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Italy on Wednesday extended an existing state of emergency granting authorities special powers to deal with migrants entering the country illegally.…
Following in the footsteps of Silvio Berlusconi's wife Veronica Lario, another politician's spouse bared her soul in the Italian press on Wednesday.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Federica Pellegrini on Tuesday became the second Italian woman after the famed Novella Calligaris to claim a world swimming record, breaking her idol…
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…
Five moon drawings believed to have been painted by the great Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei were unveiled at Padua University on Monday.The five…
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…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano urged political parties to show unity on the nation's international commitments on Monday as lawmakers prepared f…
Prosecutors asked a Milan appeals court on Monday to sentence former premier Silvio Berlusconi to five years for alleged judge bribery.
The trial,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…