Articles by ITALY
Thu, 01/05/2006 - 07:42
Benedict XVI may be less willing to play to the crowds than his predecessor, John Paul II, but his public appearances still attract pilgrims and touri…
Thu, 01/05/2006 - 07:31
(ANSA) - This looks like the year when sales of locally grown quality foods will take off, Italian farmers say. Thanks to a new law, local specialitie…
Wed, 01/04/2006 - 06:08
(ANSA) - American master sculptor Sol Lewitt has become the latest Winter Holiday guest artist in Naples' premier public space. Conceptual Art great L…
Wed, 01/04/2006 - 05:56
(ANSA) - The wife of Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi caused a stir on Tuesday by announcing during a visit to Naples that the smartest and nice…
Tue, 01/03/2006 - 07:38
"(...)I have never been a great one for those end of the year reviews you often see on tv. I prefer to look forward, not back, but in thinking about t…
Tue, 01/03/2006 - 05:51
(ANSA) - Gas supplies to Italy are under control despite the knock-on effects of a gas row between Russia and Ukraine, an Italian minister said on Mon…
Tue, 01/03/2006 - 05:48
(ANSA) - The good witch that traditionally brings gifts for Italian children on the night of January 5 will have to be quick if she is to satisfy Har…
Tue, 01/03/2006 - 05:44
(ANSA) - A new rash of strikes in the transport sector will hit Italy next week once the holiday 'truce' ends with the Feast of the Epiphany. Air traf…
Tue, 01/03/2006 - 05:42
(ANSA) - One person was killed and 583 injured, 28 seriously, in Italy's traditional New Year's fireworks explosions, police said. A 22-year-old youth…
Fri, 12/30/2005 - 07:13
(ANSA) - Milan prosecutors are investigating Premier Silvio Berlusconi on possible charges of suborning a witness and abetting in perjury in connectio…
Fri, 12/30/2005 - 07:08
(ANSA) - Former Treasury chief Mario Draghi was on Thursday named Bank of Italy governor after a scandal that forced the resignation of his predecess…
Thu, 12/29/2005 - 06:25
(ANSA) - Venice's Carnevale has presented the rich programme of Chinese cultural events that will give an oriental flavour to the 2006 edition.The pr…
Thu, 12/29/2005 - 06:21
(ANSA) - Turin, December 28 - Italy is in the grip of renewed panther panic. Fears of a wild feline on the prowl have hit the country for the fifth ti…
Thu, 12/29/2005 - 06:19
(ANSA) - Rome, December 28 - A probe by Italy's antitrust authority into claims that government incentives to buy digital TV decoders constitute a c…
Wed, 12/28/2005 - 05:45
(ANSA) - The government was under mounting pressure on Tuesday to decide on a replacement for former Bank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio, who resign…
Wed, 12/28/2005 - 05:38
(ANSA) - Elton John and his new husband took a break from their honeymoon on Tuesday to take a guided tour of Venice's historic La Fenice theatre. "I…
Wed, 12/28/2005 - 05:35
(ANSA) - Italy has changed a lot since pop diva Rita Pavone famously lamented losing her man every Sunday to the "partita di pallone" in her 1962 hit.…
Tue, 12/27/2005 - 07:22
(ANSA) - Milan judges on Friday issued European arrest warrants for 22 CIA agents accused of abducting an Egyptian cleric in the city in 2003. The wa…
Tue, 12/27/2005 - 07:18
(ANSA) - Italy's famous Grappa drink has been recognised with a European Union seal of approval protecting it from inferior clones. Grappa is a brand…
Sat, 12/24/2005 - 17:06
(ANSA) - The wife of an Italian intelligence officer killed by 'friendly fire' in Iraq has praised the Italian judiciary for having the "independence"…