Articles by ITALY

Tue, 05/15/2007 - 05:36
Even though this weekend's victory at the Spanish Grand Prix was Ferrari's third in four races, the mood in the Italian team on Monday was hardly euph…
Tue, 05/15/2007 - 05:33
While Diego Cammarata looked set to win a second term as Palermo mayor in Sicilian local elections on Monday, rival candidate Leoluca Orlando demanded…
Tue, 05/15/2007 - 05:25
Muammar Gaddafi told Italian Premier Romano Prodi that he was "well" on Monday after a report that the Libyan leader had suffered a stroke and was in…
Mon, 05/14/2007 - 05:48
The decision to free six people including three women teachers jailed in a nursery school sex abuse probe left a small town near Rome dangerously divi…
Mon, 05/14/2007 - 05:44
Oscar-winning Italian movie Cinema Paradiso is the best foreign film of all time as far as the Brits are concerned.Giuseppe Tornatore's 1988 heart-tug…
Mon, 05/14/2007 - 05:41
Fuel station operators on Friday announced they will shut down June 6-8 to protest against the government's plans to deregulate their sector.In Februa…
Mon, 05/14/2007 - 05:37
German director Wim Wenders announced Friday that he will start shooting a film on life in Sicily's capital Palermo in September.Wenders, 62, said he…
Mon, 05/14/2007 - 05:32
Veteran Mali photographer Malick Sidibe' is to become the first African artist to receive a career achievement award from the prestigious venice Bienn…
Mon, 05/14/2007 - 05:27
When it comes to snarling, red, Italian-built racing machines, there has for many years been only one name that counts - Ferrari.But since a 21-year-o…
Sun, 05/13/2007 - 06:03
Italy is the best place in the world for infants to live in, even if Italian mothers rank only 19th in the 8th annual 'Mother Index' drawn up by the S…
Sun, 05/13/2007 - 06:00
Azzurri prop Martin Castrogiovanni has become the first Italian and only the second non-British rugby pro to win the English Premiership Player of the…
Sun, 05/13/2007 - 05:56
The Mediterranean's bluefin tuna population will be extinct in three to five years time if over-fishing is not stopped, the Italian chapter of Greenpe…
Sun, 05/13/2007 - 05:54
Without Britain at its heart, the European Union will never move with conviction on the world stage, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema told an…
Sun, 05/13/2007 - 05:52
Last month was the hottest April since 1800 with temperatures running 2.9°C higher than the average for the period from 1961 to 1990, experts said on…
Sat, 05/12/2007 - 06:59
A Jewish leader drew the wrath of gay rights' groups on Monday by saying that the legal recognition of homosexual couples was "unacceptable".Riccardo…
Sat, 05/12/2007 - 06:06
Italy needs to store at least 350 million cubic meters of water before the end of the month in order to limit the consequences of an expected summer d…
Sat, 05/12/2007 - 05:53
Italian cycling star Ivan Basso, who made a semi-confession of drug use earlier this week, has been placed under investigation under Italy's strict an…
Sat, 05/12/2007 - 05:44
Rome's Cinecitta' Studios - once known as Hollywood on the Tiber in its heyday - marked its 70th birthday on Friday with a gala event led by legendary…
Sat, 05/12/2007 - 05:43
The government on Friday announced emergency action as parts of the country appeared - despite long-awaited rain - to be heading into an early drought…
Fri, 05/11/2007 - 06:39
A group of 12 executives on Thursday experimented a novel way to relax from the pressures of business by going face-to-face with sharks in the aquariu…