Articles by ITALY
(ANSA) - An 11-year-old child was killed late Wednesday by a World War II bomb he found while playing with friends.The explosion took place in the nea…
(ANSA) - Diego Maradona's sporting career took a new turn this week when he started work as an instructor at an Italian children's soccer camp.The…
(ANSA) - The latest edition of an annual festival that is helping revive interest in northern Italy's Celtic roots kicked off at the foot of Mt Blanc…
Being left hanging on the telephone has joined the pet Italian gripe of being forced to wait in line for hours at public offices. Italians are kept ha…
(ANSA) - Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof congratulated Italy on Thursday on putting together a bigger line-up of stars than any other country participati…
a new exhibition of the works of the greatest draughtsman of the Seicento opens in his birthplace of Cento There is no entirely sincere or great art i…
This is quite a lengthy account of an extremely productive week in northernmost Tuscany, getting things started following our purchase of a small hous…
The past few days have been the hottest yet for Italy and have brought to the fore the various issues that need to be resolved by the government with…
The tiny town of Bogogno in Novara is recovering from the tragic events of last night, which led to three dead and at least nine injured. The killer i…
Stefano Rossini examines the political climate post-referemdum and considers the wider role the Catholic church plays in Italian political and social…
Ravenna Festival is one of the main cultural festival of all the summer. The multidisciplinary event has been enlivening the summers of Ravenna for th…
The Italians yesterday heard another damning report into the current state of the Italian economy and this time by the president of the Confcommercio,…
I decided to pack up and leave England, my beloved family and my fantastic friends for so many reasons I can’t put them into one sentence. Primarily…
The Lega Nord (Northern League) is a right-wing party with very strong and controversial views on issues such as immigration and Europe. Their main ai…
"We are on issue 28 of the magazine now and have covered almost all the regions and main cities of Italy. I say 'almost' because it gradually began to…
Stefano Rossini considers what is it that makes Italy so attractive despite all of its faults and problems. All this while preparing his risotto and t…
The small town of Spilamberto in Emilia-Romagna, half-way between Modena and Bologna, is characteristic of this affluent and culture-loving region of…
On June the 6th, we reported on the traffic problems drivers in Italy faced when returning from a long weekend. The problems behind the long 200km tra…
The Italian referendum on the abolition of laws that restrict research into stem cells and the manners in which assisted procreation can take place ha…
This July and August as ever sees the beautiful medieval walled city host a wide range of musical events. The main square Piazza Napoleone hosts the s…