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Premier Romano Prodi wrapped up for the summer on Friday on an optimistic note, saying his 11-week-old government had already begun putting Italy back…
One of Italy's top supermarket chains said on Friday that thanks to a new law, it would soon begin selling its own brand, cut-price non-prescription d…
As well as driving the taste buds wild, Italian ice cream can now help people stay in tip-top condition too. A new survey shows that the trend for Ita…
Animal lovers locked horns with northern administrators on Friday in a row over the fate of hundreds of deer which the officials want killed. The pro…
An American priest who is wanted in the United States on child molestation charges has gone missing while under house arrest in Rome. Father Joseph…
Proposals to grant immigrants the vote and make it easier for them to become citizens are indications Italy is catching up with other countries, Welfa…
Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbutt on Italy's Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final has been registered as a logo that may soon appear on clothing,…
Smartly dressed soldiers were let loose on beaches near Rome on Thursday, in a bid to drum up new recruits among young Italians soaking up the sun.…
Mafiosi in southern Italy trying to extort money from shopkeepers could soon be nabbed by a new network of video-cameras, Junior Interior Minister Mar…
Italy's political world on Wednesday commemorated a 1980 bombing at Bologna's railway station which marked the bloodiest act of terrorism in its pos…
Pop superstar Madonna, who celebrates her 48th birthday on August 18, has claimed her enduring beauty is down to her Italian roots. When asked by Vani…
Flavio Briatore, the Italian playboy who heads Renault's Formula 1 team, says he's reassessed his glamorous lifestyle thanks to a recent brush with ca…
UEFA admitted AC Milan into next season's Champions League Wednesday despite blasting the club for its role in the recent match-fixing scandal that ha…
France midfielder Patrick Vieira said Wednesday that he has moved from Juventus to Inter Milan because he wants to "win a lot more". The 30-year-old,…
Italy is toasting the 19-year-old Roman who has become the nation's first woman ever to strike gold at the European Championships. Alessia Filippi, wh…
A government plan to resolve southern Italy's perennial trash disposal problems is homing in on refuse collection firms that fail to recycle rubbish.…
Polemics continued on Tuesday over Italy's mass prisoner amnesty as the first of thousands of pardoned inmates began trickling out of jail. While f…
Culture and Tourism Minister Francesco Rutelli has asked the Italian public not to "betray" the nation by taking their summer holidays abroad. Rutell…
Venice city council is to impose strict new rules for tourist boats sailing along the Grand Canal, the lagoon city's busiest and grandest waterway.The…
With six races to go and only 11 points separating Michael Schumacher from the top of the standings, Ferrari clearly believes the 2006 championship…