Articles by ITALY
Fri, 04/17/2009 - 16:00
Ferrari will be playing a defense game at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix because the car lacks the speed it needs to be competitive, team sources…
Fri, 04/17/2009 - 10:10
Italian film director Pupi Avati on Thursday received a career achievement award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Ava…
Fri, 04/17/2009 - 10:02
Italy will place 38 monuments damaged by the April 6 quake in L'Aquila and surrounding towns up for 'adoption' to countries which have volunteered…
Fri, 04/17/2009 - 09:56
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and Hadrian's Villa near Rome are among some 60% of Italy's heritage sites at risk from e…
Fri, 04/17/2009 - 09:52
Vandals have attacked Venice's Constitution Bridge, the newest over the Grand Canal, breaking two glass steps in an apparent attempt to take chunk…
Fri, 04/17/2009 - 09:47
Italian Nobel laureate Rita Levi Montalcini, who turns 100 next week, said on Thursday she believes her mind is sharper now than when she was 20.…
Fri, 04/17/2009 - 09:33
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights said Thursday he had ''serious concerns'' about discrimination and xenophobia in Italy in his s…
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 04:46
The government on Wednesday was weighing up compulsory contributions from Italy's big earners as part of its efforts to find sufficient funds for the…
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 04:39
Italy's response to the April 6 earthquake in L'Aquila was to activate a system that ''surprised the world,'' civil protection chief Guido Bertolaso s…
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 04:34
A team of Mexican experts in earthquake rescue efforts arrived in L'Aquila on Wednesday, more than a week after the city and surrounding towns were hi…
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 04:15
The hometown of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini on Wednesday banned the display in shops of swastikas, cudgels and merchandise bearing Fascist motto…
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 04:00
Fiat will walk away from a proposed partnership with Chrysler unless unions at its American and Canadian plants agree to cut labor costs, the Italian…
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 03:53
The future of Inter Milan's troubled Brazil striker Adriano is still not clear, his agent said after meeting Inter executives Wednesday.''We had a pos…
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 03:49
Ferrari said on Wednesday it had taken note of the ruling by International Racing Federation (FIA) on controversial diffusers used by some of its Form…
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 03:40
Italian cyclist Ivan Basso on Wednesday received his second surprise anti-doping visit in less than a month.Basso, who has come back from a lengthy do…
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 03:53
Rescue workers and charities are not just helping human victims of last week's earthquake in L'Aquila but are also doing their best for the thousands…
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 03:47
The historical area of medieval L'Aquila, devastated by an earthquake last week, will be rebuilt as quickly as possible, Abruzzo region President Gian…
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 03:42
People left homeless by the earthquake which devastated L'Aquila and surrounding towns last week are mainly keen to recover clothes, medicines, I.D. c…
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 03:37
The port city of Genoa is to celebrate the treasures of the Mediterranean sea, with a Slow Food event devoted to fish.Slow Fish, which runs from April…
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 03:29
Group of Eight agriculture ministers will speak of world hunger, food security and the fluctuation of market prices when they meet in Italy at the wee…