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Italy has a new coach for the 2006 Six Nations, former France scrum-half Pierre Berbizier, and is looking to avoid collecting the wooden spoon for th…
The Italian film La Bestia nel Cuore (Don't Tell) has been nominated to compete in the best foreign film category for the upcoming Oscar awards. The…
A Milanese industrial consultant, who packed in his highly paid job for a life of rural tranquillity, is now on a crusade to save Sardinia's dwindling…
Rome is busily preparing a major new film festival for 2006 and billing it as a cinema event which will rival long-established festivals in Venice, B…
Italian soccer has been roiled by protests after Nazi symbols were waved at a weekend match at the Olympic Stadium. Got Mit Uns, the SS motto, was on…
Italy is chuckling at Premier Silvio Berlusconi's latest election stunt, a vow of chastity. The press is having a field day with the pledge, claiming…
Former Milan prefect Bruno Ferrante will be the center-left's candidate for mayor of that city after winning a primary vote at the weekend.Ferrante c…
Northern Italy has been hit by a major snow storm which over the past 24 hours has dumped some 30cm of snow with more expected on Friday. The storm i…
Italians may be getting vainer and more stressed as we mentioned in the previous story, but, in the end, three out of four are happy to live in Italy…
A charming Tuscan village is bidding to become an international shrine to marital love.Authorities in Lucignano, halfway between Siena and Arezzo, are…
Italians are increasingly obsessed with their appearance and at the same time they are ever keener for time on the psychologist's couch, according to…
"(Although there may still be a few grey clouds in the sky, February is also a particularly exciting and colourful time in Italy. It's the season of…
The Civil Protection Department has extended by another 24-36 hours its severe weather alert for northern Europe because of continuing heavy snow. The…
Venice's famous St Mark's belltower is to be protected for the ages by a metal ring encircling its foundations.The ring of titanium bars will be set…
Stefano Rossini steps up to the scales and hopes to see the same weight he had on the 23rd of December, before the onslaught of Christmas and New Year…
Italy this week beat the cream of the world's gelato makers to stay top of the international ice-cream tree. Three Italian maestros whipped up a daz…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday that he and President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi were close to agreement over when to dissolve parliame…
The Italian Senate gave the definitive green light Wednesday to a new law that strengthens the access and custody rights of divorced fathers. The legi…
Italian police on Tuesday arrested eight rogue cops accused of stealing from crime scenes.The eight members of Milan's Flying Squad stole an unspecifi…
The Italian government on Tuesday issued an emergency plan against a cold snap that has led to increased energy consumption amid gas cuts from Russia.…