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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…
Grannies could be the vital ingredient that would make health and development projects in poor countries really take off, according to the United Nati…
Fiat Powertrain Technologies and DaimlerChrysler announced on Tuesday that they had struck a strategic agreement for Fiat to supply engines for trucks…
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…
Italian eyewear giant Luxottica has acquired the American sports and lifestyle accessory maker Oakley for $2.1 billion, a joint statement from the com…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli, renowned for eye-popping glitz, is talking to possible investors about selling a stake in the company and takin…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…