Roberto Capucci's legendary 'fabric sculptures', which have appeared in galleries around the world, are set for a permanent home in a new museum devot…
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Fri, 06/15/2007 - 04:43
What’s happening to Italy’s golden apple? The tomato originated in Central America and was only introduced into Europe in the 16th century by the…
Thu, 06/14/2007 - 05:48
A top Vatican official on Wednesday urged Catholics to stop funding Amnesty International, following a change in the human rights group's abortion pol…
Thu, 06/14/2007 - 05:44
Italian fashion legend Valentino returns to Rome next month for three days of festivities marking his 45 years as stylist to some of the world's most…
Thu, 06/14/2007 - 05:39
Italian lawmakers and Jewish community leaders have reacted angrily to a ruling that awarded a Nazi war criminal day release in his life sentence for…
Thu, 06/14/2007 - 05:35
A drunken man drove down Rome's famed Spanish Steps at dawn on Tuesday, thinking the world-famous monument was a city street.The man, identified as a…
Thu, 06/14/2007 - 05:19
Australia's MotoGP wonderboy Casey Stoner will race with Ducati at least until the end of the 2008 season, the Italian team said on Wednesday, confirm…
Thu, 06/14/2007 - 04:30
The small coastal town of Barletta is paying homage to its most famous son, Giuseppe De Nittis, with a new museum devoted to the work of the Italian I…
Wed, 06/13/2007 - 12:49
I WAS IN VENICE recently on a long weekend with friends and we always seemed to end up in Piazza San Marco at the end of the day, at one of the wonder…
Wed, 06/13/2007 - 05:53
A row blew up between the government and the judiciary on Tuesday after Italian newspapers published phone taps involving key figures in the ruling ce…
Wed, 06/13/2007 - 05:48
The once-endangered Italian wolf has made a remarkable recovery and has come down from the central Italian mountains to be spotted on the outskirts of…
Wed, 06/13/2007 - 05:37
Two elderly Italian farmers have ended the reign of terror of a bow-and-arrow-wielding Russian 'ninja' bandit who spread fear across northeastern Ital…
Wed, 06/13/2007 - 05:31
Police have saved the priceless ruins of an ancient temple from being smashed up to make room for a southern Italian holiday village.The developers fo…
Wed, 06/13/2007 - 05:27
The Italian Senate on Monday turned down a demand for ice cream that raised the heat on Italy's pols - just as another ethics issue exploded with the…
Wed, 06/13/2007 - 05:25
A new Rome show on Symbolism promises to give an accessible overview of this highly influential modern art movement without oversimplifying it for pub…
Wed, 06/13/2007 - 04:44
A turn-of-the-century Sicilian beauty has beaten screen siren Monica Bellucci in a poll of Italian Women Who Made The World Dream.The beguiling Franc…
Tue, 06/12/2007 - 08:29
Italian politicians have raised eyebrows by demanding cheap parliamentary ice cream amid widespread anger at perks and pay.Senators Rocco Buttiglione…
Tue, 06/12/2007 - 06:13
The centre left clinched the key run-off race in local elections held on Sunday and Monday but opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi said his coalition'…
Tue, 06/12/2007 - 05:56
Greenpeace led calls for a global ban on patents on conventional seeds and animals Monday at the Rome headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agri…
Tue, 06/12/2007 - 05:51
Genoa's Serie A promotion celebrations were spoilt Monday when the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) called the club's chairman a "danger to sport" for…