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Alitalia confirmed on Wednesday that Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport at Fiumicino will be the new private carrier's main hub.Management…
Seventy percent of an estimated 37,000 migrants who landed on the Italian coasts in 2008 applied for asylum, the head of the Italian Council for Refug…
Ferrari fans are behind Ferrari in its decision not to take part in the 2010 Formula One championship if proposed rule changes go into effect, Chairma…
Italy's Danilo Di Luca claimed the Giro d'Italia's pink leader's jersey Wednesday after coming in second on stage five, the first really tough mountai…
A wooden carving of the crucified Christ attributed to Michelangelo has reached Naples in the latest stage of a round-Italy tour that has seen it draw…
The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR voiced concern on Tuesday over Italy's new policy of taking boat people intercepted in the Mediterranean back…
Italy is and will remain central to the activities of the Fiat group, Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said on Tuesday.Montezemolo made his remark…
Italy has officially charged two detainees of being leaders of a logistical support team for the Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda.The two are 63-year-…
Ferrari will pull out of the Formula One championship if the sports governing body FIA sticks to planned rule changes, the Italian team said Tuesday.T…
Italy's Danilo Di Luca won the first mountain stage in the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday.Di Luca dedicated his stage-four win to his native Abruzzo region,…
AC Milan will review coach Carlo Ancelotti's future once Milan secure second spot in Serie A, Milan CEO Adriano Galliani reiterated Tuesday.''We'll on…
Europe's human rights body, the Council of Europe rapped the European Union on Monday for its apparent indifference to Italy's new policy of turning b…
A convicted left-wing terrorist who Italy wants extradited from Brazil has told a French-German TV channel that he would rather kill himself than retu…
A Fiat plant in Sicily stage a two-hour strike on Monday to protest lack of information over its should the Italian automaker link up with Germany's O…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is staying at Serie A powerhouse Inter Milan, Chairman Massimo Moratti said Monday.''Ibrahimovic is staying at Inter; only newspape…
Veteran Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi stripped the Giro d'Italia's pink jersey from Britain's Mark Cavendish after winning his second straight…
Civil Service Minister Renato Brunetta threatened to quit on Monday if his package of reforms for public administration are not passed in 60 days.Best…
Malta on Monday refused permission for an Italian navy ship carrying rescued migrants to dock in Valletta.Italian authorities then instructed the ship…
Prosecutors on Monday asked for a five-year jail term for former Juventus CEO Antonio Giraudo in a trial stemming from Italy's 2006 Calciopoli match-f…
Industrial Output In Italy Plunged A Record 23.8% In March Compared To The Same Month In 2008, National Statistic Bureau Istat Said Monday.When Adjust…