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Police in southern Italy smashed a crime ring on Tuesday which specialised in bogus marriages between Chinese women and Italian men. Some 30 Italian a…
Italian animal rights' activists have secured another big victory with the presentation of a new charter protecting animals from exploitation on telev…
Italy picked up two Oscars here on Sunday night with legendary film composer Ennio Morricone receiving his first ever statuette in the form of a lif…
The curtain is about to go up on Italy's best-loved pop music event, the Sanremo songfest, which this year will have Penelope Cruz and Nelly Furtado o…
The Italian economy needs about 250,000-300,000 new immigrants a year to maintain its quality of production and services, Welfare Minister Paolo Ferre…
Heads rolled at two struggling Serie A sides Monday as Torino sacked coach Alberto Zaccheroni and Cagliari dumped Franco Colomba. Curiously both men w…
Saturday's historic 17-37 win over Scotland in Edinburgh has made the Azzurri hungry to set a new benchmark against Wales here in two weeks. Italy's f…
Romano Prodi, who briefly resigned as premier last week, will face a do-or-die vote in the Senate on Wednesday evening, Senate officials said Monday.…
President Giorgio Napolitano asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as premier and immediately verify his centre-left government's majority in parl…
Senator Cesare Previti, a close aide of former premier Silvio Berlusconi, was convicted of corruption by a Milan appeals court on Friday and sentenced…
Vintage 2006 for Montepulciano's Vino Nobile was a five-star year, a panel of experts has agreed.The panel was made up of top winemakers, journalists,…
John Nash, subject of the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, will talk for the first time in public about his struggle with schizophrenia and his un…
This year's line-up at the world-famous Umbria Jazz Festival will include Sonny Rollins and Keith Jarrett, organizers have announced.Unveiling the fir…
The nine parties in Premier Romano Prodi's executive overcame their differences and agreed to 12-point guideline program which they hope will allow th…
Technology continues to make greater inroads into Italian homes, according to socio-economic think tank Isae in its annual report on home buying trend…
This year's 'Tall Ships' Mediterranean regatta will wind up in Genoa after making stops in Alicante, Barcelona and Tolone. The picturesque competition…
One of the major art events of the spring kicks off at Rome's Scuderie del Quirinale next month with the opening of an exhibition devoted to Albrecht…
Giorgio Armani is to leave his legacy of work to the city of Milan, the fashion icon said Monday. "Milan is my city, it gave birth to me and nurtured…
Italy's tourism sector currently accounts for 8.2% of the country's GDP but this could more than double to 17.4% through proper investments, according…
Soccer fever has come to the home of the Catholic Church as the Vatican gears up for the start of a new tournament for priests and trainee clergymen.…