Award-winning Italian director Gianni Amelio was named Wednesday as the new head of the Turin Film Festival.Amelio, 63, replaces acclaimed auteur Nann…
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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:18
An Italian-led team of archaeologists has discovered vases containing perfumed ointment of the type used to anoint Jesus's feet in the Bible at a dig…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:16
There is still a ''deep chasm'' between statutes set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and reality, Italian President Giorgio Na…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:15
Italy plans to send more troops in Afghanistan next year, raising their number from 2,270 to 2,800, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa told the Senate'…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:12
Italy on Wednesday found itself battered by a major pre-winter storm with heavy snow in the north and high winds and seas in the south.The storm front…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:10
AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso on Wednesday vowed to fight back from an cruciate injury stoppage that could keep him out for most of the season.'…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:08
Former Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola has been rated one of the top five foreign players ever to grace the Premier League.In a fan blog on the Times web…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:06
The European Union is making ''important steps forward'' towards a ''balanced'' compromise on its climate package, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini sa…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:04
Italian gay rights groups were up in arms on Tuesday after state broadcaster RAI censored several key scenes in a late-night showing of Ang Lee's 2005…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 04:00
Fans of third-division soccer club Pescara have reportedly threatened to boycott next weekend's regional elections in Abruzzo unless Premier Silvio Be…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 03:55
UEFA's deal with Italian TV companies for coverage of the Champions League has been extended for the next three years.Once again, pay-TV satellite bro…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 03:53
AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso is facing a long injury stop after a scan on Tuesday revealed he tore an anterior crociate ligament - one of socce…
Thu, 12/11/2008 - 03:51
Inter Milan's Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma has claimed Italy's 'Golden Bin' (Bidone d'Oro) award for the player who produces the most rubbish on…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:31
Siena has topped an influential ranking of quality of life across Italy which confirmed a wide North-South gap and showed the worst overall results in…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:28
La Scala on Monday hailed the opening night of the season as a success, playing down a fraught run-up to the evening that included an almost unprecede…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:26
Pope Benedict XVI prayed for struggling families and the jobless on Monday as he paid homage to a statue of the Virgin Mary in Rome's famed Piazza di…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:23
Italy is sticking to its guns over demands to ease the European Union's climate package in light of the global financial crisis, Foreign Minister Fran…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:22
The era of independent national carmakers is over, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said Monday.''The party's over,'' Marchionne told industry magazine Auto…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:20
Italy's World Cup skiing team is returning to Europe from America this week buoyed by two surprise wins in the longer events.Peter Fill notched the fi…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:18
''This is just the start,'' said Inter Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic after the Serie A leaders demolished Lazio 3-0 at the Olimpico to keep their six-…