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Police on Monday cracked down against a major Mafia money laundering operation run by the Rinzivillo family.A total of 88 arrest warrants were issued,…
Italy's 3.6 foreign residents are an added asset to the country's economy and their labours account for 6.1% of its GDP, some 86.7 billion euros in 20…
After opening to an avalanche of controversy in spring, Italy's first Museum of Eroticism failed to arouse the Venetian public's interest and has had…
The Italian government will soon present draft legislation aimed at giving rights to unwed couples, Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Barbara Polla…
An Italian fathers' rights campaigner who tried to set fire to himself on live television said on Friday that his gesture had been on behalf of other…
A Nigerian militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of three Italians and a Lebanese national, seized in a raid on an oil ex…
Hailed by most of the VIP audience as a glittering triumph, the season-opening production of Aida at La Scala was sniffed at by critics for the extrav…
Italy is gearing up to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of one of its best-known actors, Marcello Mastroianni. The three-time Academy Award-nomi…
Venetian artisans are preparing a special Christmas treat for the lagoon city this year - the world's biggest glass tree. The monumental Christmas tre…
Carbonated soft drinks will no longer be sold directly to students in elementary schools, thanks to an agreement between the Italian beverage associat…
A stunning cycle of frescoes described by experts as the 'Sistine Chapel of 13th century' was presented here on Tuesday. The frescoes, which were buri…
Italian exports of sparkling wine will hit a new high this year and Italians are drinking more local bubbly, too. According to the Italian Food and Wi…
A new exhibition in this northern Italian city enables visitors to discover the secrets of revolutionary car designs of the past and take a peek at th…
Work to restore the Colosseum is to resume shortly, the government said on Thursday.The government said it agreed with opposition concerns that it was…
A wedding dress made of fabric derived from maize was modelled in Naples on Thursday as local farmers and researchers set out to show that these days…
Italy should have a new immigration law before summer, relaxing restrictions adopted by the previous centre-right government, Welfare Minister Paolo F…
The medieval 'foundling wheel', a device allowing young women to abandon newborn babies anonymously, is making a come-back at hospitals and religious…
Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato on Thursday criticised sharia, the Islam-inspired law system, as "chauvinistic".
Speaking at a conference…
Well over four million Italians are expected to travel during the upcoming long Immaculate Conception weekend but they will have to bring their umbrel…
Italian movie icon Gina Lollobrigida's fiancé has called off their wedding, saying his cold feet were caused by too much media pressure and not by th…