Articles by ITALY
Fri, 11/11/2005 - 06:24
(ANSA) - The common belief that Michelangelo designed the uniform of the Swiss Guard is a myth, according to the first insider's history of the colour…
Fri, 11/11/2005 - 06:19
(ANSA) - His Manchester United side may not be having the best of spells, but Sir Alex Ferguson remains one of soccer's all-time most successful manag…
Thu, 11/10/2005 - 05:51
(ANSA) - Italian banks need to adapt quickly to the European security standards and substitute the old credit cards with new microchip cards in order…
Thu, 11/10/2005 - 05:46
(ANSA) - Sufficient common ground exists between the Italian government coalition and the opposition for an accord for the gradual withdrawal of Ita…
Thu, 11/10/2005 - 05:43
The eight and ninth of November were particularly interesting days in Italy. News programs where particularly short and dry, newsstands where missing…
Wed, 11/09/2005 - 05:22
(ANSA) - An exhibition showing for the first time Leonardo Da Vinci's third and little-known Virgin of the Rocks is the smash hit of Italy's autumn cu…
Wed, 11/09/2005 - 05:16
(ANSA) -Italy's Fiat and America's Ford Motor Company have signed an agreement to develop a common platform which will allow each company to produce a…
Wed, 11/09/2005 - 05:02
"By the time you read this the vendemmia will be over, the grapes pressed and bottled and the wine starting to ferment. We have just the one huge mons…
Tue, 11/08/2005 - 05:56
(ANSA) - Italian drug dealers have added coffins to the range of unusual containers for their wares.A major police operation on Monday busted a Mafi…
Tue, 11/08/2005 - 05:46
(ANSA) - Italian men are no longer mamma's boys and feel they are forced to pay lip service to family affection, according to the latest survey. One…
Tue, 11/08/2005 - 05:37
A few days ago we reported on a story that had been causing controversy in Italy. Italy's best selling weekly, the catholic-oriented Famiglia Christia…
Mon, 11/07/2005 - 04:39
(ANSA) - The emotional effect on visitors of Michelangelo's stunning David statue is to be gauged in a year-long study in Florence.Florentine psychiat…
Mon, 11/07/2005 - 04:30
(ANSA) - Rome, November 4 - Italian researchers have made a key breakthrough in the study of the causes of asthma in children. Rome researchers have f…
Mon, 11/07/2005 - 04:28
(ANSA) - Italian designer Roberto Cavalli has given supermodel Kate Moss her first job on her comeback after a cocaine scandal. Cavalli has chosen Mos…
Sat, 11/05/2005 - 03:49
(ANSA) - Italians are healthier than ever, smoking less and shunning fast food in favour of traditional balanced lunches, a study said Friday. But th…
Fri, 11/04/2005 - 03:55
(ANSA) - An Italian woman in her 80s has pulled a knife on bank staff for the second time in a week.The woman had chased a bank manager round the b…
Fri, 11/04/2005 - 03:18
(ANSA) - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi stressed in an interview published on Thursday that he continues to be a potential target for terrorist sui…
Fri, 11/04/2005 - 03:15
(ANSA) - Italy's best-selling weekly, the Catholic-oriented Famiglia Cristiana, is being looked at in a new light this week after it published its fir…
Fri, 11/04/2005 - 01:48
(ANSA) - A slain Calabrian politician urged his region's youth to help fight the Mafia shortly before he was killed, it emerged on Thursday. Fran…
Thu, 11/03/2005 - 04:08
(ANSA) - As millions of Italians marked All Souls Day on Wednesday, a new initiative emerged which could make the customary November 2 trips to the…