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(ANSA) - Alessandro Del Piero is closing in on the all-time Juventus scoring record despite an unusual handicap for a team captain - his coach seems r…
(ANSA) - The native Italian clam appears to be heading towards extinction and is being replaced on plates of linguini by a homegrown version of its ex…
(ANSA) - Thousands of people packed into this city's cathedral Monday morning to watch the blood of patron saint San Gennaro liquefy in the repetition…
If one thinks about Bologna and Emilia Romagna, after the two towers, the Aemilia road and various other architectonical treasures, one thinks about t…
The liveliest spot on the net to discuss all things Italians keeps growing at an amazing rate. Over the weekend the forums surpassed the milestone of…
(ANSA) - The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich could be planning to extend his business interests from soccer and oil into wine, according to repor…
(ANSA) - The last words ever spoken by Pope John Paul II were: "Let me go to the house of the Father," according to an official Vatican account of the…
(ANSA) - Gianpiero Fiorani has resigned as chief executive of Banca Popolare Italiana after a new strand was added to judicial investigations into his…
(ANSA) - The pope's private secretary, the object of intense interest from Italian housewives in recent months, has gone on holiday to a mystery loca…
(ANSA) - The Italian government pushed forward on Friday with measures aimed at tackling a possible bird flu outbreak. In a decree drawn up by Health…
(ANSA) - Naples declares its love for the coffee bean this weekend with a festival that looks at the delicious drink from every possible angle.The thi…
(ANSA) - Dutch bank ABN Amro has prevailed in its bid for Banca Antonveneta, making the northern bank the first Italian one to be controlled by a fore…
The pretty Italian seaside town of Vasto in Abruzzo, has offered French movie superstar Alain Delon a haven to help him fight a major bout of the blu…
(ANSA) - A blast that killed a policeman in a barracks on Wednesday was caused by explosives of the kind used by the Italian army, investigators said…
(ANSA) - Italian Economy Minster Domenico Siniscalco on Wednesday urged parliament to give a rapid green light to a reform of the Bank of Italy and th…
(ANSA) - Italy's legendary Cinecitta' film studios were given a boost this week when American producers greenlighted the second series of a multi-mill…
(ANSA) - Hopes that sainthood procedures for the late pope, John Paul II, could be speeded up by having him declared a martyr have been dashed. The he…
(ANSA) - Naples should work harder to help police stop its crime wave, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said on Wednesday. Calling for "a strategic…
(ANSA) - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday threw his weight behind a plan to reform the country's electoral system less than eight months…
(ANSA) - Romano Prodi, the unanointed leader of the centre-left opposition, reconfirmed on Tuesday his support for the rights of unwed couples. Undaun…