Articles by ITALY

Tue, 02/17/2009 - 03:21
UEFA on Monday said it was confident in the ability of Italian police to handle the Champions League Final at Rome's Stadio Olimpico on May 27.…
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 03:16
The Italian capital has other priorities to meet before organising a Formula 1 Grand Prix, Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said on Mon…
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 06:56
Russia supports Italy's efforts as Group of Eight (G8) president to shape a new global financial architecture to cope with the ongoing crisis, Russ…
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 05:47
Two Roma gypsy camps were cleared in Rome Monday after the latest in a string of rapes brought crime fears and anti-immigrant feeling to a new pitc…
Sun, 02/15/2009 - 03:22
Paris is celebrating Giorgio De Chirico's art and his links with the city's intellectual and artistic elite with a major retrospective opening on Frid…
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 03:14
Lights at some of Italy's most famous monuments including the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and St Peter's Basilica will be turned off at 18.00 Friday…
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 03:12
Gay and lesbian couples in Italy will be puckering up at traffic lights Saturday in one of many initiatives as the country celebrates St Valentine's D…
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 03:05
An American and her Italian boyfriend on trial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher were laughing and kissing at the police station hour…
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 03:02
Inter Milan right back Maicon is in doubt for Sunday night's derby against AC Milan after pulling up with a thigh strain in training Friday.Leaders In…
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 03:00
Italian soccer great Giacomo Bulgarelli died Thursday night after a long illness, his ex-club Bologna said Friday.Bulgarelli, 68, who won the European…
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 04:13
A stunning new exhibition has opened in Turin, showcasing gold, statues, jewels and lost treasures from ancient Egyptian cities lost beneath the water…
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 04:04
Italian politicians reacted sharply Thursday after French first lady Carla Bruni noted that the Group of Eight president could lose its place on the w…
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 03:56
More than half of Italians expecting a gift from their lovers on Valentine's Day this weekend are in for a disappointment, the Coldiretti farmers' gro…
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 03:48
Residents here in the Sicilian capital woke up to a surprise on Thursday with snow laying a light white blanket over a city where a week ago it was 20…
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 03:42
Italian automaker Fiat and Germany's BMW are still in talks on the feasibility of developing a common platform for their respective Alfa Romeo and Min…
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 03:37
Italy coach Nick Mallett has reshuffled his team for Sunday's visit by Ireland after last Saturday's 36-11 defeat at Twickenham.Flanker Mauro Bergamas…
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 03:29
David Beckham on Thursday said his fitness had improved by 100% since joining AC Milan from the LA Galaxy in December.''Milan has done me the world of…
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 04:02
An Etruscan bronze statuette of a man offering a sacrifice to a god has returned to the archeological museum in this Tuscan town 38 years after it was…
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 03:53
Organisers of the first Italian exhibition dedicated to controversial French-Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed said the show may not go ahead in the wak…
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 03:47
A traditionalist bishop who was recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI but continues to deny the Holocaust should recant his ''nonsense'' as soon…