…
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 07:50
On the eve of the night of the shooting stars, the August 10 Feast of St Lawrence, Italians appear to be at a loss about what to wish for should they…
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 07:47
As the vacation season approaches its climax, Italian doctors are taking their safe-sex message where it is most needed at this time of year - the bea…
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 07:44
The taxman is seeking 112 million euros from Italian motorcycling ace Valentino Rossi, tax office sources said on Thursday.It emerged on Wednesday tha…
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 07:36
Police on Thursday arrested 14 people in an operation which uncovered close ties between local Cosa Nostra families and the Mafia in the United States…
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 07:31
Supertenor Luciano Pavarotti, born in the northern Italian city of Modena in 1935, rose to become the world's most famous opera singer.While his forer…
Thu, 08/09/2007 - 07:42
Italian motorcycling hero Valentino Rossi is at the centre of a multi-million-euro tax evasion probe, tax officials said on Wednesday.They said the se…
Thu, 08/09/2007 - 07:39
Champions League winner AC Milan isn't seeking other players after netting Brazilian striker Pato on the transfer market, coach Carlo Ancelotti said o…