Articles by ITALY
Wed, 07/06/2005 - 06:37
(ANSA) - Genoa, July 5 - Genoa on Tuesday opened its own equivalent of the Ellis Island museum in New York harbour, allowing all-comers to trace the h…
Wed, 07/06/2005 - 05:33
(ANSA) - Italy's highest appeals court has fired a warning shot in the direction of Italian car owners who regularly double-park, making it impossibl…
Wed, 07/06/2005 - 05:00
(ANSA) - Naples, July 5 - The arrival of the Romans in Pompeii did little damage to the flourishing community living there previously, which probably…
Wed, 07/06/2005 - 04:20
(ANSA) - Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday found himself in the umpteenth tight spot caused by his unpredictable ally the Northern League. The cent…
Wed, 07/06/2005 - 04:14
(ANSA) - Cash-strapped tourists keen to sample one of Italy's most famous specialities need no longer miss out, as a nationwide deal for cheap pizza a…
Wed, 07/06/2005 - 04:10
(ANSA) - Italy on Tuesday appointed its first professional woman soccer referee. Anna De Toni, a 28-year-old gynecologist, was promoted from the amate…
Wed, 07/06/2005 - 04:06
(ANSA) - Two former SS soldiers were indicted on Tuesday for one of the worst Nazi atrocities in wartime Italy - a 1944 massacre in a village near Bo…
Tue, 07/05/2005 - 10:07
(ANSA) - Palermo - Wine and live music will be an excellent mix for the third year in a row here in Sicily when the Blues & Wine Soul Festival ret…
Tue, 07/05/2005 - 08:00
After several requests for a complete index of all the articles that ever appeared in Italy Magazine we are happy to announce that it is now available…
Tue, 07/05/2005 - 05:41
(ANSA) - Cinisello Balsamo - Italy's current economic crisis is its own fault, according to Luca Cordeo di Montezemolo, the head of Italy's associatio…
Tue, 07/05/2005 - 04:51
Stefano Rossini explains the concept of an audience strike against TV and the conditions that make such strikes necessary in Italy. As ever a useful g…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 16:36
(ANSA) - Enna, July 4 - A Sicilian grave-digger has been caught growing marijuana in a cemetery here.The 42-year-old man had two clumps of the illega…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 16:31
(ANSA) - The "gratuitous" appearance of a leashed tiger at an event meant to boost Venice's casino has tarnished the city's image, groups defending an…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 15:12
(ANSA) - Plain, cypress-wood coffins like the one in which John Paul II was buried in April are set to become the latest thing in funeral fashion. A…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 04:37
(ANSA) - Milan - Milan is an ideal place to do business in, according to a survey of businesses operating in the northern Italian city. In a poll of 1…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 04:35
(ANSA) - Siena - Two jockeys injured in Siena's famous Palio race left hospital on Sunday, with concussion, fractures and bruising.The two fell from t…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 04:31
(ANSA) - Macerata - A 98-year-old Italian woman as had a court case put off for nine years. The woman, Amalia Cuccioletti from the Adriatic region of…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 03:29
(ANSA) - Italy may be known the world over as being the land of the 'mamma', but it is the only country in Europe to have a research body devoted spec…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 03:27
(ANSA) - Italy has demanded respect for its sovereignty amid a growing storm over the CIA's alleged abduction of an Islamic cleric from a Milan street…
Mon, 07/04/2005 - 03:26
(ANSA) - Genoa - Prosecutors on Wednesday said they had broken up an organization that fooled police, media and international authorities into believi…