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A smog-eating robot will soon hit the streets in five cities in Italy, Sweden and Spain, Italian researchers said on Thursday. The DustBot robots, inv…
Mel Gibson's violent new movie Apocalypto hits Italian cinema screens on Friday amid bitter controversy over a decision by national film authorities t…
Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has denied speculation that he will be traded to Turin's Juventus and said he intends to stay put where he is. "I've re…
A veteran Italian politician who is battling for a worldwide ban on capital punishment vowed on Wednesday to continue a risky hunger strike despite th…
AC Milan's moves to reinforce an ageing, injury-hit defence look set to be at the centre of the January transfer market, which officially opens Thur…
The Vatican has criticised alarm over an alleged Romanian 'invasion' following that country's entry into the European Union at the start of the year.…
Italy's unusually mild winter has delayed the arrival of the flu season, but doctors have warned that it is just a matter of time before the epidemic…
Rather than being plagued by bouts of exceedingly high tides, Venice this winter is seeing its famed canals running dry.Less than a month ago, excepti…
The Catholic Church's dislike of rock music is nowhere more obvious than in a new musical written by Monsignor Marco Frisina, a successful composer as…
The Italian communications ministry has issued a decree obliging internet providers to adopt systems capable of swiftly blacking out child pornography…
A government plan to ban young Italian drivers from getting behind the wheel of high-performance cars drew a mixture of scorn and applause on Tuesday.…
The first official post-holiday sales will kick off this Friday and in some cities last until March 31. The start and finish of the sale season varies…
Swiss Guards Commander Elmar Theodore Maeder has denied reports that his attempts to stifle the corps' New Year celebrations caused unrest. The colone…
The Italian government said on Tuesday that it would lobby the United Nations for a worldwide end to capital punishment following a domestic outcry…
A group of Sardinian villagers has made a major contribution to solving the eternal debate about how much people's characters are determined by nature…
“Tuscany is looking to its sunflowers to help build a greener world and a rosy future for the region's agriculture.The regional government has launc…
The privatization of Alitalia formally took off on Friday with an invitation from the Treasury for bids for no less than 30.1% of the national carrier…
We at ITALY would love to know how lovers of all things Italian spend their Christmas and New Year celebrations so why don't you e-mail us your phot…
Italians are expected to welcome in the New Year by popping the corks of an estimated 40 million bottles of champagne and spumante, the Italian bubbly…
The New Year is on its way and Italy's news stands and book stores are bristling with the usual steamy array of calendars of naked and semi-naked wome…