Articles by ITALY
Wed, 07/09/2008 - 04:01
French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed on Tuesday that France will extradite to Italy a former member of the Red Brigades (BR) terrorist group who…
Wed, 07/09/2008 - 03:56
The summer wave of migrant landings on the small Sicilian island of Lampedusa continued Tuesday with a 'maxi-landing' of over 650 people in three boat…
Wed, 07/09/2008 - 03:50
The current format of the Group of Eight (G8) summit will be maintained when the leaders of the world's most industrialised countries meet next on the…
Wed, 07/09/2008 - 03:36
Italian 'barefoot climber' Tom Perry will this week conquer the active volcano of Stromboli in his latest feat of shoeless daring.Although he will be…
Wed, 07/09/2008 - 03:19
Fiat and BMW signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to develop a common platform for future models of their respective Alfa Romeo and Mini ma…
Wed, 07/09/2008 - 03:12
Welfare Undersecretary Francesca Martini on Tuesday launched a campaign to scrap Italy's blacklist of dangerous dogs, replacing it with a law making o…
Tue, 07/08/2008 - 03:46
Spanish police on Monday said it was ''possible'' that a body found in a public park in the coastal town of Lloret de Mar is that of a 23-year-old Ita…
Tue, 07/08/2008 - 03:40
Italy has no intention of establishing political or diplomatic contacts with the fundamentalist Palestinian movement Hamas, Italian Foreign Minister F…
Tue, 07/08/2008 - 03:32
Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said Monday that he had cleared up ''misunderstandings'' with the European Union over a government census of…
Tue, 07/08/2008 - 03:24
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has been named 2008 Industry Leader of the Year by Automotive News Europe magazine.The online publication praised the Italo…
Tue, 07/08/2008 - 03:19
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday he was in favour of maintaining the current line-up in the Group of Eight (G8) summit of the world's mos…
Tue, 07/08/2008 - 03:14
Argentinian goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo arrived at Lazio on Monday a year after the Serie A club signed a 7.5 million deal for the player.Lazio spen…
Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:24
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday that he was considering going to the opening the Beijing Summer Olympics but wanted to first confer w…
Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:19
The evolution in pressure of electronic states of benzene was recently studied with non-linear optic spectroscopic techniques, allowing the identifica…
Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:12
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Monday said he opposed increasing sanctions against Zimbabwe as a means to punish President Roberto Mugabe for hi…
Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:07
Italian automaker Fiat is returning to Iran 30 years after the Islamic revolution, the Iranian press reported on Monday.According to the English-langu…
Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:03
Italy on Monday was paralysed by a 24-hour national and urban transport strike called by unions in support of a single national contract for the trans…
Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:00
Two doctors were arrested here on Monday for issuing false medical certificates to inmates which allowed them to leave prison.Police said inmates paid…
Sun, 07/06/2008 - 03:16
The 67th edition of Pitti Bimbo, the largest international tradeshow for kid's fashion, closed positively at Florence's Fortezza da Basso.During the t…
Sun, 07/06/2008 - 03:12
Prices for a week's holiday for a family of four are significantly higher this year than last, especially for those staying in the city, according to…