Trieste, the northeastern Italian port which inspired Irish novelist James Joyce, will on Tuesday join cities around the world in paying homage to h…
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Tue, 06/16/2009 - 03:27
The Paneveggio forest, smack in the middle of Italy's stunning Dolomite mountain range, holds a precious resource: its Norway spruce trees have been…
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 07:07
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…
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 06:30
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…
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 06:26
The conditional readiness to recognise a Palestinian state by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ''a half-step forward' towards peace, Ital…
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 06:21
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…
Sun, 06/14/2009 - 03:10
The majority of Italians are in favour of legal recognition for unwed couples, the president of Italian gay rights group Arcigay, Aurelio Mancuso, sai…
Sun, 06/14/2009 - 03:08
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…
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 03:12
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…
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 03:10
The cabinet on Friday approved high school reforms aimed to better prepare students to enter the workplace.Under the measures proposed by Education Mi…
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 03:08
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…
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 03:06
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…
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 03:04
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…
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 03:02
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…
Sat, 06/13/2009 - 03:00
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…
Fri, 06/12/2009 - 04:15
Celebrations were under way here on Thursday to mark the 120th anniversary of the creation of the now traditional Pizza Margherita.Boasting the three…
Fri, 06/12/2009 - 04:10
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…
Fri, 06/12/2009 - 04:03
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…
Fri, 06/12/2009 - 03:55
Italy will gradually vaccinate its whole population against the new H1N1 flu, Junior Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio said Thursday.Fazio said the move…
Fri, 06/12/2009 - 03:48
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…