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A multinational approach to world issues and energy supplies were at the center of the informal talks between Italian Premier Romano Prodi and Russian…
Kimi Raikkonen on Tuesday made his official debut behind the wheel of a Ferrari and although only testing last year's car, he defined the experience a…
Leopoldo Pirelli, the patriarch of the family which created the Pirelli tyre company, died on Tuesday at his home in the resort seaside town of Portof…
Italy's antitrust authority has opened a probe into possible price fixing by nine leading oil companies. A statement from the authority listed the com…
World Cup-winning Italy defender Massimo Oddo is moving from Lazio to AC Milan, the clubs announced Tuesday. Milan have agreed a 7.75-million-euro fee…
The township of Imola has issued order demanding that the Sagis management company hand over possession of the Enzo and Dino Ferrari race track by 9am…
Inter Milan have vowed there will be no letting up in their relentless pursuit of the title, despite moving out of sight of their nearest rivals with…
Unions representing Italy's fuel station operators confirmed on Monday that they are ready to stage a two-day strike to protest against the government…
Italy is experiencing an unusually dry winter with rain and snowfall in December down 86% from the same month in 2005, sector sources reported on Mond…
Premier Romano Prodi sought on Monday to play down tensions with pacifist allies who are pressuring him to pull Italian troops out of Afghanistan. Spe…
A 49-year-old engineer under investigation in the hunt for Italy's 'Unabomber' won an important victory on Monday when a judge ordered a fresh examina…
An official date has been set for American nuclear submarines to leave Sardinia after some 35 years on the Italian island.The closure of the Sardinian…
A top level summit opened in the Vatican on Friday with the objective of mapping out the Catholic Church's strategy on the thorny question of relation…
Controversial building work on Florence's famed Uffizi Gallery got under way this week following years of polemics. A central section of the gallery h…
Real Madrid's unsettled Brazil striker Ronaldo is "close" to signing for AC Milan, a Milan official said Friday. "From what I've heard, Ronaldo is ver…
Tensions in Italy's governing centre-left coalition over a controversial plan to expand a United States military base appeared set on Friday to cause…
The waters of Portofino conceal the wrecks of "at least one" Ancient Greek ship, heritage conservation officials said Tuesday.The find brings to seven…
Venice's Canal Grande is poised to receive a new bridge, the fourth to span one of the most famous stretches of water in the world. Huge iron pins to…
In search of a more cerebral model of male elegance for 2007, Donatella Versace has come up with a sleek but austere style inspired by the private sec…
One option open to tourists overloaded with Florence's artistic riches is to go and buy some of the crocodile-trim stilettos worn by Marilyn Monroe in…