Sustainable Travel

by ITALY | Tue, 10/14/2008 - 04:13
Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo on Monday said ''strong choices'' needed to be made in the fight against climate change that would take account of…
by ITALY | Tue, 10/14/2008 - 03:51
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Monday asked the European Union for an ''evaluation of the impact'' measures in an EU package to stop climate change will…
by ITALY | Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:41
Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani has broken his promise to stop using fur in his collections, animal rights organisation Peta said Monday.Speaking in Rome,…
by ITALY | Sun, 09/28/2008 - 03:02
Italian fuels giant ENI confirmed on Wednesday that it has found natural gas reserves in the Sicilian Channel, some 20km off the southern city of Agrigento.ENI…
by ITALY | Sat, 09/27/2008 - 03:06
A rare example of a Lar, or White-handed, Gibbon was confiscated from a family home by forestry police in Mantua on Friday.The family had kept the gibbon in a…
by ITALY | Fri, 09/26/2008 - 04:30
Archaeologists in Sardinia said Thursday they have found the port of the Phoenician city of Tharros, held by some to be the ancient people's most important…
by ITALY | Wed, 09/24/2008 - 03:43
A Piedmont town is gearing up to wage war against dog owners who fail to pick up after their pet through the use of excrement DNA tests.Vercelli environment…
by ITALY | Sun, 09/07/2008 - 03:00
An Italian expedition will set up camp on Mount Everest later this month to collect scientific data on how lack of oxygen affects cardiovascular disease,…
by ITALY | Fri, 09/05/2008 - 04:24
Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia said on Thursday he was preparing to ban new types of pesticides believed responsible for decimating Italy's honeybee population…
by ITALY | Wed, 09/03/2008 - 03:14
Rome's animal park is proving a hit with tourists, inching up to third place on the Italian capital's list of most visited sites.The sudden upswing in the…