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Trieste, the northeastern Italian port which inspired Irish novelist James Joyce, will on Tuesday join cities around the world in paying homage to h…
The Paneveggio forest, smack in the middle of Italy's stunning Dolomite mountain range, holds a precious resource: its Norway spruce trees have been…
Italy coach Marcello Lippi is confident his veteran World Cup winners can go all the way again in South Africa next year.Speaking ahead of Italy's Con…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi meets here on Monday with US President Barack Obama for talks expected to focus on next month's Group of Eight summi…
The conditional readiness to recognise a Palestinian state by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ''a half-step forward' towards peace, Ital…
For the third month in a row, Italy's public debt rose to a new historic high in April, breaking the record it had only set the month before, the Bank…
The majority of Italians are in favour of legal recognition for unwed couples, the president of Italian gay rights group Arcigay, Aurelio Mancuso, sai…
Vesuvius, the volcano overlooking Naples, needs help in its bid to become one of the world's New Seven Wonders of Nature, backers say.The peak best kn…
A 16th-century painting of a nude Mona Lisa once attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci will go on show for the first time on Saturday as part of a sweeping…
The cabinet on Friday approved high school reforms aimed to better prepare students to enter the workplace.Under the measures proposed by Education Mi…
Women in Muslim countries are no better off than a piece of furniture that can be discarded at will, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi told an audience of…
American student Amanda Knox, on trial here with her ex-boyfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, told the court Friday that polic…
Health officials on Friday said that three new cases of the H1N1 flu had been confirmed in Italy, brining the total to 59.All three cases were said to…
Ferrari on Friday said it will not take part in the next Formula One season under proposed rules even though International Racing Federation FIA has i…
Organisers of this year's Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) on Friday rejected an application from the LPR-Farnese team of 2007 Giro d'Italia winner Dan…
Celebrations were under way here on Thursday to mark the 120th anniversary of the creation of the now traditional Pizza Margherita.Boasting the three…
Italy is failing to respect its commitment made at the 2005 Group of Eight summit at Gleneagles to increase aid to combat poverty in Africa, pressure…
The United States wants to ''colonise the globe'', Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi said Thursday during his three-day state visit to Rome.Speaking to…
Italy will gradually vaccinate its whole population against the new H1N1 flu, Junior Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio said Thursday.Fazio said the move…
The Chamber of Deputies on Thursday approved a government bill to curb the use of wiretapping amid strong protests from the opposition, the national a…