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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…
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…
Veteran Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke has been hospitalised in Italy after trying to commit suicide, staff said Thursday.Vandenbroucke, 32, once…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Contemporary Italian artist Vanessa Beecroft has won international notoriety and acclaim for her nude 'tableaux vivants' but a new exhibit in Bergamo…
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…
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…
With its wealth of natural resources, Italy could become the world's leading producer of renewable energy, top US economist Jeremy Rifkin said Tuesd…
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…
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…