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The Sultan of Oman on Wednesday sent Sicilian regional President Raffaele Lombardo a thoroughbred stallion and two mares from his royal stables in ret…
While automakers around the world saw sales and profits plummet in 2008, Ferrari bucked the trend with its best year ever for sales, earnings, profits…
MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi said on Wednesday that he did not think that Honda would withdraw from Grand Prix motorcycling racing, as it recently…
Despite the pressing economic times, Ferrari has found a new sponsor for its Formula 1 team, India automaker Tata Motors Ltd., Ferrari Chairman Luca C…
AC Milan may take advantage of the mid-season trading window to find a temporary replacement for Italy midfielder Gennaro (Rino) Gattuso, the Serie A…
The abortion pill's future in Italy was up in the air on Tuesday, after fresh outcry over its expected introduction next month.The RU486 pill was appr…
Italy has not been asked to accept prisoners held in the United States military base at Guantanamo, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Tuesday a…
The chief executive of Total's operations in Italy and an opposition Democratic Party MP were served with arrest warrants on Tuesday in connection wit…
Premier Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party has swept to victory in regional elections in Abruzzo, where the previous centre-left Democr…
Pope Benedict XVI is to preside over six Christmas ceremonies in two weeks as the Catholic Church celebrates its most important festivity of the year.…
New car sales in Europe tumbled 25.8% last month over November 2007 but Fiat was able to maintain its market share and even expand it over a year ago.…
Serie A's second-from-bottom Reggina on Tuesday sacked coach Nevio Orlandi, replacing him with Giuseppe Pillon in a bid to avoid relegation.Pillon, 52…
Italians have long enjoyed a reputation as food lovers but this is being put to the test by exotic flavours from further afield, according to a new re…
A long-running debate over the abortion pill has flared up again, ahead of meetings this week expected to clear the way for the drug's introduction ac…
Despite the current financial crisis, some 2.2 million Italians are still expected to hit the slopes over the Christmas holidays, according to a study…
A spate of recent drunk-driving accidents which has inflamed public opinion is prompting the government to consider plans that would effectively ban a…
Italy's biggest bank Unicredit said on Monday that it has 75 million euros invested with Bernard L. Madoff, whose investment firm collapsed last week.…
The Italian government would consider helping the automobile sector through the current financial crisis but only within a European Union framework, F…
Mercurial Sampdoria star Antonio Cassano mustn't give up hope of reclaiming a place in the Italy squad, coach Marcello Lippi said Monday.Speaking afte…
After a brief lull at the weekend, Italy on Monday found itself caught in its third major pre-winter storm in less than a month and there were renewed…