Articles by ITALY

Wed, 01/25/2006 - 04:52
When I was child I was used to tastes that I’ve forgotten in the years. I remember in particular that my grandmother gave me one slice of tomato-scr…
Wed, 01/25/2006 - 04:46
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, keen to put last season's disappointments behind him, said on Tuesday that his team's new car for 2006 looked "promising…
Tue, 01/24/2006 - 05:44
Italy has not received any credible threat to the 2006 Winter Olympics here next month, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said on Monday. "We have no…
Tue, 01/24/2006 - 05:32
Industrial unrest hobbled Alitalia for the fifth straight day on Monday, forcing the cancellation of over 170 scheduled flights and sending shares in…
Tue, 01/24/2006 - 05:16
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi confirmed on Monday that he has asked the head of state, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, to put off dissolving parliament by t…
Mon, 01/23/2006 - 05:48
The state of unrest at Alitalia deteriorated on Friday, the day after a 24-hour strike forced the Italian airline to cancel over 100 flights. Unions…
Mon, 01/23/2006 - 05:33
The island of Lipari, in an archipelago north of Sicily, has always appealed to its mostly well-heeled summer visitors because it's hard to reach and…
Mon, 01/23/2006 - 05:29
Bank robbers were forced to flee without the loot on Friday because the bank manager was late for work and only he had the keys to the building. The i…
Fri, 01/20/2006 - 05:45
Italian researchers have confirmed that red wine is not only good for combating cardiovascular conditions and diseases like Alzheimer's but also effe…
Thu, 01/19/2006 - 21:24
Italy will withdraw 1,000 troops from Iraq by June and the rest of the contingent will come home by the end of the year, Defence Minister Antonio Ma…
Thu, 01/19/2006 - 21:22
Premier Silvio Berlusconi denied on Thursday that the head of state had him in mind when he called for a "balanced" presence of politicians on televi…
Thu, 01/19/2006 - 04:28
The Alfa Romeo Brera has received the Most Beautiful Car of the Year award at the International Automobile Festival here. Alfa's new 2+2 coupe' won…
Thu, 01/19/2006 - 04:25
Industry Minister Claudio Scajola on Wednesday called a special meeting with Italy's leading energy utilities after Russia reduced natural gas expor…
Thu, 01/19/2006 - 04:21
The Italian army will be out in force when the Turin Winter Olympics begin next month, not just providing security but also tending ski slopes and ma…
Wed, 01/18/2006 - 05:07
The prosecutor's office here has ended its investigation into the death of an Italian intelligence officer in Iraq and is now expected to seek the i…
Wed, 01/18/2006 - 05:02
Divorce appears to be on the horizon for Italy's famous Chianti wine and its upmarket version Chianti Classico, well-informed sources said. Producer…
Wed, 01/18/2006 - 04:56
Archeologists working in Sicily's Valley of the Temples have found traces of a settlement thought to pre-date the famous Greek temples built there in…
Wed, 01/18/2006 - 04:26
Opposition leader Romano Prodi and the heads of the two biggest parties in his centre-left coalition have come to a tense compromise on how the allian…
Tue, 01/17/2006 - 04:42
Commuters were met by a macabre sight on their way to work Monday morning: hundreds of dummies hanging from bridges, trees and signposts in an appare…
Tue, 01/17/2006 - 04:38
Ferrari's new car for the upcoming Formula 1 season made its debut at the Fiorano test track on Monday with seven-time world champion Michael Schumach…