Articles by ITALY

(ANSA) - Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero will have to fight for a place in Italy's World Cup squad, coach Marcello Lippi said on Tuesday. Lipp…
(ANSA) - Pope John Paul II could be beatified as early as June 2006, a highly placed Vatican official said on Tuesday. Monsignor Henryk Hoser, assista…
(ANSA) - Art restorers have uncovered a painting by Tiepolo that has been hidden for more than a century inside a Venice church.The fresco called Fai…
(ANSA) -Lapo Elkann, grandson of Fiat's late longtime chief Gianni Agnelli, was rushed to hospital on Monday after overdosing on a cocktail of medici…
(ANSA) - Diego Maradona's surprising dancefloor prowess will be sorely missed in coming weeks as one of Italy's hit television programmes is forced t…
(ANSA) - A major new show exploring the impact of Caravaggio on other artists is gearing up for a sell-out run.Caravaggio e l'Europa (Caravaggio And E…
(ANSA) - Italian children are getting too fat, according to a study released Sunday. More than a third of Italian children around the age of ten were…
(ANSA) - The opposition's unanointed leader Romano Prodi drew thousands of people to a Rome rally Sunday against the Berlusconi government's budget an…
(ANSA) - This northern Italian town is about to put on a show that spotlights its history of excellence in the production of arms and armour. The…
(ANSA) - Traders snapped up Parmalat shares on Thursday as the dairy giant returned to the bourse almost two years after its collapse in a massive fra…
(ANSA) - Health Minister Francesco Storace called for restraint and "respect" on Thursday amid a bitter row over the resumption of tests on an 'abort…
(ANSA) - Italy's butcher-poet Dario Cecchini on Wednesday hailed the return of Tuscany's famed Fiorentina T-bone steak after a four-and-a-half year b…
(ANSA) - President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on Wednesday threw his weight into Italy's battle to revive a flagging economy by issuing his first-ever call…
(ANSA) - The stars of Italy's national soccer team were enthusiastic Wednesday about the new look Dolce and Gabbana are tailoring for them. The play…
(ANSA) - A reform bill which critics say would demolish the corruption convictions of a close aide of Premier Silvio Berlusconi would affect 88% of ap…
(ANSA) - Foucault's Pendulum, one of the most famous scientific experiments in history, will be recreated in Bologna on Saturday with the help of Ital…
(ANSA) - Pompeii's famed Alexander Mosaic has been recreated in the heart of the buried city's largest villa.The mosaic, perhaps the most famous in th…
(ANSA) - The region of Lombardy will lead this year's Columbus Day Parade in New York with a reproduction of the boat used by the character Lucia in A…
(ANSA) - After predicting that 2005 could be an exceptional year, wine experts are now backtracking and saying that the best wines will come from thos…
(ANSA) - Italy and France on Tuesday agreed to create a common air space between their two countries as a further means to combat terrorism. The agr…