Articles by ITALY

An Italian oil worker who was held hostage for three months by a militant group in Nigeria said on Friday that he sympathised with his former captors.…
Italian archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on the island of Cyprus, mythical home of the love goddess Venus.The prehistoric scents…
Italian scientists have shed new light on the biological mechanisms in the brain behind phobias and addictions to eating, alcohol and drugs.The Rome U…
Italy and southern Europe face health risks and an increasing struggle to grow food because of climate change in the 21st century, according to a new…
An Italian art restorer has led a successful battle to reclaim priceless frescoes at the legendary Jewish fortress of Masada.Maurizio Tagliapietra ans…
Italy's forestry corps presented their plans to bring the Marsican bear back from the brink of extinction on Tuesday. The Marsican (Ursus arctos marsi…
An Italian court on Thursday rejected a recent government decree doubling the amount of cannabis a person can carry without being arrested for dealing…
Italian researchers have isolated the virus implicated in the type of diabetes that mainly strikes children. Working with Novartis Vaccines, scientist…
Italian food is looking to the Far East to enhance its reputation for excellence. Italy is the biggest foreign exhibitor at Asia's largest food fair,…
Wassily Kandinsky's impact on the development of international abstract art is well-documented but for the first time a new exhibit in Milan charts…
Government spokesman Silvio Sircana, who was dragged this week into a widening vice and extortion probe, received a public apology on Thursday. Photog…
Rome kicked off three days of mathematical fun and games Thursday with a star-studded Maths Festival cast including John Nash, subject of the Oscar-wi…
Two Italian oil workers kidnapped by a militant group in Nigeria more than three months ago have been released unharmed, the Italian foreign ministry…
An Italian reporter abducted by Taliban militants in Afghanistan ten days ago, warned in an audio recording delivered on Thursday that he will be exe…
Serie A's hottest strikers square up on Sunday afternoon when Luca Toni's Fiorentina entertain Francesco Totti's AS Roma and league points will not be…
Premier Romano Prodi met the Italian rugby team Thursday to congratulate the Azzurri on their best ever Six Nations campaign and wish them luck for…
One of Italy's most famous Baroque jewels, the cathedral of Noto in Sicily, is to reopen a decade after its collapse sent the art world into shock.Ann…
Italian Premier Romano Prodi said he addressed the subject of human rights abuses during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.…
Debate continued on Wednesday over a new immigration bill, as the centre-right opposition accused the government of a "crackbrained" reform it claims…
Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo who was kidnapped by Taliban militants in Afghanistan nine days ago, appeared in a video delivered on Wednesday…