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A group of Italian youths are offering to pose as Snow White's seven dwarves for home owners worried that their beloved replicas could be snatched by…
Italy is at risk from the growing activism of North African terrorist groups linked with al Qaeda, national Police Chief Antonio Manganelli told the H…
The government and national motorway authorities ran for cover on Wednesday after a public tongue-lashing from a top Vatican cardinal over hold-ups an…
Piaggio is seeking to continue its resurgence in recent years with a new 'retro' Vespa scooter styled on the classic 1970s version of the famous two-w…
Antonio Canova's celebrated portrayal of a teenage Polish prince as Cupid is returning to Italy after over two centuries to take part in the celebrati…
Italy's Cristian Moreni has tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone at the Tour de France, according to the online edition of French spo…
An Italian IT expert claims to have found a secret image of the Virgin Mary and a Knight Templar inside Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Suppe…
Italy's most sophisticated wine lovers are drinking more and more bubbly with meals all year round rather than just with Panettone or Pandoro at Chris…
Italy's great neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova had a guilty secret, according to a Milan art expert.Canova broke one of the art world's key taboos…
An upcoming space mission which will include Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be called 'Esperia', the name the Greeks used to refer to the Italia…
Sprint superstar Alessandro Petacchi was cleared of doping by an Italian Cycling Federation disciplinary committee on Tuesday.The Italian Olympic Comm…
Kaka ruled out an imminent move to Real Madrid on Tuesday, but the Brazil playmaker also refused to pledge eternal loyalty to AC Milan."The fans can r…
A campaign to introduce living wills in Italy gained fresh momentum on Tuesday following the death of a terminally ill man who went on a hunger strike…
Italy's forest fire emergency claimed the lives of four people in the southern region of Puglia on Tuesday.Police said two unidentified people were fo…
Sansepolcro museum attracts 15,000 visitors a year - Thanks its 15,000 annual visitors, the Aboca Museum in Sansepolcro (Arezzo) is the fifth most vis…
Italy's current heat wave has led to a sharp increase in the number of forest and brush fires, civil protection authorities said.The southeast region…
Marco Melandri will ride the next two seasons for Ducati alongside current MotoGP standings leader Casey Stoner, Ducati team manager Livio Suppo annou…
AC Milan are better than last season, when they won the Champions League, even though they have not made any major signings this summer, Carlo Ancelot…
Cult Italian American director Abel Ferrara is making a film inspired by women's jails in Naples using a technique similar to that of Oscar-winning US…
Marine biologists expressed alarm on Monday over the deaths of three whales this month in seas around the southern port of Naples.Some experts fear a…