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(ANSA) - Genoa, July 5 - Genoa on Tuesday opened its own equivalent of the Ellis Island museum in New York harbour, allowing all-comers to trace the h…
(ANSA) - Italy's highest appeals court has fired a warning shot in the direction of Italian car owners who regularly double-park, making it impossibl…
(ANSA) - Naples, July 5 - The arrival of the Romans in Pompeii did little damage to the flourishing community living there previously, which probably…
(ANSA) - Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday found himself in the umpteenth tight spot caused by his unpredictable ally the Northern League. The cent…
(ANSA) - Cash-strapped tourists keen to sample one of Italy's most famous specialities need no longer miss out, as a nationwide deal for cheap pizza a…
(ANSA) - Italy on Tuesday appointed its first professional woman soccer referee. Anna De Toni, a 28-year-old gynecologist, was promoted from the amate…
(ANSA) - Two former SS soldiers were indicted on Tuesday for one of the worst Nazi atrocities in wartime Italy - a 1944 massacre in a village near Bo…
(ANSA) - Palermo - Wine and live music will be an excellent mix for the third year in a row here in Sicily when the Blues & Wine Soul Festival ret…
After several requests for a complete index of all the articles that ever appeared in Italy Magazine we are happy to announce that it is now available…
(ANSA) - Cinisello Balsamo - Italy's current economic crisis is its own fault, according to Luca Cordeo di Montezemolo, the head of Italy's associatio…
Stefano Rossini explains the concept of an audience strike against TV and the conditions that make such strikes necessary in Italy. As ever a useful g…
(ANSA) - Enna, July 4 - A Sicilian grave-digger has been caught growing marijuana in a cemetery here.The 42-year-old man had two clumps of the illega…
(ANSA) - The "gratuitous" appearance of a leashed tiger at an event meant to boost Venice's casino has tarnished the city's image, groups defending an…
(ANSA) - Plain, cypress-wood coffins like the one in which John Paul II was buried in April are set to become the latest thing in funeral fashion. A…
(ANSA) - Milan - Milan is an ideal place to do business in, according to a survey of businesses operating in the northern Italian city. In a poll of 1…
(ANSA) - Siena - Two jockeys injured in Siena's famous Palio race left hospital on Sunday, with concussion, fractures and bruising.The two fell from t…
(ANSA) - Macerata - A 98-year-old Italian woman as had a court case put off for nine years. The woman, Amalia Cuccioletti from the Adriatic region of…
(ANSA) - Italy may be known the world over as being the land of the 'mamma', but it is the only country in Europe to have a research body devoted spec…
(ANSA) - Italy has demanded respect for its sovereignty amid a growing storm over the CIA's alleged abduction of an Islamic cleric from a Milan street…
(ANSA) - Genoa - Prosecutors on Wednesday said they had broken up an organization that fooled police, media and international authorities into believi…