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Leonardo da Vinci kept plans to get rich on sea ransoms a closely guarded secret for much of his life - but eventually scrapped the idea when his cons…
Hinting at a widespread failure to grasp who St Francis was, Pope Benedict on Thursday noted that the nature-loving mystic spent his early life being…
The Venice Film Festival does not feel threatened by Rome's new movie fest next month but they'd like to see it moved, Venice chiefs said as the Lido…
The broad outline of new immigration legislation designed to reform laws introduced by the previous centre-right government began to emerge on Wednesd…
Italian parents are up in arms about a teacher who seeks no-holds-barred sex on her hard-core website. The school's switchboard has been jumping with…
Former Azzurri striker Christian Vieri has agreed to join newly promoted Atalanta for the Serie A minimum wage - 1,500 euros a month. However, the 3…
Italian environmentalists are worried about the future of the country's finest beaches, which they say are threatened by a growing trade in 'souveni…
The San Marino Grand Prix, one of two Formula 1 races traditionally held in Italy each year, was excluded on Tuesday from the sport's official calenda…
The Venice Film Festival is strutting its stuff higher than usual this year, waving away claims that the world's oldest feast of cinema fears an upsta…
Women MPs have set their sights on legislation that rules Italian children must take their fathers' surnames. Women parliamentarians have presented 13…
The government on Monday approved a decree greenlighting Italy's participation in the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, a decisi…
Ferrari believes Felipe Massa's impressive victory in Turkey this weekend could help reinvigorate team-mate Michael Schumacher's stuttering bid for th…
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni will find he has called back the "real" Antonio Cassano to his Euro 2008 qualifying line-up, his captain believes.
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The Nebrodi Park and the Streets of Flavour show their richness and delights in the Vip Vino in Piazza festival to be held in Milazzo, Sicily, dur…
Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman is to open Rome's eagerly awaited new film festival with her portrayal of iconic US photographer Diane Arbus.In anno…
The once majestic mausoleum of Roman Emperor Augustus, now a dank and overgrown ruin, is to be spruced up and opened to the public in a bid to add a n…
A three-day music festival, called Lennon Festival , will be held in Belpasso, in the province of Catania, from August 25 to 27. The event, which i…
Florence's Uffizi Gallery has nixed plans to send a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece on loan to a major Italian cultural showcase in Japan. "There are…
Dieters struggling fruitlessly to lose weight may soon be able to knock back a chemical cocktail that will help them fight body fat, according to a te…
Top Italian and international experts will help the public satisfy its thirst for learning at this northern city's festival of knowledge next month.Th…