Articles by ITALY
Italian villagers fighting to get an ancient chariot back from a top US museum are heading for Rome after Easter to ask Culture Minister Francesco Rut…
Hooded marchers will make their return to Corleone this Good Friday, more than 40 years after they were banned from the Mafia-tainted town for fear of…
Solidarity with Third World causes, anti-racism activism and sensitivity to the effects of globalization are not characteristics usually associated wi…
Most Italians remain opposed to the idea of nuclear energy, 20 years after it was outlawed in a national referendum, according to a new poll.The surve…
Italy on Tuesday unveiled the first test against possible genetic doping in sports, a risk which many sports authorities see coming in the not too dis…
One in four Italians runs the risk of becoming clinically depressed, according to Italian psychiatrists who are launching a bid to flush out those who…
Italy's only seaside Etruscan city has been restored on the coast north of this Tuscan port.The two-year, three-million-euro project has opened up new…
One of the most beautiful fresco cycles of the early Renaissance has been restored to its former glory and could soon regain its rightful place on the…
A mysterious English army officer caught and killed by Nazis in wartime Rome has finally been given a name after 63 years but other details of who he…
In the same week that fashion heiress Allegra Versace was revealed to be anorexic, Italian dieticians painted a grim picture of a nation where mothers…
A team of artistic 'spidermen' have pronounced Florence's famed Duomo in good shape after two weeks feeling their way across its surface.The crack tea…
A new 'brain-filming' technique developed by Italian researchers will give scientists a much cleaer view of what happens inside the head of a person s…
A northern Italian inventor is making paper from apples and supplying the offices of Italy's most apple-rich region."I got the idea when I thought of…
Telecom Italia chief Guido Rossi said on Friday he could quit his job after the telecommunication group's controlling shareholder moved to sack him."I…
Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli has launched a campaign against the "silent pillage" of Italian landscapes by illegal construction.Many beautiful p…
The British government has voiced concern over the policing of Wednesday night's Champions League match between Roma and Manchester United."The scenes…
AC Milan's hopes of bagging a slot in next season's Champions League face a stiff test Saturday night when the giants entertain surprise qualification…
The foreign ministry denied on Thursday that it was not doing enough for an aid worker imprisoned by Afghan security forces after helping to free an…
With Ferrari widely seen as favourite to win the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, the big question being asked by Italian fans was which of the two dri…
It was absolutely fantastic to see so many of you at La Dolce Vita at Olympia, London. We’re still reeling from all the catching up with old amici a…