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Well-known Italian novelist Niccolo' Ammaniti has won Italy's prestigious Strega book prize with his fourth novel Come Dio Comanda (As God Commands).A…
Italy must raise its guard against tomato products from China, farm organisation Coldiretti said Thursday.Speaking after a series of Chinese food scar…
Italian researchers have pinpointed a part of the brain which, if observed with sophisticated equipment, gives away the intention to lie about somethi…
The Pope's letter to Chinese Catholics has placed "new obstacles" in the way of better relations with Beijing, according to an "authoritative" Chinese…
A strict 2004 law regulating assisted fertility practices was blamed on Monday for an almost 4% decline in the number of babies conceived using in-v…
An Italian travel agency on Thursday denied it was encouraging obesity after it began offering heavily discounted flights to overweight young travelle…
Italy's budget deficit hit 6.1% of GDP in the first quarter, national statistics bureau Istat reported on Tuesday.The bureau noted that in the first q…
Residents of the Campania region, where the streets of many towns have been lined with uncollected trash for weeks, pay some of the highest rubbish ta…
Italy's resident population grew by almost 400,000 last year with immigrants making up most of the increase, national statistics bureau Istat reported…
Mariella Burani Fashion Group (MBFG) has sold its multibrand retail operations to private equity fund Abacus Invest for 75 mln euros ($101.8 mln).MBFG…
Fiat is keen to expand in China, CEO Sergio Marchionne said Monday.The Turin car giant has a target of producing 300,000 cars in China by 2010 and is…
An Italian woman has been told to have sex to ward off attacks of anxiety.The woman rushed to the first-aid unit of a hospital near Genoa earlier this…
Abandoning a traditional point of honour for Italian businesses, energy group ENI has decided that this summer it doesn't matter if its staff are not…
Italian sprint superstar Alessandro Petacchi on Wednesday learned he faces a one-year ban for the use of a banned stimulant and will miss this year's…
Ferrari's Felipe Massa is confident of another strong showing by the Italian team at the British Grand Prix this weekend after the one-two finish notc…
Italy's birth rate hit its highest level in years in 2006 although it still remains below the European Union average, according to data issued on Thur…
Top Italian architect Paolo Portoghesi on Thursday became the latest cultural heavyweight to slam Rome's new home for the Roman Empire's most famous p…
Italian League President Antonio Matarrese promised on Thursday that the 2007 closed season will be free of the financial chaos that has dogged Serie…
The Umbria Jazz Festival kicks off this Friday with a line-up boasting top names from the worlds of US and Italian jazz.Umbria Jazz, the largest Europ…
The Fiat cinquecento (500) is one of Italy's most well recognised icons - right up there with a plate full of pasta, a Vespa and a Ferrari. Today, thi…