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Motorcycle racing has for the first time surpassed first division soccer in the hearts of Italian sports fans, according to a new poll. MotoGP is now…
Twenty-one leading Italian food companies have joined forces to better penetrate foreign markets and consolidate Italy's role as world leader in food…
After taking command of Serie B, fallen giants Juventus are already setting their sights on winning the scudetto on their return from 'purgatory'. Sev…
Che bello! L'Anno Nuovo is finally here which brings us lots more exciting things to discover in our beloved Italy. This issue is full of colour, whet…
Premier Romano Prodi said on Wednesday that Italy would back United Nations' sanctions against Iran, stressing that the international community must d…
AC Milan will have to fight off another Real Madrid bid to sign Brazil star Kaka when the mid-season transfer window opens, according to Spanish press…
Racing gear worn by seven-time motorcycling champion Valentino Rossi fetched almost 35,000 euros at a charity auction on Wednesday in favor of the Gas…
The government decided to sell Alitalia because the airline needs to be run as a private enterprise, Economy Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa told th…
The high-profile case of a terminally ill man whose request to die is now before a Rome judge has sparked a heated debate in Italy over euthanasia and…
The dreams that shaped Italian movie great Federico Fellini's masterpieces will be presented for the first time at the second edition of Rome's Film F…
Renaissance master Donatello's famous bronze statue of David has temporarily left its home at Florence's Bargello museum to undergo a health check.The…
A letter chronicling Michelangelo's payments to his assistants fetched a record price of $576,000 at Sotheby's here Monday. Michelangelo's signed lett…
The Vatican on Tuesday criticised a conference being hosted by Iran questioning the Holocaust, calling the death of millions of Jews during World War…
Italian Premier Romano Prodi said on Tuesday that his government would forge ahead with a controversial plan to give rights to unwed couples. Equal…
An arrest warrant was issued on Tuesday for a former top-ranking member of Italian military intelligence service SISMI in connection with an illicit b…
One of the best-loved paintings by 15th-century Sicilian master Antonello da Messina has been put through a medical scan with surprising results, art…
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday called on world governments to ensure that humanitarian law was applied in conflict zones, saying civilian losses like th…
A popular veteran journalist who disappeared from Italian TV screens after being criticised by former premier Silvio Berlusconi is set to return to…
A giant pine three which will be set up in St Peter's Square for the Christmas holidays is slowly making its way to Rome. The 32.95-meter white pine i…
Thousands of Sicilians on Monday continued to stream past the body of Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo, who served as archbishop of Palermo for 26 years.…