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French defender Aly Cissokho's move from Porto to AC Milan appears to have collapsed after the player failed a medical, the clubs indicated Thursday.P…
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) is working to keep the national soccer league (Lega Calcio) of first and second division clubs united, CONI chief…
Pope Benedict XVI is to unveil a hidden Michelangelo masterpiece restored to its former glory during a private ceremony at the start of July. The…
Experts are warning that an outbreak of parasite wasps from China could doom Italian chestnut trees to extinction. ''Native chestnut groves are…
A quarter of all HIV-positive Italians do not know they are infected, a report by the Italian health service's AIDS Operational Centre (COA) warned…
A type of traditional Sicilian bread has obtained a European Union protected label. The 'Pagnotta del Dittaino', a naturally leavened round loaf m…
Italy fans will have to wait and see if Giuseppe Rossi gets a chance to add to his two-goal tally in the Confederations Cup against Egypt Thursday…
How long have you lived in Italy?Ten years. What did you do in the UK? I was a sound engineer, working in theatre in the West End. It was poorly paid,…
A priceless selection of drawings identified as the work of some of Italy's greatest Renaissance luminaries has gone on show in Florence in the bui…
Italian art cops have found a priceless Byzantine drinking cup in the waters off southern Sicily. The police say the 'patera', a cup used for r…
A head of the Roman Emperor Titus was found Tuesday amid the latest archeological hoard to be hauled from the ruins of the ancient port of Puteoli…
Hungarian composer and musician Gyorgy Kurtag will be honoured with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 53rd edition of the Venice Music…
An Italian publisher has produced a scaled-down replica of the massive petition written by English lords in 1530 to try to persuade the pope to let…
Key religious figures from industrialized and developing nations around the world arrived in Italy on Tuesday for a two-day meeting ahead of the Gr…
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Tuesday there was still no official word from the United States on the exact number of Guantanamo detainees…
At least 1,500 newborns will die in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next 24 hours, according to a report published on Tuesday by an international child…
Formula One Teams Association and the international racing federation FIA appear heading for a showdown as both parties stuck to their guns on Tues…
A long-running battle over a finder's fee for Italy's famous Iceman mummy has been settled. Authorities in this province on the Austrian border s…
Italian scientists say they've 'spotted' the first planet outside the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains the Solar System. So far around 350 pla…
One of Italy's top marine biologists has joined forces with a Greek organization that is working on a major new plan to rescue the nearly extinct M…