A Rome appeals court on Monday acquitted a cardinal and another top Vatican official in a trial focusing on charges that transmitters used by the Vati…
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Sat, 06/09/2007 - 05:42
Cocaine is floating around in the air of Rome, according to the latest air pollution survey.The survey by the National Research Council (CNR) found th…
Fri, 06/08/2007 - 05:45
Veteran Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke has been hospitalised in Italy after trying to commit suicide, staff said Thursday.Vandenbroucke, 32, once…
Fri, 06/08/2007 - 05:42
Italian astronomists have found a massive mysterious object outside the solar system which has sparked intense debate whether it is a star or a planet…
Fri, 06/08/2007 - 05:39
Eco-friendly Italians keen to boost their recycling performance will soon receive a helping hand in the shape of a label guaranteeing a product's biod…
Fri, 06/08/2007 - 05:33
Italy's famed art restorers Egypt have cracked the problem of how to preserve Egypt's ancient wall paintings.All of Egypt's famous pyramids and tombs…
Fri, 06/08/2007 - 05:24
The trash crisis which has plagued Naples for months has reached the shores of the idyllic Isle of Capri where local authorities are threatening to cl…
Fri, 06/08/2007 - 03:10
The dazzling jewellery of Italy's last queen will be sold in London next week at an auction expected to raise millions of euros.Princess Maria Gabriel…
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 13:27
How did one spicy green get so many names? I never know what to call it. In much of Italy it is “rucola,†in England “rocket,†and in the US â…
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 06:41
United States President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will arrive in the Italian capital from Poland on Friday evening.They will spend the…
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 06:28
Four people accused of murdering 'God's Banker' Roberto Calvi in London 25 years ago were acquitted by a Rome court Wednesday.
The four charged wit…
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 06:25
A host of glittering top-name celebrities are set to arrive in Venice over the next few days, as the 52nd edition of the Biennial contemporary art fes…
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 06:20
A young German man tried to climb on to Benedict XVI's jeep on Wednesday as the pope was driving through crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for his…
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 06:17
Luna Rossa's America's Cup adventure ended Wednesday when Team New Zealand completed a 5-0 whitewash of them in the Louis Vuitton Cup (LVC) final in V…
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 05:06
Contemporary Italian artist Vanessa Beecroft has won international notoriety and acclaim for her nude 'tableaux vivants' but a new exhibit in Bergamo…
Wed, 06/06/2007 - 06:27
Rome officials were busy working on security measures on Tuesday as the capital prepared for a visit by US President George W. Bush and braced itself…
Wed, 06/06/2007 - 06:24
European champs AC Milan will launch their bid for Barcelona's Cameroon star Samuel Eto's as soon as the Liga ends, Deputy Chairman Adriano Galliano s…
Wed, 06/06/2007 - 06:14
With its wealth of natural resources, Italy could become the world's leading producer of renewable energy, top US economist Jeremy Rifkin said Tuesd…
Wed, 06/06/2007 - 06:10
Over half of Italians never use the Internet and very few can be described as truly up-to-date technologically, according to a new survey.Although PCs…
Wed, 06/06/2007 - 06:05
While the ancient Romans and Greeks were making a name for themselves in western Europe, the Ukraine steppes attracted folk like the Scythians, the Sa…