Articles by ITALY
Wed, 09/24/2008 - 03:51
Italian women are considered the most elegant and fascinating in Europe but also the most sexually inhibited, according to a new poll out on Tuesday.S…
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 envir…
Wed, 09/24/2008 - 03:37
A homosexual couple caught kissing in front of the Colosseum will face trial for public indecency, their lawyer said on Tuesday.According to police, t…
Wed, 09/24/2008 - 03:28
The European hostages kidnapped in the Egyptian Sahara Friday are well and their lives are under no threat, Egyptian Tourism Minister Zoheir Garana sa…
Wed, 09/24/2008 - 03:21
McLaren failed in its appeal to have Lewis Hamilton reinstated as winner of the recent Belgian Grand Prix, leaving Ferrari's Felipe Massa just a point…
Wed, 09/24/2008 - 03:16
Italy's Adriano Malori won the under-23 time trial at the world cycling championships in Varese Tuesday.Malori, 20, beat Germany's Patrick Gretsch by…
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:50
Rome is celebrating one of its most famous political and military leaders, Julius Caesar (100-44 BC).A sweeping exhibition which opened in the Chiostr…
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:45
Production of Chianti is expected to drop some 15% this year over 2007 but the quality will be good, a leading expert said on Monday.''In Tuscany the…
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:32
Paris is joining celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Italian screen legend Anna Magnani this month with a host of events in honour of the Rome-b…
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:25
Only an emergency plan which includes cost-cutting measures will keep Alitalia from losing its operating license, the head of Italy's civil aviation a…
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:20
A group of foreign tourists including five Italians kidnapped in southern Egypt on Friday may have been freed, according to a number of media reports.…
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:10
Starting Tuesday, night clubs and discos will be obliged to post charts which will allow customers to calculate whether they are over the legal limit…
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:06
Juventus striker David Trezeguet had successful knee surgery Tuesday and will be out for some four months, doctors said.Former France striker Trezegue…
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 09:04
A frieze from the Parthenon has left a Palermo musem for a show in the new Acropolis museum in Athens.The frieze, showing a foot and parts of a dress…
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 08:57
Italian cheesemakers smashed their own world record for the second year running on Sunday when they made the longest ever plait of mozzarella cheese.T…
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 08:52
The five Italians kidnapped in Egypt Monday are from Turin, officials in the northwestern Italian city said.Three are women and two are men, an aide t…
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 07:00
Alitalia's license will be suspended in 3-4 days unless Italy's flight authority ENAC receives a new financial plan, ENAC chief Vito Riggio said Monda…
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 06:54
''That's what I wanted,'' said Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti after his team got its first league win of the season to lie four points behind leaders Int…
Sun, 09/21/2008 - 03:00
A cell crucial to wound healing could be tweaked genetically to 'grow' bones in crippled patients, a group of Italian researchers say. In a work pu…
Sun, 09/21/2008 - 03:00
The Italian economy this year will be in recession, inflation will rise and consumer spending will fall, according to the latest economic outlook from…