Articles by ITALY

Sat, 04/25/2009 - 03:02
Ferrari got off to a poor start for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix trailing behind the pack in both the first and second practice sessions on Friday.Feli…
Sat, 04/25/2009 - 03:00
Inter Milan have cancelled the contract of troubled Brazil striker Adriano by mutual consent, the Serie A club said Friday.The cancellation of the con…
Fri, 04/24/2009 - 04:10
A film about the secret son of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is Italy's only entry for this year's Cannes Film festival.The film, Vincere, will be…
Fri, 04/24/2009 - 04:05
A southern Italian beauty spot is set to offer tourists tombs in a burial place wired for sight and sound so their loved ones can 'visit' them and the…
Fri, 04/24/2009 - 03:59
One of Italy's top cultural events will go on show in Florence this summer, exploring a Middle East flashpoint region at the time of the Crusades.Open…
Fri, 04/24/2009 - 03:52
Energy experts gathered in Venice on Thursday to sound the alarm over the world's dependence on oil and underscore the importance of clean energy.The…
Fri, 04/24/2009 - 03:41
Ferrari has decided to put back its troubled KERS power-boosting device on Felipe Massa's car for Friday's practice sessions ahead of this weekend's B…
Fri, 04/24/2009 - 03:36
Juventus on Thursday sought to boost the Turin giant's sagging morale by firmly backing coach Claudio Ranieri ahead of this weekend's visit to bottom…
Fri, 04/24/2009 - 03:32
Palermo defender Moris Carrozzieri failed a cocaine test after Palermo's 1-0 home win over Torino on April 5, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) sai…
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 04:18
Environmental group WWF said Wednesday that the first day of the Group of Eight environment summit had ''notably heightened'' its expectations.''There…
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 04:14
The Senate on Wednesday definitively approved a so-called 'anti-rape' emergency decree that increases penalties against sexual offenders and introduce…
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 04:07
The amount of money earmarked for the government's Messina Bridge project would be enough to make the region it will be built from earthquake-proof, C…
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 03:59
Nobel prize winning scientist Rita Levi Montalcini was feted Wednesday as she turned 100 with a gala party at Rome's city hall.For the occasion, the g…
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 03:55
American and Canadian car unions have approved a deal between Chrysler and Fiat, paving the way for the deal to go through, an Italian car union leade…
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 03:49
English soccer is ''heaven'' compared with an Italian ''obsession'' with immediate results that hinders long-term planning, Inter Milan's ex-Chelsea c…
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 03:39
Italian veteran road-race star Davide Rebellin on Wednesday won the Fleche Wallonne for the third time.Rebellin, 37, became the second Italian after M…
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 04:32
Italy is to issue a special stamp marking the 100th anniversary Wednesday of the birth of the widely accepted doyen of 20th-century Italian journalism…
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 04:19
The Colosseum is in an unacceptable state and restoration work should begin on it as soon as possible, Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno said on Tuesday as t…
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 04:13
The number of Italians marrying more than once and tying the knot in non-church ceremonies are both on the rise, national statistics bureau Istat repo…
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 04:06
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Tuesday that laws on assisting illegal immigrants ''must be respected'' after Italy was forced to rescue seaborn…