Articles by ITALY
Thu, 03/19/2009 - 04:26
World sport's top court on Wednesday suspended controversial bans against two Italian soccer players, Brescia striker David Possanzini and Napoli's fo…
Thu, 03/19/2009 - 04:23
Francesco Totti missed training Wednesday because of pain in his nagging right knee and is a serious doubt for AS Roma's game against Juventus at the…
Thu, 03/19/2009 - 04:20
AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani on Wednesday rubbished reports that Milan was pushing for a new European 'Superleague'.''It's completely untrue, we're i…
Wed, 03/18/2009 - 05:03
Restoration work on The Marriage of the Virgin, one of Raphael's most celebrated paintings, has been completed and the Renaissance masterpiece will be…
Wed, 03/18/2009 - 04:57
A new treasure from Herculaneum was unveiled in Naples on Tuesday, where it will join a major exhibition exploring life in the Ancient Roman town buri…
Wed, 03/18/2009 - 04:50
A panty-clad Italian porn star shook up the Milan stock exchange Tuesday by accusing flummoxed financiers of ''stripping Italians of everything but th…
Wed, 03/18/2009 - 04:42
The United Nations will be setting a ''very bad example'' if organisers of a controversial anti-racism conference do not accept a new draft document b…
Wed, 03/18/2009 - 04:38
Police have evacuated beaches along a stretch of coast in southern Sicily and warned residents to stay in their homes after a pack of stray dogs who k…
Wed, 03/18/2009 - 04:30
Europe's top clubs have revived plans for a 'Superleague' to pull soccer out of economic doldrums, Italy's top sports daily said Tuesday.Europe In Sup…
Wed, 03/18/2009 - 04:27
Italian downhill great Kristian Ghedina is to pull on his skis again three years after quitting the sport.Ghedina, 39, will leave his newfound love of…
Tue, 03/17/2009 - 05:33
When it comes to weddings and honeymoons in Europe, Italy continues to be the number one choice and most of the weddings are focused in Tuscany, “the…
Tue, 03/17/2009 - 04:59
Milan will put the spotlight the Middle East during an upcoming African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, organisers said on Monday.The 19th ed…
Tue, 03/17/2009 - 04:53
Italian pizza makers said Monday they were ''unafraid'' by news that a Rovereto businessman has developed the world's first automatic vending machine…
Tue, 03/17/2009 - 04:37
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Monday expressed satisfaction after the European Union said it may boycott an upcoming United Nations Worl…
Tue, 03/17/2009 - 04:31
Chrysler has estimated that the cash value of the technology which Fiat has offered in exchange for a 35% stake in the American automaker is some $10…
Tue, 03/17/2009 - 04:25
Italy's new long-range wondergoal star Giuseppe Mascara of Catania on Monday thanked his boss Walter Zenga for tipping him off on some goalkeepers' ha…
Tue, 03/17/2009 - 04:21
Ireland's soccer fans will have cause to celebrate two missionaries Tuesday as they remember St Patrick and fete Italian supercoach Giovanni Trapatton…
Mon, 03/16/2009 - 11:46
The fulcrum of Rome's busiest square was operated by a woman for the first time on Monday as Piazza Venezia's famous traffic-cop pedestal resurfaced i…
Mon, 03/16/2009 - 11:39
Italy is happy with a list of five projects to be funded by the European Union in a new infrastructure package, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said…
Mon, 03/16/2009 - 11:36
A pack of stray dogs are likely to be put down in southern Sicily after they attacked and killed a ten-year-old boy and injured two other people on Su…