Articles by ITALY

A new exhibition in this northern Italian city looks at how English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner paved the way for Impressionism.'Turner e gli…
Over the past 15 years Italy has lost a total of 178,000 hectares of vineyards, equal to the combined amount of land the regions of Piedmont and Sicil…
Italy's agro-food industry is seeking to harness Rome's appeal as an international capital of art, culture, business and cuisine to help it reach the…
Italy's sports heroes, including MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi and the World Cup soccer team, are messengers of the country's vitality and goo…
Italian politicians stewing over a new gaffe by Vladimir Putin urged the Russian President on Monday to brush up his manners and resolve the human ri…
Palermo are striving to keep their feet on the ground after beating AC Milan 2-0 at the San Siro Stadium Sunday evening to take a share of the Serie A…
The closing of the Formula 1 season on Sunday marked the beginning of a new era at Ferrari, the details of which remain unclear. The only things th…
The Vatican urged the Islamic world on Friday to unite with Christians in a battle against terrorism . In a message to Muslims timed to coincide with…
Former Cosa Nostra ailing superboss Salvatore (Toto') Riina is trying yet again to get softer jail terms while he serves out his 12 life sentences, hi…
A new exhibition in Rome enables the public to get better acquainted with one of the 20th-century's finest and most approachable artists - Paul Klee .…
Italians are increasingly picky about what goes on their dinner tables, preferring products from their own country and dismissing GM foods out of hand…
The authors of a television prank which exposed drug use among Italian MPs risk being charged with invasion of privacy, judicial sources said on Thu…
Parliament on Thursday formally backed Rome's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games and in a bipartisan motion called on the government to promote the c…
Italian Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore made a successful return to the cinema world Wednesday, when his latest movie won rounds of applau…
The approval rating for Romano Prodi's center-left government fell below 50% this month as did the popularity of the premier himself. A poll taken…
Senator Marco Follini made it official on Wednesday that he was quiting the UDC, the party he helped create from the ashes of the Christian Democrat p…
A judge has ordered fresh investigations into the 2004 death of a young Sicilian doctor after new evidence indicated he may have been murdered by th…
The 'A' line of Rome's metro system was back to normal Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours after the train crash which killed one person and injured…
The chairman of the Italian jewelry and fashion multinational Bulgari has become the latest VIP to try his hand at making top quality wine . In order…
The lively city of Matera, deep in Italy's south, is the new home to the country's first museum devoted to modern sculpture - MUSMA . The museum, hous…