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Two Italian Red Cross representatives kidnapped in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday were freed some ten hours later after a joint operation by Italian and Pa…
Vatican preparations for Christmas started to get under way this week as workmen began erecting thetraditional nativity scene in front of St Peter's B…
Two Italian Red Cross representatives have been kidnapped in the Gaza Strip, the Italian Red Cross (CRI) said on Tuesday. The two kidnap victims were…
The Vatican department dealing with health issues has completed a detailed study on the use of condoms, Cardinal Javier Lorenzo Barragan said on Tuesd…
"The only way to save Alitalia is to free it from politics," Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said here on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of a conferen…
As Italy marked a national day for the rights of children on Monday, it was gripped by panic over a string of bullying cases highlighting an apparentl…
Rome's second biggest airport Ciampino briefly closed on Tuesday due to a bomb alert.An anonymous caller phoned the airport at around 8.30 a.m. local…
Pablo Picasso's rediscovery of the joys of life and a fresh artistic vein after WWII is the focus of a new exhibition at Venice's Palazzo Grassi.After…
CASTELNUOVO RANGONE -This small town in northern Italy has decided to dedicate a monument to the native American Indian to honor this people's history…
President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday became the first Italian head of state from a Communist background to be received by a pope in the Vatican. Nap…
The internationally renowned Italian Abstract artist Afro Basaldella is the star of a new, two-part exhibition celebrating his life and marking 30 y…
The wedding between Italian movie legend Gina Lollobrigida to a man 34 years her junior has been postponed by two months and the couple have decided t…
American economist Jeremy Rifkin urged Romano Prodi on Saturday to use his clout in Europe to push the bloc towards a future in which all its energy w…
The captain of the World Cup-winning Italy team Fabio Cannavaro has reportedly been voted 2006 European Footballer of the Year. France Football, the m…
British musician Peter Gabriel received a top peace prize from former Nobel prize winners at a ceremony here in Rome on Friday. The 56-year-old singer…
group of people who helped Cosa Nostra superboss Bernardo Provenzano remain a fugitive for over 40 years have received a combined total of 300 years i…
A sequence of VIP guests including Jennifer Lopez and Jim Carrey began arriving in Rome on Thursday ahead of Italy's most glamorous wedding of the yea…
A pro-euthanasia party in Premier Romano Prodi's government said on Thursday it was ready to help a terminally ill man end his life. The man, Piergior…
The growing interest in quality olive oil has resulted in a boom for farm tourism with over two million people a year now visiting oil mills to buy th…
America pop star Michael Jackson chose Italian designer Roberto Cavalli to take care of the wardrobe for his comeback here Wednesday night at the 18th…