Events

Lifestyle
by ITALY | Fri, 11/25/2005 - 04:57
(ANSA) - Italy's largest ever trial into police brutality resumed here on Thursday, with witnesses for the prosecution describing how officers had beaten…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Sun, 11/20/2005 - 19:47
(ANSA) - Using contacts remains the main way to find a job in Italy, according to a survey released on Sunday. The poll of 100,000 private firms by the Union…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Mon, 10/31/2005 - 03:41
Iraq is firmly at the forefront of political debate in Italy with Berlusconi clearly stating that he disagreed with the war and the government having to deny…
Travel
by ITALY | Wed, 10/26/2005 - 05:26
(ANSA) - Alitalia flight assistants were up in arms on Tuesday over reports that the company plans to use air hostesses and stewards from China and India on…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Thu, 10/20/2005 - 07:06
(ANSA) - Two drunken youths entered the grounds of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's luxurious Sardinian villa this summer and took a dip in his swimming pool, a…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Thu, 10/20/2005 - 06:12
(ANSA) - Parole judges rejected on Wednesday a bid to obtain softer prison conditions by jailed 'boss of bosses' Salvatore (Toto') Riina. The judges also…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Thu, 10/20/2005 - 05:59
(ANSA) - Excavations in Cremona have confirmed a legendary description of the city's destruction in December 69 AD by the Latin historian Tacitus.…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Wed, 10/19/2005 - 05:12
(ANSA) - Agnelli heir and Fiat executive Lapo Elkann on Tuesday left the hospital where he was treated for a drug overdose and headed for a drug…
Travel
by ITALY | Wed, 09/28/2005 - 06:00
(ANSA) - Alitalia's patriotic credentials were under scrutiny this week when it emerged that the national flag-carrier was 'guilty' of plugging French cheese…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Wed, 09/21/2005 - 06:11
Stefano Rossini provides an interesting explanation of Italian politics, pointing out what lessons the Germans can take from the decades of experience Italians…