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Speeding fines may be hard to avoid for most Italian motorists but one priest has managed to get his ticket annulled by showing that he was racing to…
Anti-Mafia groups expressed outrage on Monday after learning that five bosses, including three convicted of the 1992 murder of top Sicilian magistrate…
The government unveiled a new energy-saving package on Monday, saying the measures proved it was determined to fight global warming. Premier Romano Pr…
Government divisions over plans to enlarge an American military base in the northern city of Vicenza widened on Monday, with several allies of Premier…
The house of Rome's first emperor Augustus is set to reopen later this year after decades of excavations.The vast House of Augustus on the central Pal…
Tens of thousands of people from across Italy converged on the northern city of Vicenza on Saturday to protest against the expansion of a US military…
Italy's biggest trade union CGIL vowed Friday to crack down on extremists after more of its members were implicated in a Red Brigades probe. "We'll ge…
Ferrari and its special relationship with the silver screen is the focus of an exhibition at Ferrari's headquarters marking the 60th anniversary of th…
Prosecutors were given the green light on Friday to appeal against former premier Silvio Berlusconi's 2004 acquittal on judge bribery charges after th…
A Milan judge on Friday ordered 26 CIA agents and six Italian intelligence officers to stand trial for the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric here four yea…
An early painting by French artist Paul Cezanne has been tracked down in a private Italian collection 60 years after it went missing. The work is a co…
Italy last year saw an increase in the number of tourists coming to the country, reversing a five-year negative trend, the Italian Touring Club said i…
By remaining faithful to centuries-old traditions of production, Parmesan cheese is giving endangered birds a new lease on life, according to a study…
Italians are marrying less and separating and divorcing more, while the number of couples who have decided to form families without marriage has more…
Help may be at hand for those suffering from a common form of gluten intolerance thanks to the Italian discovery of a molecule that fights the toxic e…
Fiat in January overtook Renault for European sales by capturing 8.8% of the new car market compared to 8% for the French carmaker, it was reported on…
A resurgent Red Brigade group smashed earlier this week was ready to strike using automatic weapons and fake police uniforms, Italian officials said T…
The Italian government is considering economic compensation for the victims of the 1986 methanol wine scandal, according to the head of the victims' a…
Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo is set to make his first Serie A start for AC Milan in Siena on Saturday, coach Carlo Ancelotti has said. "Ronaldo wil…
The defence of Parmesan cheese against cheap imitations in the European Court of Justice will become a landmark decision for the EU protected designat…