The current heat wave sent power consumption to a record high on Wednesday, beating the mark set in June last year, power distributor Terna said.At no…
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Fri, 07/20/2007 - 15:00
One of the hazards of putting zucchini plants in the garden is that there will come a time (about mid-summer) when you will have more zucchini than yo…
Fri, 07/20/2007 - 08:26
Italy has launched the world's first 'takeaway theatre' in which people 'order' an actor just like pizza to perform anything ranging from Dante to str…
Fri, 07/20/2007 - 08:22
It's known to keep vampires at bay but now a small town in the north of Italy is looking to garlic to fend off another type of bloodsucker: the mosqui…
Fri, 07/20/2007 - 07:43
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, going for his third straight victory on Sunday, is hoping Michael Schumacher's former invincibility at the Nuerburgring in G…
Fri, 07/20/2007 - 07:37
The rediscovered fragment of a long-lost painting testifying to the Borgia pope's love affair with his beautiful teenage mistress is the focus of a ne…
Fri, 07/20/2007 - 07:31
Tough new laws aimed at stopping Italians ditching their pets when they go on holiday simply aren't working, animal rights groups say.Animal protectio…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 15:33
By chance, a few years ago, I caught a glimpse of a Moto GP race on the TV. I confess that men on bikes speeding endlessly around a track had about as…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 07:55
The Vatican Secretary of State said on Wednesday that the amount of child sex abuse by priests uncovered in the Los Angeles Archiocese was "devastatin…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 07:50
Italy has been knocked out of top spot in FIFA's monthly rankings by Copa America winners Brazil, which returns to the No.1 slot it lost to the Azzurr…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 07:45
A 60-year-old woman was taken into custody on Wednesday after police discovered almost 700 cannabis plants growing on a terrace of her villa.Investiga…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 07:43
Italy's famous Slow Food movement is set to make hospital meals tastier, healthier, cheaper and more fun.Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini met Health Mi…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 07:39
Italian pop star Tiziano Ferro is to sing a virtual duet with Dean Martin on a high-profile tribute album for the late singer and actor.Ferro, 27, wil…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 07:34
Italy on Wednesday unveiled the Hercules of Veio, a celebrated masterpiece of Etruscan art, after a complicated four-year restoration.The bigger-than-…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 07:28
Italy's talks with the John Paul Getty Museum in a long-running row about the return of antiquities are "coming down to the wire," Culture Minister Fr…
Thu, 07/19/2007 - 06:16
This year's wine harvest will be the earliest in 30 years, wine producers said Tuesday.The exceptional heat which has hit Italy this year will force w…
Wed, 07/18/2007 - 07:59
A show celebrating Florence's ties with Paul Cezanne looks at two Tuscan collectors' efforts to spread the French artist's name after recognizing his…
Wed, 07/18/2007 - 07:55
Sicilian prosecutors are investigating suspicions that 'rogue elements' in Italy's secret services were involved in anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino'…
Wed, 07/18/2007 - 07:50
Campania regional Chief Antonio Bassolino admitted on Tuesday that the southern region had made a number of mistakes in dealing with its refuse crisis…
Wed, 07/18/2007 - 07:45
Refereeing great Pierluigi Collina has been cleared of involvement in last year's soccer match-fixing scandal by Soccer Federation prosecutor Stefano…