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Florence has decided to stamp out a tradition which has recently drawn thousands of young lovers to the city's famous Ponte Vecchio bridge .Enamoured…
A top Vatican official on Friday urged Catholics to boycott the soon-to-be-released film The Da Vinci Code, saying it "offended" the Christian faith.…
A trial of two former Ferrari employees suspected of stealing industrial secrets from the Italian Formula 1 race team opened here on Friday but was im…
Italian prosecutors on Friday posted an appeal against an acquittal of Italian soccer giant Juventus for giving players banned substances. The Turin…
An estimated five million Italians, roughly 10.5% of the adult population, took off for the upcoming May Day holiday long weekend, according to the n…
The legendary Italian motorscooter Vespa celebrated its 60th birthday on Thursday with a big party and unveiling of three new models. The event at Ve…
Three Italian soldiers serving in Iraq were killed on Thursday in a roadside bomb attack in the south of the country while a fourth was left seriously…
A sadistic smoothie idolised by Cosa Nostra's younger troops is tipped to become the new head of Italy's Mafia, police say.Experts have broken coded m…
A bid to overturn the acquittal of outgoing Premier Silvio Berlusconi on judge-bribery charges failed on Thursday after a Milan appeals court reject…
Italians will go to the polls on June 25 and 26 to decide whether to confirm constitutional reforms giving more power to regional governments. The da…
It's official: Italians love ice cream. Only the youngest members of the Bel Paese aren't crazy about the stuff, a poll said Tuesday. The poll, carrie…
Compared to other Europeans, Italians do not have much free time, especially women who are next to last for having time off, a new report has found. B…
A restaurant operator has been fined 688 euros for allegedly mistreating lobsters which were on display for potential customers, the local press repor…
Italy will be hit by a nationwide 8-hour urban transport strike on Friday, April 28, called by unions over a pay dispute. The strike will involve buse…
A long-standing protest against the construction of a high-speed rail link through the Italian Alps continued on Wednesday after the presentation of a…
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi used the occasion of Liberation Day to urge Italy's squabbling political blocs to cool a heated climate that ha…
Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini on Tuesday condemned the "barbarous" bombing at the Egyptian Sinai resort of Dahab which killed at least 23 p…
Catholic authorities in Rome are outraged by a decision to display a huge advert for the forthcoming film The Da Vinci Code on the facade of a church…
Italian society continues to grow older despite a recent upsurge in the number of births after years of decline, according to a study by national stat…
Italy leads the rest of Europe for the number of fatalities from motorbike accidents, according to a new report.
The study, published in the latest…