Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini ruled out dialogue with Palestinian militant group Hamas and called for greater efforts in Afghanistan during…
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Tue, 11/18/2008 - 03:47
Life expectancy in Italy is higher than anywhere else in the European Union but old people are not spending their old age in good health, a report by…
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 03:36
Diego Maradona is ''an oracle'' for Argentina, Italy coach Marcello Lippi said Monday.Lippi said he had sent Maradona a fax wishing him well in his ne…
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 03:31
World-Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi is bidding to equal the world record for coaching success in Wednesday night's friendly against Greece in Athen…
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 09:09
The Kenyan army is mobilizing troops near the border with Somalia in case negotiations with the kidnappers of two Italian nuns break down, local media…
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 09:04
Cabin and ground staff continued to disrupt service at Italian national carrier Alitalia on Monday with almost 100 flights cancelled.Passengers at Rom…
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 06:15
Catania will fine coach Walter Zenga after a verbal clash with a TV commentator Sunday.''Zenga will be fined because his behaviour does no good to him…
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 06:10
Any new form of world governance mustn't forget Africa, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday.''No one named Africa'' at the G20 summit…
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 06:05
Roma coach Luciano Spalletti hopes Sunday night's 1-0 derby win against Lazio has removed the ''worm'' that turned last year's runners-up into seeming…
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 04:10
The new King of Bhutan attended his coronation wearing a pair of traditional Bhutanese boots designed by Salvatore Ferragamo, the Italian fashion hous…
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 04:03
Genetic testing has become a fashion in Italy, with thousands paying for unnecessary and unreliable analyses, according to a new report.The joint stud…
Sun, 11/16/2008 - 03:02
Italians will be tightening their belts this Christmas, spending less on food for their holiday feast due to the economic crunch, according to the Con…
Sun, 11/16/2008 - 03:00
The Queen Elisabeth 2 will stop in the the port of Naples for the last time on Monday as it heads towards a gilded retirement in Dubai, where it will…
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 03:14
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday said the country was keen to get more Italian imports and called for the creation of a joint economic c…
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 03:10
Thousands of university and high school students from across Italy joined a national protest in Rome against government cuts in the higher education s…
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 03:08
Controversy raged in Italy Friday after a sentence in a trial for police brutality at the Group of Eight summit in Genoa in 2001.The verdict acquitted…
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 03:06
National statistics bureau Istat made it official on Friday that the Italian economy was in a recession, the first since 2005 and the worst since the…
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 03:02
Italy captain Sergio Parisse expects Saturday's test match against World Cup semi-finalist Argentina to be harder than last week's 30-20 defeat agains…
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 03:00
Roma skipper Francesco Totti is a doubt for Sunday's derby against Lazio after pulling up in training.Totti abandoned a training session Friday after…
Fri, 11/14/2008 - 03:54
British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner's lifelong fascination with Italy is spotlighted in an exhibition opening in Ferrara on Sunday.Entitled s…