Premier Silvio Berlusconi accused Italy's centre-left opposition on Monday of having whipped up a smear and hate campaign against him to try to muster…
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Mon, 06/01/2009 - 09:18
A wall of Rome's controversial Ara Pacis museum was spattered in bursts of red and green paint on Monday in an attack by unidentified vandals.Police a…
Mon, 06/01/2009 - 09:09
Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday he will meet United States President Barack Obama on June 15 in Washington for talks ahead of July's Group of Ei…
Mon, 06/01/2009 - 06:56
Chelsea Football Club officially announced on its website Monday morning that it has hired Italian Carlo Ancelotti to be its new coach.The London club…
Mon, 06/01/2009 - 06:23
A federal bankruptcy court has given its green light to the sale of key assets of American carmaker Chrysler to Italy's Fiat, the New York Times repor…
Sun, 05/31/2009 - 03:10
Local officials behind a bid to include the Dolomite mountain range in UNESCO's World Heritage List believe the United Nations' cultural and natura…
Sun, 05/31/2009 - 03:00
Fiat has decided to let its offer for German automaker Opel stand unchanged and will not attend further talks with German government officials.…
Sun, 05/31/2009 - 03:00
Italy's year-on-year inflation rate fell to 0.9% this month, its lowest since November 1968, when it was 0.7%, national statistics bureau Istat report…
Sat, 05/30/2009 - 03:00
An Italian soldier was slightly injured in Afghansitan on Friday when his patrol came under attack in the area of Bala Morgab, defense ministry sour…
Sat, 05/30/2009 - 03:00
AC Milan and Fiorentina will face off in their last match of the season on Sunday and the outcome will determine which team will automatically qualify…
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 16:00
More than 500 people had to be evacuated by life boat from a Naples-Palermo ferry on Friday after a fire broke out in the ship's car deck as they sl…
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 04:29
Workmen inside Florence's courthouse have stumbled across a spiral column and hundreds of multicoloured fragments that experts believe may have belong…
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 04:21
Houses for 3,000 people left homeless by the April 6 earthquake in the Abruzzo capital of L'Aquila and surrounding villages will be ready by mid Septe…
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 04:16
Thanks to the strong ties it has with both countries, Italy is in a position to help stabilise relations between Russia and Georgia, Italian Foreign M…
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 04:11
Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday said the three greatest evils facing Italy were criminals, magistrates and journalists.''I've always said that f…
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 03:51
Fiat on Thursday found itself forced to re-think its bid for German automaker Opel after General Motors reportedly upped the price for its European ma…
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 03:47
AC Milan and Fiorentina will face off in their last match of the season on Sunday and the outcome will determine which team will automatically qualify…
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 03:37
AC Milan's Brazil forward Ricardo Kaka shrugged off reports from Spain on Thursday that he was set to join Real Madrid, saying he was happy playing at…
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 03:52
An unusual new exhibition here contrasts the art of controversial 20th-century photographer Robert Mapplethorpe with that of Renaissance master Michel…
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 03:46
Former British premier Margaret Thatcher met briefly with Pope Benedict XVI at the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter's square on Wednesda…