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A Bologna couple who returned from a honeymoon in New York at the weekend were confirmed Thursday as Italy's latest sufferers from the A/H1N1 flu viru…
Police on Thursday discovered a poppy plantation outside Palermo with some 800 plants of the illegal opium-producing variety.A person believed respons…
AC Milan has not yet made any decision on a possible transfer of its Brazilian attacking midfielder Kaka, according to the club's owner, Premier Silvi…
Venice took another step towards establishing itself as a European mecca for modern and contemporary art on Wednesday with the inauguration of two new…
One of Rome's prime tourist attractions, the ruins of Nero's Domus Aurea, will reopen again in two years' time after work to make it completely safe f…
Five new cases of the new H1N1 flu, also known as Influenza A, have been confirmed in Italy bringing the total to 35, the Italian health ministry said…
An emblem stolen Sunday from the Naples grave of Italian comic genius Toto' was recovered in a tomb raiders' cache on the outskirts of the city Wednes…
Sport is ''an excellent tool in foreign policy because it promotes peace,'' Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Wednesday.The foreign min…
Italy's rugby team left Wednesday for a summer tour of Australia and New Zealand in which coach Nick Mallett aims to test new blood after its worst Si…
AC Milan fans on Wednesday gathered outside club headquarters to protest the reported transfer of Brazil star Kaka to Real Madrid.About 30 fans chante…
Gifts with attitude: FUN DESIGNS COMBINE WITH FUNCTIONALITY IN THIS MONTH’S WEDDING GIFT CHOICESSleek, innovative and ironic, Alessi’s range of items…
Italy agreeing to a request from the United States to take some inmates from Guantanamo Bay prison would ''not increase citizens' safety'', Interior M…
World champions Italy rose one place to fourth in the latest FIFA rankings, leapfrogging Brazil.European champs Spain continued to lead a ranking that…
European and international issues were at the center of a ''long and cordial'' meeting Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini had here on Wednesday…
European Union statistics bureau Eurostat confirmed on Wednesday that GDP in the euro zone sank 2.5% in the first quarter of the year, over the last t…
Police still have no leads on the whereabouts of a 69-year-old retired broker who was kidnapped Monday morning by three men.Silvano Azzolini was taken…
Italian commandos operating in western Afghanistan captured four insurgents wanted for ''hostile actions'' and seized a major quantity of opium, defen…
Venice's newest art gallery, the Museo Vedova, by celebrity architect Renzo Piano has put a 21st century twist on the art of picture hanging.Dedicated…
The procedure to beatify the late pope John Paul II has not been ''delayed'', Father Daniel Ols, the spokesman for the cause, said Monday.Responding t…
National assets tapped for the United Nations World Heritage List reap prestige and gain a precious marketing tool, according to a local official behi…