Italy is calling for 'food ambassadors' to stem the worldwide tide of insults to its culinary glory.A new survey by the Italian Academy of Cuisine (AI…
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Wed, 05/30/2007 - 05:15
Italian health officials have drawn up a national prevention plan in view of the record heat expected this summer.The plan was presented Friday at the…
Wed, 05/30/2007 - 05:10
If drunk in moderation, wine can stop mild mental impairment in the elderly degenerating into full-blown dementia, Italian researchers believe.A glass…
Wed, 05/30/2007 - 05:04
Almost half of the quality wines produced in Tuscany, above all from Chianti to Brunello di Montalcino, is exported to the United States, according to…
Tue, 05/29/2007 - 05:38
The transAtlantic friendship which exists between Italy and the United States is "essential and steadfast," Italian Premier Romano Prodi said on Monda…
Tue, 05/29/2007 - 05:34
A collection of ancient Afghan treasures, believed destroyed for many years, has arrived in Turin for a stunning new show.The exhibition, which opened…
Tue, 05/29/2007 - 05:29
A proposal from Italy's health minister to send in inspectors to search for drugs in public schools has created division in the center-left government…
Tue, 05/29/2007 - 05:22
AC Milan striker Pippo Inzaghi is back in Italy's ranks on the back of his match-winning exploits in Milan's Champions League Final against Liverpool.…
Tue, 05/29/2007 - 05:19
After leading AC Milan to their seventh European Cup, Carlo Ancelotti admitted Monday that he hopes his next job will be as coach of the Italian natio…
Mon, 05/28/2007 - 07:09
Italy upped the number of its environmentally top-notch beaches on 2007 although southern regions are struggling to meet standards, according to a new…
Mon, 05/28/2007 - 06:03
The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy's top art exhibitions.
AREZZO - Museo Statale d'Arte Medievale e Moderna: Piero della Fra…
Mon, 05/28/2007 - 05:44
Soccer fever is peaking in the home of the Catholic Church as the Vatican gears up for Saturday's climax to a new tournament for priests and trainee c…
Sun, 05/27/2007 - 07:14
A record number of tourists stayed in hotels in Rome this month after a 11% rise for the first four months of the year, city officials said."In the mo…
Sun, 05/27/2007 - 06:02
Italy has the oldest population in Europe and the second oldest in the world, after Japan, national statistics bureau Istat confirmed on Wednesday in…
Sun, 05/27/2007 - 05:59
Contact with four-legged friends may be more effective in helping child headache sufferers than medicines, according to the results of animal-assisted…
Sun, 05/27/2007 - 05:56
Fiat Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo on Thursday blasted Italy's political class in an address which some saw as an indication he was poised to e…
Sun, 05/27/2007 - 05:53
An 'electronic nose' has proved able to detect asthma, according to an Italian researcher working in the Netherlands.Silvano Dragonieri of Leiden Univ…
Sun, 05/27/2007 - 05:52
Italy's growing taste for shark meat is a threat to the endangered predators, shark lovers say.Italy is now Europe's second-biggest importer of shark…
Sat, 05/26/2007 - 06:02
The North-South gap in Italy continues to widen in every social and economic sector and people from the south are once again migrating north, accordin…
Sat, 05/26/2007 - 05:56
Provocative American installation artist Jenny Holzer is lighting up Rome with one of her trademark poetry projection shows.Holzer started brightening…