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Twenty wild boars who had made their home in a Genoa city park were shot dead Tuesday to the dismay of animal rights activists and some local resident…
Italy and France on Tuesday signed a landmark cooperation accord which set the stage for Italy's return to nuclear power after more than 20 years.The…
Suspected Calciopoli ringleader Luciano Moggi was indicted Tuesday for allegedly libellous statements against Inter Milan.Former Juventus general mana…
Italy's Arianna Follis won the women's cross-country sprint at the Nordic world championships Tuesday, becoming only the second Italian woman to win a…
The glazed sculptures of Luca Della Robbia and his family admired by Leonardo da Vinci and whose technique still baffles experts are on show in a swee…
Vatican daily Osservatore Romano on Monday slammed what it described as ''fanciful'' representations of Michelangelo by television shows.In an article…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday appealed for the government to review planned spending cuts in the university sector that resulted in w…
Italy is ''very concerned'' over the possibility of some countries, even within the European Union, giving in to the temptation of adopting protection…
Coca-Cola is not ''buying'' Venice, its city council said Monday, reacting to polemics over a planned million-dollar partnership between the drinks gi…
AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani on Monday backed coach Carlo Ancelotti after fresh speculation he might be sacked at the end of the season.The manager,…
World soccer's former super-ref Pierluigi Collina is backing the idea of soccer adopting a sin bin to let players cool off without putting sides one m…
Inter Milan, Roma and Juventus go into this week's Champions League round of 16 first leg clashes against Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea on th…
Rome is gearing up for one of the artistic highlights of its year, a major exhibition paying tribute to the father of the Renaissance, Giotto.Opening…
Welfare Minister Maurizio Sacconi and the Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),Angel Gurria discussed…
The murex, one of Sicily's best-loved shell-fish, is facing extinction because of widespread sex changes caused by compounds in paints protecting the…
A religious studies teacher drove into two pupils who had behaved badly in his classes at a school in northern Italy, causing the teenage schoolboys m…
The European Commission asked Italy on Friday to provide details on its aid package to the car industry to see if it violates European Union rules on…
An invasion of South Americans with allegedly fabricated Italian ancestry is rocking the Italian five-a-side soccer world.The Italian team that came t…
The Italian capital is joining the country's Futurism frenzy, with a host of events celebrating 100 years since the launch of Italy's most famous mode…
Sicily has been awarded the 2009 BIT Award for being the best destination for Italian tourists.Sicily was chosen in a poll carried out by the Italian…