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Pope Benedict XVI may head one of the oldest institutions in the world but he is a dab hand with modern technology. The latest gadget in the 78-year-o…
Vinitaly, Italy's most important trade fair for wine and distilled spirits, celebrates its 40th year this April and the event is already a success. Tw…
When Italians go to the polls next month they will be presented with a ballot about the size of a pillowcase. A facsimile of the ballot for the April…
An Italian cabinet minister was called on to offer "clarification" on Thursday after it emerged that several private detectives have been arrested o…
As Italians marked Women's Day with the usual bunches of yellow mimosa blossom, the head of state sternly announced on Wednesday that the nation's wo…
A televised election face-off between Premier Silvio Berlusconi and centre-left rival Romano Prodi got the green light Wednesday after Berlusconi ma…
The last home of British adventurer Freya Stark was sold to a property giant on Wednesday, dashing hopes of keeping it in public hands.A northern Ita…
Italy's ruling centre right has criticised the nation's top daily newspaper for declaring its open support for the opposition in coming elections but…
Stefano Rossini is back with his Election Diary, this time looking at the types of posters being used in this year's election compared to other electi…
The 10th edition of the animated TV and film festival Cartoons on the Bay will be staged in Positano April 5 to 9 with 40 films from 13 countries com…
Former Catania mayor Francesco Lo Presti was arrested on Tuesday on mafia-related corruption charges.Investigators said the 63-year-old politician he…
Italy's love for mineral water is overflowing, says a new book that seeks to guide consumers around the maze of spring-water products on the national…
Italy is considering the possibility of building a highway across Libya as compensation for its bloody colonial rule of the country. Premier Silvio B…
An innovative new exhibition in this northern Italian city enables blind and sighted art lovers to enjoy the unseen side of modern sculpture.Visitors…
The abduction of a seriously ill 17-month-old boy, snatched from his home as he was being fed his evening bottle of milk, has mobilised a shocked Ita…
After zero growth in 2005, Italy's economy should pick up in the first half of the current year thanks to a general recovery in the euro zone, accor…
Italy came away empty- handed from this year's Oscars awards despite three nominations. Director Cristina Comencini was in the running for the best f…
As toads across Italy gear up for the mating season, hundreds of animal lovers are taking to the roads to save them from meeting a messy end.Encourag…
The Vatican on Friday criticised the United States for not respecting the dignity of some 500 inmates at its Guantanamo Bay naval base prison. "It se…
Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi has succeeded in roiling political waters in Rome with apparently contradictory statements linked to an anti-Italian…