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Thousands of revellers and romantics will lock lips in Venice at midnight on Wednesday, welcoming in 2009 with a mass ''kiss-in''.The Lagoon City pred…
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni on Monday promised tougher measures to deal with migrants entering Italy by sea, after hundreds landed on the small i…
More than two million people attended events presided by Pope Benedict XVI this year, the Vatican press office said on Monday.The overall figure of 2,…
A pro-life group on Monday filed an appeal against a controversial court order which would allow doctors to remove the feeding tube from a woman who h…
AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday that he was eager to test his star-studded lineup, including new arrival David Beckham, putting them all…
Here's a listing of exhibits to enjoy in Italy's major art cities over the holiday period:ROME - Scuderie del Quirinale: Giovanni Bellini, biggest sho…
Internationally acclaimed Greek stage and film actress Irene Papas will receive this year's career achievement award from the Venice Theatre Biennale,…
Pope Benedict XVI will give his 'urbi et orbi' (to the city and the world) Christmas day blessing in 64 languages, one more than last year, the Vatica…
The books that shaped one of the greatest scientific minds in Western history are the focus of a new exhibition in this Tuscan city.The National Libra…
Premier Silvio Berlusconi would have a ''ring of his own'' in Dante's Inferno, Oscar-winning film-maker Roberto Benigni said Tuesday.The Tuscan comic-…
The neurologist of a woman trapped in a permanent vegetative state for almost 17 years on Tuesday ruled out the possibility that she might be able to…
The head of Toyota's Formula 1 team, John Howett, said on Tuesday that he firmly backed Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo in his bid to re-…
Roma skipper Francesco Totti will be out for up to two months with a thigh muscle injury, almost certainly ruling him out of a late-February clash wit…
A drop in sales of French Champagne should prove to be a boon for Italian bubbly, the Coldiretti farmers' union said.Official data from France on Mond…
Italy plans to involve the G5 and other important non-G8 countries from the second day of next year's Group of Eight summit, diplomatic sources confir…
The European Court of Human Rights on Monday turned down an appeal against a landmark ruling by Italy's supreme court which would allow doctors to end…
The Balkan countries remain a critical and vulnerable hotspot, President Giorgio Napolitano told Italian peacekeepers serving there on Monday.In a vid…
The Italian Boxing Federation (FPI) is moving to raise the maximum age for professional boxing from 40.The FPI's health department has given its appro…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday spoke on video-link to Italy's contingent in Afghanistan, hailing the troops as an example of unity at…
Three women and three men have been chosen as jury members for the upcoming trial of two suspects in the murder of British University student Meredith…