A Ligurian wine maker on Friday dropped 6,500 bottles of spumante into the sea off the coast of Portofino to mature on the ocean floor in the world's…
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Sun, 05/24/2009 - 03:06
Roberto Saviano, the Italian writer whose bestselling expose' of the Naples Mafia led to a life in police protection, is set to publish his second boo…
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 03:12
One of the most famous art collections of the 1600s is to be 'restored to life' for a limited period as an exhibition in the eastern town of Caldarola…
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 03:10
A 'lost' painting by Italian Futurist star Mario Sironi has turned up at an auction in Prato where its opening bid has been set at 200,000-250,000 eur…
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 03:08
Rome's rarely seen underground archeological sites including caves where followers of the mysterious Mithraic religion used to worship are to open to…
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 03:06
One of Italy's most notorious eyesores, a huge unfinished hotel complex on a Ligurian island, disappeared Friday after decades of campaigning by envir…
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 03:04
Two high schools in Rome were ordered closed for seven days by Health Junior Minister Ferruccio Fazio on Friday after it was confirmed that four stude…
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 03:02
Members of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) met here on Friday and hammered out a common position on the sport's regulations ahead of a meetin…
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 03:00
British sprinter Mark Cavendish won the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia Friday, a 176km journey from Tuscan resort Lido Camaiore to Florence.Russia's…
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 03:52
Snaps of Italian American filmstars and politicians captured by America's first and most mischievous paparazzi Ron Galella are drawing big crowds to t…
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 03:45
Sun worshippers soaking up the rays on Italian beaches this summer could be collared by a group of dermatologists who are sailing up and down the peni…
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 03:37
Around 80 illegal immigrants arrived in several small boats on the southwest coast of Sardinia on Thursday after crossing from Algeria.The immigrants,…
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 03:30
Tests are currently being carried out to verify whether Italy has its 11th confirmed case of the new H1N1 flu.The patient is currently in Rome's Gemel…
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 03:25
The British Embassy in Rome on Thursday denied Italian press reports that the British foreign ministry had dubbed Rome 'Stab City' in its advice to fa…
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 03:19
Juventus caretaker manager Ciro Ferrara is looking to shore up a leaky defence as he bids to thwart Fiorentina's bid for Serie A's third automatic Cha…
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 03:16
Ferrari boss Luca de Montezemolo on Thursday confirmed that the Italian team will not race in Formula One next season unless new rules are changed.''W…
Thu, 05/21/2009 - 03:42
An exhibition marking 500 years since the birth of groundbreaking Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) has arrived in Spain following smash-h…
Thu, 05/21/2009 - 03:35
Italy got its first woman astronaut Wednesday when a 32-year-old Italian Air Force pilot became the European Space Agency's first female pick.Samantha…
Thu, 05/21/2009 - 03:31
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini avoided a diplomatic trap by cancelling a trip to Iran because a key meeting venue was switched to the countr…
Thu, 05/21/2009 - 03:25
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi faced a fresh legal and political storm Wednesday after a ruling that his former corporate lawyer perjured himself t…