Articles by ITALY

Wed, 09/14/2005 - 02:53
(ANSA) - Premier Silvio Berlusconi today firmly denied charges of anti-Semitism levelled at his party after a Forza Italia member suggested Bank of It…
Wed, 09/14/2005 - 02:49
(ANSA) - Ethiopian-born Hamdi Issac, who has confessed to taking part in the failed July 21 London bombings, was on Tuesday cleared for extradition to…
Wed, 09/14/2005 - 01:45
(ANSA) - The president of the southeast Italian region of Puglia, Nichi Vendola, has called on nations in the Mediterranean region to compete less and…
Tue, 09/13/2005 - 05:06
(ANSA) - The triumph of the Italian men's volleyball team in the European championships this weekend was a victory for courage and passion, coach Gian…
Tue, 09/13/2005 - 05:03
(ANSA) - Italy's public debt, which is already the third highest in the world, set a new record in June at 1,517.2 billion euros, a Bank of Italy repo…
Tue, 09/13/2005 - 04:25
(ANSA) - Consumer associations on a war footing against spiralling prices are asking Italians to shun shops, supermarkets and cafes on Wednesday in su…
Tue, 09/13/2005 - 04:20
(ANSA) - A two-year-old girl who has been poisoned twice in less than one week by packaged food laced with bleach is in a satisfactory condition and i…
Mon, 09/12/2005 - 02:43
(ANSA) - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi reiterated here on Saturday that Italy has no plans to unilaterally withdraw its forces from Iraq. Speakin…
Mon, 09/12/2005 - 02:22
(ANSA) - Milan, September 10 - Marina Berlusconi appears poised to take chair at Fininvest, the financial arm through which her father, Premier Silvio…
Mon, 09/12/2005 - 02:15
(ANSA) - Ang Lee's film about gay cowboys, Brokeback Mountain, won the top Golden Lion prize at the 62nd Venice Film Festival. The Silver Lion for bes…
Mon, 09/12/2005 - 02:08
(ANSA) - The fourth anniversary of the devastating terrorist attacks in the United States was marked all over Italy with a series events, while in Pad…
Fri, 09/09/2005 - 07:38
(ANSA) - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says he's eager to debate his eventual rival for the premiership in next spring's general election provided…
Fri, 09/09/2005 - 07:27
(ANSA) - A toddler was recovering in hospital on Thursday after drinking fruit juice from a carton that had been contaminated with bleach. Investigato…
Fri, 09/09/2005 - 07:04
(ANSA) - The Turin 2006 Winter Olympics has launched its campaign to make February's games a celebration of world peace as well as one of sporting exc…
Fri, 09/09/2005 - 06:57
(ANSA) - Italy produces more organic crops than any other country in Europe, according to the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movemen…
Thu, 09/08/2005 - 16:24
According to Herman Hesse (On voyage), if you want to discover the deeper sense of a place, you have to sleep in a house of that place, not in an in…
Thu, 09/08/2005 - 16:04
(ANSA) - Italy's Civil Protection Department said on Wednesday it was confident a new rubbishdisposal programme for southern Italy would finally resol…
Thu, 09/08/2005 - 06:39
(ANSA) - Italy's architects are on a war footing with their foreign counterparts, whom they accuse of 'invading' their home turf. Exasperated by what…
Thu, 09/08/2005 - 06:07
Italians have always been particularly fascinated by mysteries, prophecies, predictions, etc. Several of the main TV channels have long-running series…
Thu, 09/08/2005 - 05:59
(ANSA) - A lack of fuel caused last month's crash of a Tuninter ATR-72 aircraft which killed 16 people, Italy's national agency for air transport safe…