Articles by ITALY
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:16
Italy was first in Europe this year for the arrival of illegal immigrants by sea, according to the deputy director of the European borders agency F…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:14
Italian rugby coach Nick Mallett was upbeat on Italy's chances of reaching the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time despite being drawn in a…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:13
Over the next two years some 900,000 jobs could be lost in the industrial, manufacturing and construction sectors, Italy's second-biggest trade unio…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:11
Expected prices hikes during the Christmas holiday period will result in a significant drop in consumer spending, according to the consumer group F…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:09
The last active painter of Sicily's famous, brightly-painted carts may be hanging up his brushes for good after a decision by the Palermo archdioces…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:07
Barack Obama was once more on show in nativity scenes along Naples' 'presepe' street Wednesday night after a day-long row over unlicensed Christmas…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:05
AS Roma is the only Italian soccer club in the world's top ten clubs as ranked by Germany's authoritative International Federation of Football Hist…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 06:03
Although the current cash crunch will be felt, the Italian retailers' association Confcommercio said on Thursday that it did not expect to see any…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 05:57
Italian and American law enforcement agencies have agreed to boost their collaboration to better combat transnational organizsed crime, drug traffi…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 05:54
Marriages between Catholics and Muslims can have ''dramatic'' consequences on the children because of cultural differences, the No.2 of the Italian…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 05:51
Naples' famed 'presepe' (nativity scene) shopping street was shut down Wednesday after police tried to remove unauthorised Christmas stalls. All…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 05:47
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday sent the Russian Orthodox Church his condolences for the death of its head, Patriarch Alexy II. Despite past tension…
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 05:42
The sale of Alitalia's flight operations to a private Italian investor group cleared its last hurdle on Thursday when the European Commission annou…
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 09:09
Italian truffles are enjoying an increase in popularity abroad with exports up 35% in the first eight months of 2008, the Coldiretti farmers' union…
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 07:02
Gay rights activists on Thursday began preparations for a protest sit-in at the Vatican, under flak for opposing a proposed French-sponsored United…
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 07:00
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Italian counterpart Giorgio Napolitano will attend a ceremony to return a Russian orthodox church in the cit…
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 05:35
Italy is strongly committed to promoting a declaration by the United Nations which would ban the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Foreig…
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 05:01
Serie A leaders Inter Milan travel to Rome's Olympic Stadium Saturday night with the tough challenge of giving Lazio only their second home defeat…
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 04:37
Italy is to negotiate a crackdown on illegal puppy trafficking with 13 Eastern European countries, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Wednesday.…
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 04:36
Telecom Italia on Wednesday announced major changes at the Italian telecommunications giant in an attempt to revive growth and reduce debts. The…