Former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri will be in charge of Juventus' return to the top-flight, after signing a three-year contract with the Turin giants…
A top Italian anti-Mafia crusader called on Monday for a new law to punish shopkeepers who paid protection money to the Mafia without going to the pol…
A traveling trade fair of quality Italian wines and foods will be making two stops in Russia this year, a clear sign of the growing importance of this…
Rome is celebrating German artist George Grosz, with an exhibition charting his entire career, from his little-known theatrical work to the savage car…
A band of Italian art thieves were so inept they peddled major hauls through small-town antiques shops and even flea markets, Italian police have foun…
Sharp-shooting Italian comic-book hero Tex Willer is the star of a top international graphic-art fair in the southern Portuguese town of Moura.Tex, It…
Seven female 'guardians of decorum' went into action in Venice on Friday in a bid to stop tourists going about bare-chested, lounging around in doorwa…
The Serie A bench-hopping season officially kicked off on Friday, when former Reggina boss Walter Mazzarri was appointed Sampdoria coach.The move prom…
A BBC documentary on the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests was "biased" and "unfair", a Vatican spokesman said a day after the film was sho…
Finance police seized documents at the offices of Italian energy group ENI on Monday in connection with a Milan-based probe into suspected fraud in ga…
State broadcaster RAI saw losses of 69 million euros in 2006 for its TV division and more than 80 million euros for the whole group, its worst perform…
Six divers will seek to set a new world record for living under water when they submerge off the island of Ponza from September 8 to 22.The previous r…
Many years ago, I was ensconsed in the comfortable fast train from Rome to Milan when an elegant older gentleman entered the compartment and sat oppos…
Pope Benedict on Wednesday met the parents of a four-year-old British girl snatched in Portugal nearly a month ago and blessed her photo.The pontiff s…
