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…
Italian farmers are on the warpath over testing of genetically modified versions of wine, olive oil and tomatoes - the staples of the famous Mediterra…
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…
The work permit of an ex-Nazi who took part in Italy's worst WWII atrocity has been revoked after an outcry from the Jewish community.Erich Priebke, 9…
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…
MatlinPatterson Global Advisers has shown a renewed interest in acquiring a controlling stake in Italian carrier Alitalia and will be allowed to see t…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Following speculation last week, British rocker Rod Stewart did marry model Penny Lancaster in a private ceremony Saturday on the Italian Riviera. A v…
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…
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…
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…
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…
AC Milan Chairman Silvio Berlusconi on Friday confounded transfer-market watchers by insisting he wanted former San Siro darling Andriy Shevchenko bac…
