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Following Sunday's thrilling Catalunya Grand Prix, few observers now doubt that five-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi may have finally met his mat…
An international team of experts has recreated Ancient Rome in a computer-graphics version that nails down the last column, statue and brick of the Co…
Art-lovers visiting Venice in coming weeks have more than just the 52nd edition of the Biennale to look forward to, with a string of side exhibits dev…
I don’t mean to be a snob, but when I see pasta with grilled chicken, pesto and sun-dried tomatoes on the menu of an Italian restaurant in the US o…
Italy has come up with a robot dog to guard museums and keep art works in the best state of conservation.The robot, dubbed Argo, scoots around on four…
Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Rome on Saturday to protest against US President George W. Bush, who was in the Italian capital o…
For the first time a woman has been named to head the Catholic relief organization Caritas Internationalis.Briton Lesley-Anne Knight was elected as th…
Italian Spaghetti Westerns are the inspiration behind a new fashion collection created by the daughters of Giuliano Gemma, one of the film genre's lea…
A Sicilian teacher faces a suspended jail sentence for punishing a school bully by making him write "I am moronic" over and over in his exercise book.…
A Ferrari made entirely of chocolate has been made by a confectioner here in this central italian city and will be auctioned off at Ferrari headquarte…
An Italian archaeologist claims to have found the temple of the ancient Roman god Quirinus under the head of state's official residence, the Palazzo…
Dogs should be looked after like children when people take them out for a walk or in the car, Italy's Supreme Court said Tuesday.Ruling in the case of…
Smoking is back on the rise in Italy after declining in the wake of tough anti-smoking legislation two years ago, a new report has found.A poll taken…
A ground-breaking Italian satellite system for Earth observation and disaster prevention is set to blast off from California Thursday.Rockets on the B…
The use of biodiesel fuel can cut vehicle emissions of carbon dioxide by as much as 80% and fine particles by 50%, the Italian farmers' union Coldir…
Italy is to claim cash from 'sleeping accounts' in banks, post offices and insurance companies and use it for good causes, the government said on Tues…
The only surviving child of the late Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli is suing her father's most trusted advisers in a dispute over the management of h…
Three employees of a cult TV show which caused a storm last year by exposing drug use among Italian MPs now face trial, judicial sources said on Tuesd…
This past spring was the hottest in Italy since 1800, when records began to be kept, the National Research Council (CNR) reported on Wednesday.The hot…
The view that wartime pontiff Pius XII was indulgent towards Hitler is now so firmly rooted that people just ignore evidence to the contrary, Pope Be…