The Holy Grail, the elusive cup at the heart of countless legends, is hidden in catacombs under a sixth-century church in Rome, according to an Italia…
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Thu, 06/21/2007 - 05:10
Italian farmers are on the warpath over testing of genetically modified versions of wine, olive oil and tomatoes - the staples of the famous Mediterra…
Wed, 06/20/2007 - 05:48
Italian fashion legend Valentino has admitted that one of the regrets of his life is that he never had children."I'm sorry I never had children. In th…
Wed, 06/20/2007 - 05:43
The work permit of an ex-Nazi who took part in Italy's worst WWII atrocity has been revoked after an outcry from the Jewish community.Erich Priebke, 9…
Wed, 06/20/2007 - 05:39
Juventus have bought Italy striker Vincenzo Iaquinta from Udinese for 11.3 million euros, the Turin club announced Tuesday.The 27-year-old, a member o…
Wed, 06/20/2007 - 05:35
MatlinPatterson Global Advisers has shown a renewed interest in acquiring a controlling stake in Italian carrier Alitalia and will be allowed to see t…
Wed, 06/20/2007 - 05:30
The Vatican is calling on governments to bring in laws that will make it possible to prosecute men who pay for sex.The call came in a new document dea…
Wed, 06/20/2007 - 05:27
Garlic is the true fountain of youth and key to a long life, according to the Italian farmers' union Coldiretti."It is not by chance that Italians con…
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 06:03
Noto Cathedral reopened on Monday 11 years after the Sicilian Baroque gem's collapse sent the art world into shock."Today is a day of great celebratio…
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 05:58
The Venice Film Festival is to honour Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci with a prize marking the 75th anniversary of the world's oldest movie fest,…
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 05:54
The Italian post office is set to honour Italy's only world heavyweight boxing champ, giant 1930s slugger Primo Carnera.Poste Italiane will issue a co…
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 05:50
Italian soccer is toasting Fabio Capello, who confirmed his status as one of the game's all-time most successful coaches by leading Real Madrid to the…
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 05:45
The world of fashion was in mourning on Monday following the death of Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre'.Known in the trade as the 'architect of fashi…
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 05:38
Tourists can once again admire the beauty of 10 ancient Roman houses at Pompeii which have been specially reopened to the public for the summer after…
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 07:03
Following speculation last week, British rocker Rod Stewart did marry model Penny Lancaster in a private ceremony Saturday on the Italian Riviera. A v…
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 06:37
You think of July as a month for harvesting. Picking ripe tomatoes, plucking juicy peaches from the tree, cutting fragrant hay. Yet it’s also a time…
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 06:34
Three people including a British tourist were killed when a goods train hit a passenger train on the island of Sardinia on Friday - Italy's sixth fata…
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 05:49
Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz says that the fat green ogress whose voice she supplies in the popular Shrek films is a great model for modern women.In…
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 05:46
The Italian Cycling Federation banned former Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso for two years Friday for his involvement in the Operacion Puerto doping s…
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 05:43
AC Milan Chairman Silvio Berlusconi on Friday confounded transfer-market watchers by insisting he wanted former San Siro darling Andriy Shevchenko bac…