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President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday began consultations with political leaders after Romano Prodi resigned as head of the centre-left government.…
During the current government crisis, both the House and Senate have decided to limit their floor activities to the approval of decrees which are set…
Italians appear to be evenly split along party lines in regards to the prospects of a second government headed by Romano Prodi and the possibility of…
Clinical tests carried out on the sewer system in Dante's home town have found that Florentines have a greater taste for cocaine than residents of Swi…
Two hard-left senators who helped bring down Romano Prodi's government remained unrepentant on Thursday. Franco Turigliatto of the Communist Refoundat…
President Giorgio Napolitano held consultations on Thursday with political leaders following the surprise resignation of Romano Prodi as premier. Prod…
Premier Romano Prodi resigned on Wednesday after losing a parliamentary vote on his government's foreign policy. The centre-left chief handed in his r…
The nine parties in Premier Romano Prodi's centre-left coalition held a summit on Wednesday after the government lost an important parliamentary vot…
Italy now has its own logo and slogan to promote the country as a brand in areas like tourism. The logo and slogan were presented Wednesday to the pre…
World-famous Roman mosaics at an imperial villa in Sicily are to be bathed in a new light.Soft lighting will flood the building and allow cultural eve…
The three patients who received organ transplants from an HIV-infected woman at a Florence hospital are fully aware of the consequences but have a pos…
Equal Opportunities Minister Barbara Pollastrini on Wednesday called for urgent action to tackle violence against women, as a new report revealed dist…
Plans to put up the price of rail tickets drew criticism on Tuesday from consumer groups and trade unions. The loss-making national railways FS announ…
This summer's free concert by British rock group Genesis will be staged in Circus Maximus instead of the traditional location of the Coliseum, organiz…
Unity between Catholics and Anglicans is being discussed as an objective but is still a long way off, an international commission of bishops from the…
Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said on Tuesday that a controversial project to expand an American military base in the northern city of Vicenza woul…
Over 30,000 tourists flocked to the lagoon city on the last day of Italy's most famous carnival celebration, city authorities said.An equal number of…
Prosecutors in Florence opened an investigation on Tuesday after it emerged that a hospital in the city transplanted organs from an HIV-infected woman…
Some 180 people were injured in this year's Battle of the Oranges, the high point of carnival celebration in this suburb of Turin.An estimated 120,000…
Italy on Monday marked World Slow Day with the slogan "do yourself and others a favor: slow down". A host of events have been organised throughout the…