Italy mourned the victims of organised crime on its annual Mafia Remembrance Day on Wednesday.Some 30,000 Italians, many of them children, filed throu…
One of the most sumptuous villas at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii has been seriously damaged.Police said intruders climbed into the ruins of the h…
Tim Burton will receive this year's career achievement award from the Venice Film Festival, organisers announced Wednesday.The festival called Burton,…
Snow, rain, hail and high winds continued to lash Italy Tuesday as an unusually mild winter turned round and delivered a vicious kick a day before the…
An Italian journalist who was held hostage by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan for two weeks said on Tuesday that he had been forced to witness the…
The Italian government came under fire on Tuesday after it emerged that up to five Taliban prisoners were freed in exchange for the life of an Italian…
A team of artistic 'spidermen' started combing Florence's famed duomo Monday, feeling their way across its surface to see what's in need of repair.Ove…
An Italian journalist kidnapped by Taliban militants in Afghanistan 14 days ago was released unharmed on Monday.Daniele Mastrogiacomo, a correspondent…
New Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen is already well on the way to replacing seven-times world champ Michael Schumacher in Italian affections following t…
On-fire Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the best soccer player in Europe at the moment, according to his proud employers Inter Milan."Ibrahimovi…
Milan's public spaces are about to be beefed up with art, courtesy of the city's first charity 'CowParade'.A 'CowParade' is an exhibition of life-size…
The Italian journalists' union on Friday attacked new norms aimed at protecting the privacy of public figures, approved this week in the wake of a hig…
As scientific reports about the perils global warming has in store for Italy mount up, climate change is taking up more and more space on the nation's…
The Italian government moved on Wednesday to reduce the country's alarming road death record, approving a crackdown on dangerous driving which include…
A Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece is in perfect shape after travelling to Japan amid concerns about loaning such an important work."The painting is in a…
