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Italy was first in Europe this year for the arrival of illegal immigrants by sea, according to the deputy director of the European borders agency F…
Italian rugby coach Nick Mallett was upbeat on Italy's chances of reaching the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time despite being drawn in a…
Over the next two years some 900,000 jobs could be lost in the industrial, manufacturing and construction sectors, Italy's second-biggest trade unio…
Expected prices hikes during the Christmas holiday period will result in a significant drop in consumer spending, according to the consumer group F…
The last active painter of Sicily's famous, brightly-painted carts may be hanging up his brushes for good after a decision by the Palermo archdioces…
Barack Obama was once more on show in nativity scenes along Naples' 'presepe' street Wednesday night after a day-long row over unlicensed Christmas…
AS Roma is the only Italian soccer club in the world's top ten clubs as ranked by Germany's authoritative International Federation of Football Hist…
Although the current cash crunch will be felt, the Italian retailers' association Confcommercio said on Thursday that it did not expect to see any…
Italian and American law enforcement agencies have agreed to boost their collaboration to better combat transnational organizsed crime, drug traffi…
Marriages between Catholics and Muslims can have ''dramatic'' consequences on the children because of cultural differences, the No.2 of the Italian…
Naples' famed 'presepe' (nativity scene) shopping street was shut down Wednesday after police tried to remove unauthorised Christmas stalls. All…
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday sent the Russian Orthodox Church his condolences for the death of its head, Patriarch Alexy II. Despite past tension…
The sale of Alitalia's flight operations to a private Italian investor group cleared its last hurdle on Thursday when the European Commission annou…
Italian truffles are enjoying an increase in popularity abroad with exports up 35% in the first eight months of 2008, the Coldiretti farmers' union…
Gay rights activists on Thursday began preparations for a protest sit-in at the Vatican, under flak for opposing a proposed French-sponsored United…
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Italian counterpart Giorgio Napolitano will attend a ceremony to return a Russian orthodox church in the cit…
Italy is strongly committed to promoting a declaration by the United Nations which would ban the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Foreig…
Serie A leaders Inter Milan travel to Rome's Olympic Stadium Saturday night with the tough challenge of giving Lazio only their second home defeat…
Italy is to negotiate a crackdown on illegal puppy trafficking with 13 Eastern European countries, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Wednesday.…
Telecom Italia on Wednesday announced major changes at the Italian telecommunications giant in an attempt to revive growth and reduce debts. The…