More women over 40 have babies in Italy than in any other Western nation, according to new figures highlighting the growing tendency among Italian wom…
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Sun, 08/05/2007 - 09:46
Italian Premier Romano Prodi is pushing for the routes used by medieval pilgrims to reach Rome to be revived for modern-day walkers, religious or othe…
Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:26
Siena group employs 1,400 people, 250 researchers - Pharmaceutical multinational Novartis is set to produce the first bird flu vaccine in their Sienes…
Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:17
Majority of sales to large-scale distributors - More than 70% of Tuscany's famed 'Prosciutto Toscano' (DOP) is sold by large-scale distributors such a…
Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:10
An irate mother took the house keys and allowance away from her 61-year-old son because he did not come home when he was supposed to and did not tell…
Sat, 08/04/2007 - 08:24
Italian automaker Fiat was lifted on Wednesday by the release of figures showing its sales perked up almost 10% in July over the same month last year.…
Sat, 08/04/2007 - 08:21
Colaninno: 'complex deal but we have a presence' - Piaggio is planning to launch operations in Brazil within the next two or three years."We think the…
Sat, 08/04/2007 - 08:17
An opposition MP at the centre of a sex and drugs scandal was placed under investigation on Thursday.Prosecutors said Cosimo Mele, a former member of…
Sat, 08/04/2007 - 08:11
A glorious array of art is returning to one of Rome's finest palazzi after an Italian army officers' club was evicted after 50 years."Where there were…
Sat, 08/04/2007 - 08:02
News that inflation was down in July received a warm welcome in government circles but was met with scepticism from consumer groups.National statistic…
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 08:55
Italian directing legend Michelangelo Antonioni, who died earlier this week aged 94, was buried on Thursday in his hometown of Ferrara in northern Ita…
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 08:04
Motorbike sales rose 1.8% last month, over July of last year, thanks to strong sales for big motorcycles and scooters, sector sources said."Sales for…
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 07:46
Italian historians believe they have found the missing tomb of a Medici duchess who died mysteriously over four centuries ago.Experts think the tomb,…
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 07:39
Venice's bid to train tourists to be more respectful of the city is working and scores of sloppy visitors have been fined in the last two months, acco…
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 07:30
Ferrari's arch-rival McLaren has accused it of winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix with an illegal car.In the latest chapter of the 'spy'…
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 07:26
Italy on Thursday stopped to remember the victims of the 1980 bombing of the Bologna train station which left 85 people dead and some 200 injured.Rela…
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 07:00
Italy has already begun its earliest wine harvest in 30 years and winemakers expect to see production to drop by some 10%, although the grapes will be…
Thu, 08/02/2007 - 08:21
Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani will dress Chelsea's soccer stars for the next three seasons, the London club announced on Wednesday.The English P…
Thu, 08/02/2007 - 08:16
Ferrari's former technical director Ross Brawn, part of the 'dream team' that gave the Italians six straight constructors titles, has denied having pl…
Thu, 08/02/2007 - 08:13
The John Paul Getty Museum has agreed to return 40 allegedly looted antiquities to Italy including a 5th-century BC statue of Aphrodite, Italian Cultu…