Articles by ITALY
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, going for his third straight victory on Sunday, is hoping Michael Schumacher's former invincibility at the Nuerburgring in G…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Italy on Wednesday unveiled the Hercules of Veio, a celebrated masterpiece of Etruscan art, after a complicated four-year restoration.The bigger-than-…
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…
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…
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…
Sicilian prosecutors are investigating suspicions that 'rogue elements' in Italy's secret services were involved in anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino'…
Campania regional Chief Antonio Bassolino admitted on Tuesday that the southern region had made a number of mistakes in dealing with its refuse crisis…
Refereeing great Pierluigi Collina has been cleared of involvement in last year's soccer match-fixing scandal by Soccer Federation prosecutor Stefano…