Articles by ITALY
Tue, 09/20/2005 - 05:09
(ANSA) - Alessandro Del Piero is closing in on the all-time Juventus scoring record despite an unusual handicap for a team captain - his coach seems r…
Tue, 09/20/2005 - 05:05
(ANSA) - The native Italian clam appears to be heading towards extinction and is being replaced on plates of linguini by a homegrown version of its ex…
Tue, 09/20/2005 - 05:01
(ANSA) - Thousands of people packed into this city's cathedral Monday morning to watch the blood of patron saint San Gennaro liquefy in the repetition…
Mon, 09/19/2005 - 05:45
If one thinks about Bologna and Emilia Romagna, after the two towers, the Aemilia road and various other architectonical treasures, one thinks about t…
Mon, 09/19/2005 - 04:55
The liveliest spot on the net to discuss all things Italians keeps growing at an amazing rate. Over the weekend the forums surpassed the milestone of…
Mon, 09/19/2005 - 04:32
(ANSA) - The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich could be planning to extend his business interests from soccer and oil into wine, according to repor…
Mon, 09/19/2005 - 04:29
(ANSA) - The last words ever spoken by Pope John Paul II were: "Let me go to the house of the Father," according to an official Vatican account of the…
Mon, 09/19/2005 - 04:24
(ANSA) - Gianpiero Fiorani has resigned as chief executive of Banca Popolare Italiana after a new strand was added to judicial investigations into his…
Sat, 09/17/2005 - 07:23
(ANSA) - The pope's private secretary, the object of intense interest from Italian housewives in recent months, has gone on holiday to a mystery loca…
Sat, 09/17/2005 - 07:15
(ANSA) - The Italian government pushed forward on Friday with measures aimed at tackling a possible bird flu outbreak. In a decree drawn up by Health…
Fri, 09/16/2005 - 07:40
(ANSA) - Naples declares its love for the coffee bean this weekend with a festival that looks at the delicious drink from every possible angle.The thi…
Fri, 09/16/2005 - 06:11
(ANSA) - Dutch bank ABN Amro has prevailed in its bid for Banca Antonveneta, making the northern bank the first Italian one to be controlled by a fore…
Fri, 09/16/2005 - 06:05
The pretty Italian seaside town of Vasto in Abruzzo, has offered French movie superstar Alain Delon a haven to help him fight a major bout of the blu…
Fri, 09/16/2005 - 05:52
(ANSA) - A blast that killed a policeman in a barracks on Wednesday was caused by explosives of the kind used by the Italian army, investigators said…
Thu, 09/15/2005 - 03:24
(ANSA) - Italian Economy Minster Domenico Siniscalco on Wednesday urged parliament to give a rapid green light to a reform of the Bank of Italy and th…
Thu, 09/15/2005 - 03:18
(ANSA) - Italy's legendary Cinecitta' film studios were given a boost this week when American producers greenlighted the second series of a multi-mill…
Thu, 09/15/2005 - 03:11
(ANSA) - Hopes that sainthood procedures for the late pope, John Paul II, could be speeded up by having him declared a martyr have been dashed. The he…
Thu, 09/15/2005 - 03:04
(ANSA) - Naples should work harder to help police stop its crime wave, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said on Wednesday. Calling for "a strategic…
Thu, 09/15/2005 - 02:58
(ANSA) - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday threw his weight behind a plan to reform the country's electoral system less than eight months…
Wed, 09/14/2005 - 02:58
(ANSA) - Romano Prodi, the unanointed leader of the centre-left opposition, reconfirmed on Tuesday his support for the rights of unwed couples. Undaun…