Articles by ITALY

Wed, 07/29/2009 - 06:48
It seems that the dream story for Italian gossip magazines - a super famous American Hollywood actor falling for an Italian starlet - and allowing the…
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 06:32
Attendants at the Ischia Film & Music Global Festival where delighted with an improvised rendition of "Every Breath You Take" from Sting and Zucch…
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 06:24
Times are tough for many families in Italy with the financial crisis affecting seriously what was an already declining economy. One indicator of an in…
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 05:09
Ferrari recently unveiled the brand new Ferrari that is to replace the F430.The name is a reference to the 4500 motor and V-8 engine. Italia, instead,…
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 05:16
Francesco Totti signed a new five-year contract with his hometown club. This will keep him with Roma AC until he is 37. Totti is a top-level football…
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 05:49
What better job aspiring Indiana Jones's can have than "taking care of ancient sacred cemeteries, look after their preventive preservation, further ex…
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 03:36
Firefighters are hard at work in Sicily trying to save whatever is possible from a fire that started in the natural reserve Cava Grande di Cassibile,…
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 03:30
Lucca reserves a very special event for ballet lovers this August - a homage to "Ballets Russes" directed by Carla Fracci and with dancers from the Ro…
Sat, 07/25/2009 - 05:25
The Italian Catholic Church has decided enough is enough and is now speaking clearly against the way Berlusconi has behaved and is dealing with the al…
Sat, 07/25/2009 - 04:57
A Swedish couple eager to visit the beautiful island of Capri, an island off the coast of Naples, ended up in Carpi - a delightful but far less glamor…
Sat, 07/25/2009 - 04:43
Firefighters are still battling with fires in Sardinia, and now Sicily, with more than 1500 firefighters and ten water planes involved. Arsonists are…
Fri, 07/24/2009 - 07:21
The ape - that cure little three wheeler that adorns (some would say haunts) Italian streets and is the vehicle of choice for everyone from fruit sell…
Fri, 07/24/2009 - 07:05
The huge fires that destroyed more than 15000 hectares of land and caused two deaths as well as millions in material damages is now under control alth…
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 03:57
Italy's largest park is perhaps also one of the least-well known - but this summer would be a great time to discover it.The Pollino park, between Basi…
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 03:35
Following a non-stop series of increasingly more embarrassing revelations regarding the Prime Minister's affairs with paid escorts Berlusconi replied…
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 04:24
A Japanese couple charged 580 Euros for lunch in Rome have been invited back to Italy by its Tourism Minister at the expense of the Italian government…
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 04:08
Italian film-makers and actors took to the streets of Rome on Monday to protest the huge cuts that Italy's cash-strapped government is having to make…
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 03:52
Italy has always been known as a country with few problems with alcohol consumption - and that is also reflected in the lack of any laws to control wh…
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 03:37
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was firmly back in the international spotlight yesterday after the tape recordings of escort girl's Patrizia…
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 04:52
The three nuns, Sister Tavoletta, 56, and two others (unnamed) aged 65 and 78, were rushing to see the Pope at 180kmph (112 mph) when the police pulle…