Articles by ITALY
Mario Draghi on Monday officially took over his duties as the new governor of Bank of Italy governor. Draghi was tapped for the job on December 29 by…
Local grass roots groups opposed to major public works projects in northern and southern Italy have decided to create a common front. Groups opposed…
Finance Police seized documentation at the offices of Turin Winter Olympics organizing committee TOROC Friday, less than a month before the Games begi…
In an almost unprecedented show of national unity, Italian political parties have banded together in defense of 'pure' chocolate. During a vote this…
Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday condemned a so-called abortion pill currently being tested in some Italian regions. The pope avoided referring directly…
Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni has reversed a decision to clear one of the capital's most famous squares of the artists who ply their trade there.In Novem…
Italy has won praise from the American animal rights' group PETA for its pioneering efforts to create a happier and more humane world for animals. Peo…
The leaders of Italy's biggest opposition party, the Democratic Left, tried on Wednesday to limit political damage sustained as a result of ties to sc…
The Ferrari FXX has won the Eyes on Design Award at the North American International Automobile Show here for being the best example of function desig…
The Bank of Italy on Tuesday gave the thumbs down to a bid by Italy's third-largest insurer Unipol to take over the nation's sixth-largest bank Banca…
Police on Tuesday nabbed what at first appeared to be a crazed motorcyclist who had been terrorising residents and tourists by racing through the la…
The imminent release of John Paul II's would-be assassin from a Turkish jail has rekindled hopes in Italy that some of the mysteries connected to the…
A new exhibition here reveals how Italian sculptor and architect Arnolfo di Cambio shaped the dawn of the Renaissance.Although not as famous as contem…
The Italian state broadcaster RAI on Monday broadcast part of a videotape showing the few seconds before the execution of an Italian taken hostage in…
Italy's new ski sensation Giorgio Rocca modestly waves away comparisons with the great Alberto Tomba. Speaking after winning at this Swiss resort to…
Ravenna is Italy's most child-friendly town, according to the 2006 edition of environmental association Legambiente's annual survey.The Adriatic coast…
The Italian publisher of the Harry Potter books was gnashing its teeth on Friday after it emerged that hundreds of copies of the latest adve…
Antonio Fazio, who quit as Bank of Italy governor last month, was tricked by the man at the heart of Italy's recent banking scandals, the former centr…
Turin is to uncover the world's oldest surviving map as part of the rich programme of cultural events accompanying February's Winter Olympics. The 1s…
Narni, some 50 miles north of Rome, was until recently just one of many pretty mediaeval hill-towns dotted around Umbria. But the recent release of Th…