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A plan to use fencing lessons to ease stress among Naples public administrators came under fire Wednesday.The lessons are part of a 40,000-euro scheme…
Inter Milan coach Jose' Mourinho was cited by a soccer prosecutor Wednesday after claiming rival coaches had conspired to blow a penalty incident out…
Lombardy would be happy to host a ''bank for the poor'' proposed by Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, the Regional President Roberto Formigoni said…
Police on Tuesday charged the mayor of a small Sicilian town after they discovered a baboon being kept in captivity in the municipal park.Luca Gervasi…
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said on Tuesday that he was confident the Turin automaker and Detroit Number Three Chrysler would be able to forge their al…
A Democratic Republic of Congo national who was detained in connection with the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher is asking the stat…
An Italian-led study has identified a gene that regulates the killer nerve-wasting disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).''This is a first but v…
A Milan court on Tuesday convicted Lazio Chairman Claudio Lotito of share-rigging and obstructing bourse oversight bodies.Lotito received a two-year j…
AC Milan and the LA Galaxy haven't reached a deal on David Beckham, Milan CEO Adriano Galliani said Tuesday, contradicting US media reports.''The affa…
A three-day literary fest for antique book-lovers opening in Milan later this month will feature a handbook for churchmen involved in the Catholic Chu…
An ongoing row over who invented eau de cologne seemed to have been settled Monday after a researcher discovered an 18th-century note in a Paris libra…
Italian scientists say they may have discovered a 'natural Viagra' in a pungent gas emitted by hot springs.Hydrogen sulphide (H2S), sometimes called s…
At least 24,000 fishermen die at sea each year, making fishing probably the most dangerous occupation in the world, the United Nations' Food and Agric…
Consumers, producers and retailers had different reactions to Monday's report from national statistics bureau Istat that Italy's year-on-year inflatio…
A Grand Prix in Rome is a fantastic idea, Renault boss Falvio Briatore said Monday.Speaking on Italian radio, Briatore said a planned new race around…
Venice Mayor Massimo Cacciari on Monday made a public call for tenders in a bid to calm polemics over a potential deal with Coca-Cola that would see 6…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said he was taking the same approach to the United States under Barack Obama as he did with previous administrations…
A 'Marshall Plan' for the Palestinian economy will be one of the priorities of Italy's term at the helm of the Group of Eight this year, Premier Silvi…
Italy is mulling a bid to host Euro 2016, Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) chief Giancarlo Abete said Monday.A bid could help start ''virtuous circles…
The absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic was felt by Inter Milan in their come-from-behind 3-3 draw against AS Roma at the San Siro Sunday night, coach Jose'…