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Six people including three female teachers were arrested on Tuesday, accused of sexually abusing children as young as three at a school near Rome.Poli…
Italian Health Minister Livia Turco said on Tuesday she will back a plan to give greater public support to people who want to have medical treatment t…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, marking the 62nd anniversary of Italy's liberation from Fascism, sought on Wednesday to defuse the political ten…
A comprehensive exhibition at Naples' National Archaeological Museum unlocks the charm and mystery behind amber.The show, entitled Ambra: Trasparenze…
Naples is planning to devote a museum to local actor Toto', a comic genius ranked alongside greats like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton by many.Toto…
AC Milan's frustrating extra-time defeat by Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal could have done the Italian side a…
The pope has urged the world's rich nations to do their "moral duty" by taking serious measures to fight poverty and disease, especially in Africa.The…
Italian villagers descended on Rome Friday to demand an ancient chariot back from a top US museum - just hours before the museum unveiled the storie…
An Italian court on Monday ordered the government to return an ancient statue of Venus to Libya.Rejecting a plea from the Italia Nostra conservation g…
The government said on Friday it was planning a fresh crackdown on dangerous dogs after a nine-month-old baby girl was fatally savaged by her family's…
Renaissance painter Perugino has followed Leonardo da Vinci to Japan as part of a raft of cultural events dubbed 'Italian Spring'.A major show featuri…
The birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa has been located in her home town, Florence.Leonardo scholar Giuseppe Pallanti says documents show she…
Florence is celebrating its ties with Paul Cezanne, even though the French artist never visited the Tuscan city.A new exhibit here looks at two Floren…
The result of first-round voting for the French presidency left Italian Premier Romano Prodi hoping that an Italian-style alliance between the Left an…
The female office worker who stunned tourists on Sunday by swimming naked in Rome's famous Trevi fountain says she now regrets her unprecedented explo…
After securing their second consecutive title Sunday, Inter are banking on coach Roberto Mancini to continue the cycle of success in the foreseeable f…
Carlo Ancelotti promised Monday that a "strong, determined" AC Milan will give Manchester United trouble in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final firs…
The headquarters of the Mediterranean's only marine mammal sanctuary has opened in the northwest Italian port city of Genoa.The office, located in the…
Italian Premier Romano Prodi announced Friday he will not be the leader of a new centre-left party in the making here.Prodi, 67, a long-time rival of…
Opposition chief and former premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday that his family holding company Fininvest would abandon all thought of Telecom It…