Rome has changed out of all recognition and become a true "capital of culture", Italian fashion icon Valentino said Thursday, elaborating on his recen…
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Fri, 06/29/2007 - 05:39
Naples' waste-collection agency says that by Friday it hopes to clear the mountains of trash that have piled up on the city's streets as a result of C…
Fri, 06/29/2007 - 05:30
Finland's Kimi Raikkonen denied being unhappy at Ferrari on Thursday and brushed aside rumours that the Italian team could bring in Spain's Fernando A…
Fri, 06/29/2007 - 05:28
An Italian man and his Portuguese partner have been arrested in connection with investigations into the kidnapping of four-year-old British girl Madel…
Fri, 06/29/2007 - 04:48
Italy shuddered Thursday at the prospect of culinary glory Parmigiano Reggiano losing a landmark case at the European Court of Justice (ECJ).Producers…
Fri, 06/29/2007 - 04:44
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will host the 30th annual meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission here from July 2-7.T…
Fri, 06/29/2007 - 04:43
The bustling departures hall at Milan's Malpensa airport is hosting an unusual guest this summer: a 1907 painting by Spanish master Pablo Picasso.La F…
Thu, 06/28/2007 - 05:39
The Assen track hosting this weekend's Dutch MotoGP Grand Prix has been "ruined" by recent modifications, Ducati's world championship leader Casey Sto…
Thu, 06/28/2007 - 05:37
The face of the Madonna appears in an Italian house window when the sun's rays catch it at sunset, Italian villagers claim."It's really incredible!" s…
Thu, 06/28/2007 - 05:28
The mythical island of Atlantis was located close to the west coast of Africa - and was not submerged as widely supposed but is still there above the…
Thu, 06/28/2007 - 05:24
An Italian inventor has created a robot for fighting fires like the 1999 blaze that killed dozens of people in the Mont Blanc tunnel.The robotic firem…
Thu, 06/28/2007 - 05:19
A Nigerian woman won a reprieve from an expulsion order on Tuesday after telling judges her seven-year-old daughter would be subjected to genital muti…
Thu, 06/28/2007 - 05:00
Italian Nobel prize-winning playwright Dario Fo is the curator of an exhibition of works by a little-known photographer he considers the new Marco Pol…
Wed, 06/27/2007 - 06:21
Think of Italian artisans and you conjure up images of age-old skills passed down from father to son in workshops still fitted out with traditional to…
Wed, 06/27/2007 - 05:54
Sicily was battling with fires and power outages on Tuesday as the island remained in the grip of a searing heat wave.Temperatures soared to above 40…
Wed, 06/27/2007 - 05:43
Unless there is a major effort to drum up support, Rome's Colosseum risks not being recognised as one of today's Seven Wonders of the World."If Italia…
Wed, 06/27/2007 - 05:38
Leather clothes designed by Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney were to grace a Milan catwalk on Tuesday night as part of a campaign to highlight the…
Wed, 06/27/2007 - 05:32
Two women keen to break into one of Italy's last male bastions sought admission on Tuesday to Venice's first official course in the art of gondolierin…
Wed, 06/27/2007 - 05:27
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen said on Tuesday that a series of changes made to his car since his disappointing fourth place at Indianapolis made him confid…
Wed, 06/27/2007 - 04:59
I was having an aperitivo with a group of friends the other day, and as we drank our wine and watched the sunset, the subject of restaurants with a vi…