Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is back in Germany this week to put the final touches on an offer to acquire Opel, the main marque of General Motors' Europ…
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Mon, 05/18/2009 - 05:50
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will stay at newly crowned Serie A champions Inter Milan next season, club CEO Ernesto Paolillo said Monday.''Ibrahimovic is stayin…
Sun, 05/17/2009 - 03:12
Trace your fingers around the curly locks on Michelangelo's David or throw your arms around the Venus De Milo: what could get you tossed out of some m…
Sun, 05/17/2009 - 03:10
Modern hikers following a medieval route once used by pilgrims travelling from Canterbury to Rome are to get an international web portal to help them…
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 03:13
Venice is fizzing up its campaign to persuade citizens to move from bottled to tap water.The city's water utility, Veritas, is offering residents a te…
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 03:12
Hoping for a positive verdict on its bid to have Dolomite mountain groups included in the United Nations World Heritage List, Italy has set up a Dolom…
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 03:10
Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican on Friday at the end of a historic week-long visit to the Holy Land and the Palestinian territories.The Germ…
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 03:08
The European Union will take ''into serious consideration'' a formal request by Italy that the EU address the immigration emergency in the Mediterrane…
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 03:06
Italian prosecutors on Friday filed charges against ten Parma policemen accused of beating up a Ghanaian student they mistook for a drug pusher.Last S…
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 03:04
Italy's GDP plummeted 5.9% in the first quarter of the year, over the same period in 2008, but Premier Silvio Berlusconi said the drop had been expect…
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 03:02
Juventus is playing Sunday's home match against Atalanta behind closed doors after a sports tribunal confirmed a stadium ban for racist abuse of Inter…
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 04:10
One of the greatest works by Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna is to dazzle visitors once more following a two-year restoration.The San Zeno altarpie…
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 04:05
The government's new security bill cleared parliament's Lower House on Thursday and headed for the Senate but criticism from the center-left oppositio…
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 03:47
Workers at Fiat's Sicilian plant in Termini Imerese on Thursday continued their temporary work stoppages to protest uncertainty over the factory's fut…
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 03:41
An Italian soccer player will kick off Verona's drive to woo the world's couples into tying the knot on the scene of Romeo and Juliet's most romantic…
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 03:34
Inter Milan are set to celebrate their 17th Serie A title at home to minnows Siena on Sunday.Jose' Mourinho's men could even pop the bubbly the day be…
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 03:30
Juventus expects to firm up a deal with Werder Bremen for Brazil attacking midfielder Diego by the start of June, Chairman Giovanni Cobolli Gigli said…
Thu, 05/14/2009 - 04:07
An ancient and beautiful chalice that symbolizes a turning point in a long-running Italian-US dispute over disputed antiquities has finally arrived at…
Thu, 05/14/2009 - 04:01
Northern Italy's stunning Dolomite mountain range have moved closer to joining earth's other cultural and natural wonders on the United Nations World…
Thu, 05/14/2009 - 03:45
The government's new security bill cleared parliament's Lower House on Wednesday and now heads to the Senate for final approval.In order to ensure its…