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A crackdown on absenteeism among public sector workers has proven hugely successful and could raise Italy's GDP by a percentage point, Civil Service M…
Alitalia has accepted an offer from Air France-KLM for a 25% stake in the now private Italian carrier, airline officials announced on MondayAlitalia C…
Pope Benedict XVI urged authorities in Rome and the Lazio region to overcome political differences in order to deal with the ''inevitable repercussion…
Italy rugby coach Nick Mallet on Monday left veteran prop Andrea Lo Cicero out of his 30-man training camp for the upcoming Six Nations tournament.Lo…
AS Roma skipper Francesco Totti was back running Monday after a pre-Christmas thigh injury, meaning he could be back on the field earlier than expecte…
An Italian aid convoy for Gaza will leave ''within a few days,'' Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday.The convoy will take medicine, p…
Italy's public debt hit a new all-time high in October of 1,670.2 billion euros, the Bank of Italy reported on Monday.In September the debt had declin…
The new Ferrari Formula One racing car was unveiled on the team's website Monday.The new car is called F60 after the number of championships the legen…
David Beckham said he had ''a great time'' in his unexpected Serie A debut in AC Milan's 2-2 draw at Roma Sunday night.''It was really enjoyable,'' sa…
Italy has a host of top shows lined up for 2009, with organizers hopeful that the popularity of Futurism and the perennial allure of star names like G…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the economic crunch, the crisis in Gaza and the gas dispute during a t…
A meeting of G8 interior and justice ministers will take place in May on Lampedusa, the tiny island off Sicily where thousands of illegal immigrants f…
The Air France-KLM board of directors on Friday gave its green light to an alliance with Italian carrier Alitalia, well informed sources said.The Fran…
The defence team of an Italian suspect in the murder of British university student Meredith Kercher on Friday carried out further tests in the house i…
David Beckham was mobbed by fans at Rome airport Friday as he and his AC Milan team-mates arrived back from a training break in Dubai for Sunday night…
Italian motorcycling great Giacomo Agostini said on Friday that while he was sorry Kawasaki has quit MotoGP, a little downsizing of the sport may be b…
An Italian-led study has traced the origins of the first inhabitants of the Americas.The study, led by geneticists at Pavia University, tracked two ra…
The European Union will ask US President-elect Barack Obama to start working on a solution for the Mideast crisis as soon as he is sworn into office o…
The Israeli ambassador to the Holy See on Thursday downplayed tensions between Israel and the Vatican after Pope Benedict XVI's pointman for peace and…
The lawyer of an Italian woman in an irreversible coma said Thursday she may ask courts for an enforcement order to ensure that a landmark right-to-di…