Italy on Wednesday extended an existing state of emergency granting authorities special powers to deal with migrants entering the country illegally.…
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Thu, 03/29/2007 - 05:28
Following in the footsteps of Silvio Berlusconi's wife Veronica Lario, another politician's spouse bared her soul in the Italian press on Wednesday.…
Thu, 03/29/2007 - 05:24
Islamic influences on 1,000 years of Venetian art are explored in a new show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.The show, which opened Tuesday, charts…
Wed, 03/28/2007 - 05:51
A French nun has for the first time revealed details of her sudden recovery from Parkinson's disease in an alleged 'miracle' that is expected to help…
Wed, 03/28/2007 - 05:47
With pressure on Italy mounting ahead of Wednesday's must-win Euro 2008 qualifier against Scotland, the Azzurri have started to show the back-to-the-w…
Wed, 03/28/2007 - 05:43
A European Commission corruption probe led to police raids on Tuesday in Italy and three other European Union countries.EC offices, banks and homes we…
Wed, 03/28/2007 - 05:40
Diego Maradona's infamous hand of God goal that helped Argentina beat England on the way to winning the 1986 World Cup was "art", according to the Ita…
Wed, 03/28/2007 - 05:36
Federica Pellegrini on Tuesday became the second Italian woman after the famed Novella Calligaris to claim a world swimming record, breaking her idol…
Wed, 03/28/2007 - 05:32
Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the son of Italy's last king, has been cleared in a vice probe which saw him briefly jailed last summer and then pr…
Tue, 03/27/2007 - 06:33
Five moon drawings believed to have been painted by the great Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei were unveiled at Padua University on Monday.The five…
Tue, 03/27/2007 - 05:45
Italy has landed a major blow in the battle to win back a disputed fourth-century BC Greek statue of Aphrodite from the John Paul Getty Museum.The Ame…
Tue, 03/27/2007 - 05:41
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano urged political parties to show unity on the nation's international commitments on Monday as lawmakers prepared f…
Tue, 03/27/2007 - 05:37
Prosecutors asked a Milan appeals court on Monday to sentence former premier Silvio Berlusconi to five years for alleged judge bribery.
The trial,…
Tue, 03/27/2007 - 05:29
Sicily is to host the world's first power plant that harnesses solar energy and uses it alongside natural gas as a source for generating electricity.T…
Tue, 03/27/2007 - 05:24
An irate father on Sunday hospitalised five youngsters who appeared in a school sex video with his under-age daughter.The cellphone video of the girl,…
Mon, 03/26/2007 - 05:53
Fruits, herbs, seeds and other plant products popular with ancient Romans will go back on sale this week in a renovated herbalist's store in the archa…
Mon, 03/26/2007 - 05:46
Daniele Mastrogiacomo, an Italian journalist freed on Monday after 15 days in the hands of Taliban kidnappers, appealed on Friday for news of his Af…
Mon, 03/26/2007 - 05:42
European leaders gathered in Rome Friday to celebrate this weekend's 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, stressing the need to revive the European…
Mon, 03/26/2007 - 05:37
Art spanning 5,000 years of European history is appearing here for the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome.Inaugurating the show Fri…
Mon, 03/26/2007 - 05:29
Italian tomato paste is beating back Chinese invaders with new labels proving that the 'pomodori' came from the Bel Paese."Thanks to the new labels, n…