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Traces of a legendary treasure trove left by the infamous Roman Emperor Nero have been found at this northern Italian city. Half a million artefacts h…
Rainfall in Italy was down by between 20% to 40% during the period from September through February, according to the latest update from Italy's Civil…
Italian researchers are seeking to combat the greenhouse effect by developing clothing textiles made from the fibres of homegrown stinging nettles and…
Italy's art restorers are set to display their world-beating skills to all-comers at an expo in Ferrara later this month. "Italy has the world's riche…
The John Paul Getty Museum on Wednesday offered an olive branch to Italy aimed at breaking a deadlock in talks over returning disputed antiquities. Ge…
Italian motorcycling ace Valentino Rossi is geared up to start the new MotoGP championship, which will offer him more opportunities to equal or break…
Italian prosecutors on Wednesday said they would be looking for life terms for four people charged with the murder of 'God's Banker' Roberto Calvi, fo…
Scientists in this northern Italian city have developed a new lie-detector that they say is virtually fib-proof. Tests on the device, which is at an a…
Except under exceptional circumstances, employers in the public and private sectors cannot monitor the computers of their staff to read their email or…
Italy coach Pierre Berbizier has dropped fly-half Andrea Scannavacca for Saturday's clash against Wales here and replaced him with Ramiro Pez. It is a…
Scientists have warned that Italy's insects are starting to feel the heat of global warming and the future consequences for the country's agriculture…
Premier Romano Prodi on Thursday sailed through the first of two parliamentary votes allowing him to keep Italian peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan -…
The German airline Lufthansa has denied making any bid, direct or indirect, for a majority stake in Italian carrier Alitalia. "There has been no offer…
Brazil star Ronaldo is seeking to haunt the Inter fans who adored him for five years in his first derby as an AC Milan player Sunday afternoon. The st…
Italy said all channels of communication were open on Thursday as the nation awaited news of a newspaper reporter being held hostage by Taliban guerri…
A baby boy at the centre of an abortion row after surviving a mistaken termination has died, doctors in Florence said on Thursday.The baby was wrongly…
The Uffizi Gallery is to tighten security after a journalist managed to bring a knife into the famous Florentine museum. The gallery, which has the wo…
Police arrested five people on Wednesday, after a group of would-be immigrants landed on Sardinia in the early hours of the morning.Carabinieri office…
The cabinet will approve a new immigration bill within two weeks, relaxing restrictions adopted by the previous centre-right government, Interior Mini…
Florence's public health service came under fresh scrutiny on Wednesday after the mistaken abortion of a healthy 22-week-old fetus which is now fighti…