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Italy's lag in competitiveness looks set to continue, a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said Monday.In its latest assessment of compet…
Snow hit Venice Monday as wintry weather swept across northern Italy.Workers in the lagoon city sprinkled salt across its historic squares and bridges…
Italian police have caught up with a 'gentleman thief' who spoke softly so as not to scare staff and made sure children didn't witness his deeds.Sicil…
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday spoke of the ''unspeakable suffering'' of the Armenian people but did not use the word ''genocide'', a term rejected by Tu…
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Monday opened Italy's first embassy in the Republic of Moldova, describing it as ''a symbol of the Italian…
AC Milan was fuming after a late penalty handed Torino a 2-2 draw and left the Rossoneri three points adrift of their cross-city rivals Inter Milan.Ge…
Italians were busy pulling out blankets from mothballs and taking out their stored winter coats ahead of the arrival this weekend of the first cold sn…
The Vatican on Friday praised the Beatles in a newspaper article that appeared to bury the hatchet on John Lennnon's infamous 'more famous than Jesus'…
A man who let his cat starve to death while enjoying a three-month holiday was sentenced to a three-month jail term by a Rome court on Friday.''I'm on…
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has made an album of songs based on poems written by late Pope John Paul II.The album, 'Infinite Love', will be presente…
A Rome furniture restorer has stumbled across an antique collection of rare English coastal moths and butterflies while working on an English chest of…
Italy's Oscar hopeful Gomorrah will be released in the United States on December 19, just over a month before the Academy Award nominees are announced…
Al Qaeda is keen to strike the symbols of Christianity because they represent the idea of tolerance, democracy and freedom, Italian Foreign Minister F…
At least 1.4 million Italian women between the ages of 16 and 70 were abused or maltreated before turning 16, according to figures released on Friday…
Inter Milan coach Jose' Mourinho has called up Brazil striker Adriano for Saturday night's match against Juventus.Mourinho said Adriano, who on Thursd…
Turin soccer giants Juventus on Thursday night presented its future home, the first stadium to be built and owned by an Italian soccer club.The stadiu…
Italy is gearing up for a string of events paying tribute to Futurism, as the country's influential 20th-century art movement approaches its 100th bir…
The 2009 Pirelli Calendar is the best the company has ever produced, Pirelli President Marco Tronchetti Provera said Thursday.Shot in Botswana by Amer…
A row about the parliamentary watchdog for Italian state broadcaster RAI continued Thursday as the new centre-left chairman-elect refused to quit desp…
The Italian rugby team is looking to wind up its autumn tests with a morale-boosting win against the Pacific Islanders.After defeats against Australia…