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Transport Minister Alessandro Bianchi on Thursday announced plans to revamp Italy's highway code, with lower speed limits and tougher penalties for of…
Italy will definitely participate in the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon but it needs more details from the UN first, Italian Premier Ro…
One of Italy's most spectacular but neglected archaeological treasures steps into the spotlight next month in a bid to focus interest on the ancient E…
The people of Siena have halted plans to allow betting on the city's historic Palio horse race with an avalanche of protests .The world-famous race ar…
A group of Italian researchers working around Mount Etna in Sicily has developed a way of looking inside volcanos which enables experts to better pred…
Dogs have the "existential right" to bark their muzzles off, according to a northern Italian justice of the peace .Justice Clemente Ravetto said this…
"Forza Italia! What a result and who would have thought that I could find football so utterly gripping? Now of course I’m an expert – go on, ask…
Olbia, August 10 - Millionaires clashed this week over a spate of new taxes being levied on wealthy tourists holidaying on the island of Sardinia this…
The Italian Interior Ministry said on Thursday that it had stepped up security at potential terrorist targets following a major bomb plot alarm in Br…
Rome, August 10 - Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema will visit Lebanon next week for talks with the Lebanese government, the Foreign Ministry a…
The Feast of Saint Lawrence, also known as the Night of the Shooting Stars, will be toasted with wine throughout Italy in the hope that wishes made…
Hundreds of unemployed Sicilian ex-convicts who have taken over Palermo Cathedral said on Monday that they would refuse to budge until the State gave…
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday made a fresh appeal for peace in the Middle East, urging both sides in the conflict to lay down their arms. Addressing…
Italian Premier Romano Prodi is taking advantage of his 10-day break from official duties to go for challenging bicycle rides around the Apennine moun…
The mayor of the hilltop Perugian town of Spoleto was attacked on Tuesday by a deranged elderly man who slashed him with a knife. Mayor Massimo Bruni…
Italian holidaymakers are having to cope with the arrival of swarms of jellyfish to some coastal areas, after braving the recent invasions of 'toxic a…
Italy is to crack down on television broadcasters who increase the volume during commercial breaks in order to grab their viewers' attention. A survey…
Madonna's concert in Rome on Sunday sparked conflicting reactions here, with fans revering the star and the Church blasting her "blasphemous" perfor…
One of the Eternal City's oldest bridges has this summer become the focus a grand romantic ritual that has seized the imagination of hundreds of coupl…
Ferrari on Monday defended Michael Schumacher from charges that he threw away a golden opportunity to give his championship bid a crucial boost in Hun…