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Last month was the hottest January in Italy since the observatory at the University of Modena began to monitor the climate in 1860. Temperatures last…
Italy this year is likely to surpass France to become the world's biggest wine consumer, according to the Federation of Italian farmers (Cia). The pre…
The origins of the famed buried city of Pompeii have emerged from years of excavations, an international conference in Rome was told Thursday.The firs…
The Po river risks running dry or seriously low this summer unless there is ample rainfall this winter and spring, according to University of Florence…
Italians continue to have problems leaving the family nest and 45% between the ages of 30 and 35 still live at home, according to a new study. The stu…
Italians are more afraid of violence against minors and pedophilia than they are about terrorism and radical Islamic fundamentalism, according to a re…
One of the world's finest vintage Italian violins is to sound again after more than 50 years, the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) said Tuesday. The…
Superstar chef Ferran Adria' Acosta said Monday his younger Italian counterparts are now leading the way in the rarefied field of 'haute cuisine'. The…
Italian researchers have found a natural 'superdrug' that halts miscarriages and could become a barrier to tumours and other diseases. An internationa…
A disciplinary case against a doctor who granted a request from a terminally ill patient to turn off his life-support system was officially shelved on…
Premier Romano Prodi's government has moved ahead on the issue of rights for cohabiting couples, despite the opposition of a key minister, and is no…
Venice is considering driving pigeons from St Mark's Square, their last refuge in the lagoon city.Many tourists find the city's famed flocks of pigeon…
Italy was the worst country in Europe last year at converting European Union rules into national law, the European Commission said on Thursday. The EC…
In two days police here have seized 177kg of heroin imported from Afghanistan leading investigators to believe that this Adriatic port city may be bec…
Veronica Lario's decision to publicly scold her husband Silvio Berlusconi for his roving eye was ill judged, most Italians appear to think. According…
Italian inter-ministerial economic committee CIPE has approved the allocation of 400 mln euro ($594.5 mln) for works on the Moses system of flood defe…
Pope Benedict XVI's weighty discussion of human and divine love, published almost exactly a year ago, is proving to be one of the most commercially su…
Brazil legend and new AC Milan signing Ronaldo hopes he's still the 'Phenomenon' who powered his country and Europe's best clubs to glory. Answering o…
Ferrari's ex-Formula 1 world champ Michael Schumacher was back on the race track on Wednesday but only at the wheel of a go-kart. The 37-year-old Germ…
Dante could have been tripping on psychedelic drugs in his loftiest poetic flights, an Italian expert said Tuesday, commenting on cheeky speculation b…