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A church in the heart of Naples was devastated on Monday to find that thieves had made off with hundreds of valuable figurines from its famed antique…
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has undergone successful heart surgery in an American hospital, his party said on Monday. Berlusconi's Forza…
Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini says that breaking his club's record for consecutive league wins will not distract his men from their ultimate goal…
Siena is the best place to live in Italy, according to the annual study made by the authoritative economic daily Il Sole 24 Ore.The study compared Ita…
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro will be named FIFA's World Player of the Year Monday night at a ceremony in Zurich, according to leaks reported in the S…
Bologna city council's Nativity scene was at the centre of a heated row on Friday after the decision to include a naked figurine representing a famous…
Premier Romano Prodi on Friday survived a knife-edge, do-or-die vote on his six-month-old government's unpopular budget. The 2007 budget was approved…
Italian teams in the Champions League could consider themselves lucky Friday when they avoided such European heavyweights as Real Madrid, Manchester U…
Italy's energy bill this year jumped a whopping 24.4% to an all-time record of 48 billion euros, equal to 3.3% of GDP, national statistics bureau Ista…
Pension and welfare spending in Italy last year surpassed 15% of GDP, national statistics bureau Istat confirmed on Friday. Pension and welfare spendi…
An Italian biologist has shown humankind is not the only species to indulge in vices like lust, avarice and gluttony. University of Bologna professor…
Two fine Ancient Roman artefacts have been recovered as Italy's crackdown on art theft continues. The Second Century AD works - a marble head of sex a…
A Roman tomb long revered as that of St Paul has been opened to public viewing. The tomb, last week authenticated as St Paul's, has been freed from a…
An ivory forerunner of a Barbie doll, a delicately worked terracotta statue-rattler, a little children's bell, a dainty clay pigeon, a children's hatc…
An Italian wood is leading the country's bid to meet greenhouse-gas reductions set down in the Kyoto Accord.The oaks, ashes, willow and poplars, plant…
Drinking is good for you, as long as it is done in moderation, according to the latest Italian research. The study, which pored over the results of 35…
Ennio Morricone, Italy's legendary film composer, said on Thursday that a decision to award him an Oscar had "corrected an oversight". Reacting to Wed…
Italian Premier Romano Prodi said on Thursday that he would press ahead with budget spending cuts and tax hikes despite his falling popularity with vo…
The world-renowned Venice Film Festival celebrates its 75th birthday next year with a special prize and a homage to spaghetti Westerns. Although next…
Italy's parks and seas are in excellent shape but refuse, smog and rising temperatures are damaging the country's environmental health, a report publi…