By mid-August most of the 400 shops in Rome's Chinatown will have bilingual signs, the city government official responsible for security confirmed on…
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Sat, 06/23/2007 - 06:07
Grannies could be the vital ingredient that would make health and development projects in poor countries really take off, according to the United Nati…
Sat, 06/23/2007 - 06:01
Fiat Powertrain Technologies and DaimlerChrysler announced on Tuesday that they had struck a strategic agreement for Fiat to supply engines for trucks…
Sat, 06/23/2007 - 05:58
The departure of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Annunciation from Tokyo on Wednesday marked the end of Italian art's biggest hit in Japan for thr…
Sat, 06/23/2007 - 05:57
Italian eyewear giant Luxottica has acquired the American sports and lifestyle accessory maker Oakley for $2.1 billion, a joint statement from the com…
Sat, 06/23/2007 - 05:54
A tiny sea-bed animal called a sea squirt may be coming to the aid of cancer patients.An Italian-led study has shown that a molecule extracted from th…
Sat, 06/23/2007 - 05:51
The ancient riddle of where the Etruscans came from has been solved, Italian scientists say.The Etruscans, who once dominated central Italy, were so d…
Sat, 06/23/2007 - 05:19
Italians are increasingly fond of baring their bodies but do not have enough opportunities to do so in their homeland, according to the Federation of…
Fri, 06/22/2007 - 05:51
The Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo intends to focus more on markets in Asia, which already account for some 50% of the group's earnings, CE…
Fri, 06/22/2007 - 05:47
Ferrari goes into this weekend's French Grand Prix needing a victory over McLaren to keep its championship hopes alive.After seeing Lewis Hamilton and…
Fri, 06/22/2007 - 05:44
The summer transfer market has yet to get into full swing, but Juventus are already well on the way to assembling a competitive squad for their return…
Fri, 06/22/2007 - 05:33
Pope Benedict on Thursday renewed appeals for a stepping up of international efforts to broker peace in the Middle East.The pontiff also expressed dee…
Fri, 06/22/2007 - 04:40
A tourist accidentally poked a hole in a painting by a Baroque master in Florence's Uffizi Gallery Thursday.The woman was caught by security cameras a…
Fri, 06/22/2007 - 04:29
Italy is turning to nano-technology to defend its famous products against inferior clones.One of the latest ideas is to use tiny biological receptors…
Fri, 06/22/2007 - 02:28
Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli, renowned for eye-popping glitz, is talking to possible investors about selling a stake in the company and takin…
Thu, 06/21/2007 - 05:52
Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen on Wednesday admitted that he was disappointed over his performance and that of his team so far this season but pointed…
Thu, 06/21/2007 - 05:48
The one big club that emerged unscathed from last season's huge Calciopoli match-fixing scandal, Inter Milan, has been stung by a probe into an older…
Thu, 06/21/2007 - 05:45
Soccer is no longer Italy's top sport in terms of the number of people who play it in their spare time, national statistics institute Istat said Tuesd…
Thu, 06/21/2007 - 05:40
The last person to make fishnets by hand in Sicily, and perhaps Italy, has died at the age of 78.Antonio Vultaggio began making nets for fishermen whe…
Thu, 06/21/2007 - 05:36
Ali Hewson, wife of U2's lead singer Bono, launched her socially conscious clothing label Edun during the Pitti fashion week in Florence on Wednesday.…