Articles by ITALY
Sat, 05/03/2008 - 03:08
The Vatican on Friday played down the absence of Pope Benedict XVI from a list of the 100 most influential people in the world drawn up by the America…
Sat, 05/03/2008 - 03:06
SAT shareholders (management company for the Galileo Galilei airport) recently approved the company's 2007 budget.During the last year, proceeds equal…
Sat, 05/03/2008 - 03:04
Fair weather and relatively calm seas have encouraged the influx of illegal immigrants to southern Italian shores and a special airlifts were needed t…
Sat, 05/03/2008 - 03:02
AC Milan will do all it can to spoil cross-town rival Inter's party and keep it from celebrating its division title with two matches left in the seaso…
Fri, 05/02/2008 - 09:46
Valentino Rossi's joy for clocking the fastest time in Friday's practice sessions for the China Grand Prix was overshadowed by his Yamaha teammate Jor…
Fri, 05/02/2008 - 09:12
International focus is on the Tuscan city of Capannori for their differentiated trash collection and recycling centres.The city began their campaign '…
Thu, 05/01/2008 - 03:14
Italy's privacy watchdog on Wednesday ordered the national tax office to immediately suspend the publication on its website of personal information fi…
Thu, 05/01/2008 - 03:12
Outgoing health minister Livia Turco on Wednesday lifted the ban on embryo screening in assisted fertility procedures in a last-minute update to natio…
Thu, 05/01/2008 - 03:10
The age-old tourist tradition of feeding pigeons in Venice's St Mark's Square came to an abrupt end on Wednesday when a controversial city council ban…
Thu, 05/01/2008 - 03:08
Almost 900 migrants have landed on the southern Sicilian island of Lampedusa over the past week, sparking fears of a fresh immigration crisis.A boat c…
Thu, 05/01/2008 - 03:06
The world's first cloned horse has given birth to a foal, Italian animal-cloning pioneer Cesare Galli said on Tuesday.said both parent and child were…
Thu, 05/01/2008 - 03:04
In 2007, foreign sales by Tuscan companies grew 6.9%, confirming the positive result seen the prior year.However, the area's growth proved to be lower…
Thu, 05/01/2008 - 03:02
Italy's inflation rate remained high but stable in April, national statistics bureau Istat reported on Wednesday.Basing its estimate on preliminary da…
Wed, 04/30/2008 - 09:51
Millions of Italians are expected to take advantage of Thursday's May Day holiday by turning it into a long weekend break.The Autostrade motorways com…
Wed, 04/30/2008 - 03:54
Hollywood A-listers might not be as welcome on the red carpet at Rome's Film Festival under new plans for the event by the city's freshly appointed ma…
Wed, 04/30/2008 - 03:50
Italy's new government will be up and running within two weeks, Premier-elect Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday.Speaking to journalists on the sidelin…
Wed, 04/30/2008 - 03:44
Alitalia could find itself back in state hands if the European Union creates problems over the government's efforts to save Italy's troubled carrier,…
Wed, 04/30/2008 - 03:38
Consumer prices continued to climb in Italy this month and sector analysts expect to see the year-on-year inflation rate to hit 3.4% or 3.5% for April…
Wed, 04/30/2008 - 03:32
The Vatican on Tuesday launched an appeal to the world's Buddhists to collaborate with Catholics in the fight against global warming and the destructi…
Wed, 04/30/2008 - 03:25
Italian antipathy towards immigrants has almost doubled in the last year, outgoing Interior Minister Giuliano Amato said Tuesday.Presenting a new gove…