The partnership between Italy's Fiat and American Number Three automaker Chrysler will initially produce seven automobiles for the North American m…
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Tue, 01/27/2009 - 09:24
Reclusive Italian singing legend Mina is to open this year's Sanremo Song Festival with a video tribute to Italian music. ''It won't be a commerc…
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 09:15
Italians are generally pleased with the quality of the country's restaurants but many criticise the price they pay for such quality, according to a…
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 09:12
United States President Barack Obama will soon count a pair of made-to-measure Italian shoes in his White House wardrobe, a Novara shoemaker has re…
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 09:07
Last chance for Fattori in Florence
The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy's top art exhibitions: ASCOLI - Galleria d'Arte Contemporan…
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 09:04
Veteran Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli was banned for two years Monday after using the latest version of EPO at last year's Tour de France, the na…
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 09:01
AC Milan wants David Beckham to stay beyond his loan ending in March, coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday. Speaking on Italian radio a day after th…
Sun, 01/25/2009 - 03:09
Researchers from the United States claim to have cracked the riddle of why Italian-made Stradivari and Guarneri violins have a distinctive sound.Josep…
Sun, 01/25/2009 - 03:08
The ties between renowned Italian sculptor Antonio Canova and international neoclassical art are the focus of an exhibition that opens on Sunday in th…
Sun, 01/25/2009 - 03:06
Dozens of paintings and drawings by Bologna's most famous modern artist, Giorgio Morandi, returned to the Italian city this week as part of a major re…
Sun, 01/25/2009 - 03:03
Italy on Friday was mourning the death of Pippo, Europe's oldest hippopotamus, who spent 40 years as a children's favourite at a zoo near Verona.His e…
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 03:11
Matteo Garrone's mafia drama Gomorra gained some consolation for its failure to make the Oscar cut when it was nominated Friday as best foreign film f…
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 03:09
The Vatican may go on Facebook, its social communications chief said after the pope's debut on Youtube Friday.''I'm thinking about it. We have opened…
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 03:07
Russia's flagship cruiser Moskva set sail Friday for Messina to mark the anniversary of the Russian fleet's participation in an international aid effo…
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 03:05
The waters of five fountains in Naples turned blood red on Friday after a suspected far-right group poured dye into their basins in protest over Israe…
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 03:03
Conditions at the overcrowded migrant centre on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa remain ''inhuman'', opposition Democratic Party (PD) deputy h…
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 03:02
The global economic recession will significantly condition the outcome of the upcoming Formula One season and the future of the sport itself, Toyota's…
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 03:00
Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso debut with Honda's MotoGP factory team was no longer at doubt on Friday after the Japanese automobile and motorbike mak…
Fri, 01/23/2009 - 03:52
London's tribute to Futurism, which celebrates its 100th birthday this year, kicks off with an exhibition devoted to the drawing and sculpture of Umbe…
Fri, 01/23/2009 - 03:44
A wooden carving of Christ on the cross recently attributed to Renaissance giant Michelangelo will head off on tour around Italy after proving a big d…