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Inflation dropped to 1.5% this month from 1.7% in March, national statistics bureau Istat said on Friday, rekindling a long-running row with consumer…
A new train service will whisk tourists to the top of Vesuvius more than 50 years after the famous funicular railway closed down.The funicular, a Napl…
Top human rights' group Amnesty International said on Friday that it had asked Italy to head a campaign for a worldwide ban on capital punishment.Amne…
Italians are speaking Italian more than ever before but at the same time they are refusing to abandon their dialects and over half the population cont…
Former premier Silvio Berlusconi was fully acquitted of judge bribery by a Milan appeals court on Friday.The centre-right opposition chief was cleared…
The Italian government's deficit-busting plan is working, according to forecasts presented by national statistics bureau Istat on Monday.Istat said th…
Italian biologists plan to map out the DNA of the black truffle so that the precise conditions which make the fragrant delicacy grow among the roots o…
Environmental criminals and polluters could soon be slapped with lengthy jail terms and hefty fines under a government crackdown aimed at stemming ram…
Offbeat Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi is in Italy this week seeking his roots.Buscemi, who often plays gangsters and says he's tired of getting killed…
The number of Catholic priests who leave the ministry to marry is less than often claimed, partly because some 'defectors' come back again, according…
The government was urged on Monday to take emergency action as the country headed into a severe, early drought.Experts and the farming community warne…
An Italian satellite blasted off Monday to catch the rays that neutron stars and supernovae emit when they explode.The satellite, called AGILE, left a…
One of the two architects of Italy's current immigration legislation said on Wednesday that Romano Prodi's centre-left government was set on letting i…
Pope Benedict on Thursday took up the environmentalist banner in the worldwide debate on climate change, urging nations to adopt lifestyles that respe…
A widening probe into the alleged sexual abuse of children as young as three by teachers at a top nursery school near Rome has shocked the country and…
The opposition threatened on Thursday to block government immigration reforms via a referendum if necessary, saying the country would be flooded with…
The Italian government has unveiled a 'charter of values' intended to promote better understanding between the nation and its growing immigrant popula…
The Vatican and Israel have agreed to hold high-level talks in Rome next month, resuming negotiations on thorny administrative issues after five years…
Luna Rossa beat the highly fancied Team New Zealand on Thursday and gave their America's Cup campaign a massive boost in the process.The Italian team…
AS Roma will be out to avenge the 3-0 beating and the leg-pulling they suffered from Lazio in December when they take on their cross-town rivals again…