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Florence will host the world's first photography exhibition for the blind later this month.The show will inaugurate the new Alinari National Museum of…
Seven members of Italy's World Cup-winning team are among 50 players in the running for the 2006 European Footballer of the Year award - the…
Fashion legend Valentino will celebrate 45 years in the business with a travelling exhibition starting next July. The exhibit will showcase the histor…
Pope Benedict, who recently sparked polemics with his remarks on Islam, will go ahead with a planned visit to Turkey at the end of November, the Vatic…
At least one person was killed and some 200 injured on Tuesday morning when two trains on Rome's underground system collided . The incident took place…
This year's MotoGP championship could be decided here on Sunday if Honda's Nicky Hayden wins the Portuguese Grand Prix and reigning champion Valentino…
The following is a city-by-city calendar of some of Italy's top art exhibitions . BOLOGNA - Museo Civico Archeologico: Annibale Carracci: this major e…
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama met Pope Benedict XVI on Friday in a private meeting which the Vatican played down for diplomatic reaso…
A fascinating new exhibition at Naples' National Archaeological Museum examines the influence Egypt has had on Western culture since ancient times .Th…
The historic streets of the centre of Rome will celebrate their cinematic pedigree when the capital's glamorous, new film festival kicks off Friday .…
Everyday life during the Renaissance is vividly recreated in a new exhibition here looking at Italian households during the 15th and 16th centuries .…
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni says Italy is back on track in its Euro 2008 bid after two wins out of two against Ukraine and Georgia . "We've now got t…
Italian opposition chief and former premier Silvio Berlusconi cried foul on Thursday after the cabinet approved a bill which would put the squeeze on…
Florence's administrators have banned people from feeding pigeons in the city's picturesque piazzas and from giving bread to the ducks in the River Ar…
Italy's parliament was on the defensive this week after dozens of MPs were shown up as drug users and dunces by a cult TV show . Satire show Le Iene (…
Four top Italian clubs are appealing to the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) to have punishments for their parts in the Calciopoli referee-rigging sca…
DNA studies have so far been unable to lay to rest claims that Christopher Columbus was not Italian, but researchers are still hoping to settle the p…
Italy will stand up in defence of artisan-made 'pure chocolate' on Thursday, with events throughout the country trumpeting its superiority over the co…
Italy's World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro has warned fans not to expect "champagne soccer" from the Azzurri when they take on Georgia in Tbili…
The opening of an Arabic school in Milan without the permission of Italian authorities has rekindled polemics over the rights of Muslims here to give…