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…
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Mon, 04/30/2007 - 05:50
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…
Mon, 04/30/2007 - 05:47
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…
Mon, 04/30/2007 - 05:37
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…
Mon, 04/30/2007 - 05:12
Former premier Silvio Berlusconi was fully acquitted of judge bribery by a Milan appeals court on Friday.The centre-right opposition chief was cleared…
Sun, 04/29/2007 - 06:18
The Italian government's deficit-busting plan is working, according to forecasts presented by national statistics bureau Istat on Monday.Istat said th…
Sun, 04/29/2007 - 06:11
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…
Sun, 04/29/2007 - 06:09
Environmental criminals and polluters could soon be slapped with lengthy jail terms and hefty fines under a government crackdown aimed at stemming ram…
Sun, 04/29/2007 - 05:58
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…
Sat, 04/28/2007 - 06:22
The number of Catholic priests who leave the ministry to marry is less than often claimed, partly because some 'defectors' come back again, according…
Sat, 04/28/2007 - 06:13
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…
Sat, 04/28/2007 - 06:08
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…
Sat, 04/28/2007 - 06:01
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…
Sat, 04/28/2007 - 05:52
Pope Benedict on Thursday took up the environmentalist banner in the worldwide debate on climate change, urging nations to adopt lifestyles that respe…
Fri, 04/27/2007 - 05:49
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…
Fri, 04/27/2007 - 05:44
The opposition threatened on Thursday to block government immigration reforms via a referendum if necessary, saying the country would be flooded with…
Fri, 04/27/2007 - 05:40
The Italian government has unveiled a 'charter of values' intended to promote better understanding between the nation and its growing immigrant popula…
Fri, 04/27/2007 - 05:36
The Vatican and Israel have agreed to hold high-level talks in Rome next month, resuming negotiations on thorny administrative issues after five years…
Fri, 04/27/2007 - 05:32
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…
Fri, 04/27/2007 - 05:27
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…