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The troubled Italian football world got a new chief on Monday when Giancarlo Abete was voted head of national soccer federation FIGC.Abete, the only m…
Italian prosecutors have failed to win an appeal against an acquittal of Italian soccer giant Juventus for giving players banned substances - but only…
Sunday 1st of April thousands of Italian football fans will demonstrate all over Italy against FIFA' s decision to strip Italy of World Cup championsh…
An Italian conman has been caught playing dead for the second time in six years in a bid to escape prosecution.Stefano Ramunni, 44, from the southern…
Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry, in Rome to launch her new film Perfect Stranger, said on Tuesday that she had a project in the works for a movie wi…
An army of 1,000 recycled rubbish statues that has invaded the Italian capital to deliver an ecological message is proving a massive hit with the Roma…
A major retrospective on Felice Casorati at Ravenna's Museum of Art celebrates one of Italy's most enigmatic modern artists, whose intellectually char…
Pope Benedict XVI took the unusual step on Thursday of personally hearing the confessions of several youths from the Rome diocese during a pre-Easter…
Italian politicians, farmers and environmentalists hailed the hard line the European Parliament adopted over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in…
Italy's premier wine showcase Vinitaly is hitting new heights this year with the best Italy has to offer plus a record number of buyers and exhibitors…
An unwanted kiss constitutes sexual violence, Italy's highest court said Monday in the latest in a string of controversial sex rulings.Monday's outcom…
Three Italians arrested in connection with a European Union kickback probe now face additional charges of money laundering, judicial officials in Brus…
An Italian soldier was slightly injured on Thursday when his patrol came under fire in the latest in a series of attacks on the country's peacekeepi…
Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato rapped the Church on Thursday after it controversially instructed Catholic lawmakers to shoot down a bill giv…
Italy's Filippo Magnini won Italy's first gold medal of the world swimming championships here on Thursday but had to share the honours in the 100 metr…
Azzurri coach Roberto Donadoni demanded respect Thursday after taking heavy flak from the Italian media in the run-up to Wednesday's 2-0 victory over…
AC Milan pay a visit to second-placed AS Roma on Saturday night needing a win to keep their Champions League qualification hopes on track.The six-time…
Political feuding sparked by a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan continued on Wednesday, despite applause from Italy's international allies at Senat…
Naples Mayor Rosa Russo Jervolino on Wednesday warned of an escalating mob crisis in the area, after two men were gunned down in separate incidents in…
The 20-year-old heiress of the Versace fashion house has been suffering from anorexia for a number of years but is in a stable condition, her parents…