Articles by ITALY
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 09:26
Italy's lag in competitiveness looks set to continue, a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said Monday.In its latest assessment of compet…
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 09:16
Snow hit Venice Monday as wintry weather swept across northern Italy.Workers in the lagoon city sprinkled salt across its historic squares and bridges…
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 09:12
Italian police have caught up with a 'gentleman thief' who spoke softly so as not to scare staff and made sure children didn't witness his deeds.Sicil…
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 09:05
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday spoke of the ''unspeakable suffering'' of the Armenian people but did not use the word ''genocide'', a term rejected by Tu…
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 08:58
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Monday opened Italy's first embassy in the Republic of Moldova, describing it as ''a symbol of the Italian…
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 05:22
AC Milan was fuming after a late penalty handed Torino a 2-2 draw and left the Rossoneri three points adrift of their cross-city rivals Inter Milan.Ge…
Sun, 11/23/2008 - 03:04
Italians were busy pulling out blankets from mothballs and taking out their stored winter coats ahead of the arrival this weekend of the first cold sn…
Sun, 11/23/2008 - 03:02
The Vatican on Friday praised the Beatles in a newspaper article that appeared to bury the hatchet on John Lennnon's infamous 'more famous than Jesus'…
Sun, 11/23/2008 - 03:00
A man who let his cat starve to death while enjoying a three-month holiday was sentenced to a three-month jail term by a Rome court on Friday.''I'm on…
Sat, 11/22/2008 - 03:12
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has made an album of songs based on poems written by late Pope John Paul II.The album, 'Infinite Love', will be presente…
Sat, 11/22/2008 - 03:10
A Rome furniture restorer has stumbled across an antique collection of rare English coastal moths and butterflies while working on an English chest of…
Sat, 11/22/2008 - 03:08
Italy's Oscar hopeful Gomorrah will be released in the United States on December 19, just over a month before the Academy Award nominees are announced…
Sat, 11/22/2008 - 03:06
Al Qaeda is keen to strike the symbols of Christianity because they represent the idea of tolerance, democracy and freedom, Italian Foreign Minister F…
Sat, 11/22/2008 - 03:04
At least 1.4 million Italian women between the ages of 16 and 70 were abused or maltreated before turning 16, according to figures released on Friday…
Sat, 11/22/2008 - 03:02
Inter Milan coach Jose' Mourinho has called up Brazil striker Adriano for Saturday night's match against Juventus.Mourinho said Adriano, who on Thursd…
Sat, 11/22/2008 - 03:00
Turin soccer giants Juventus on Thursday night presented its future home, the first stadium to be built and owned by an Italian soccer club.The stadiu…
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 03:49
Italy is gearing up for a string of events paying tribute to Futurism, as the country's influential 20th-century art movement approaches its 100th bir…
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 03:45
The 2009 Pirelli Calendar is the best the company has ever produced, Pirelli President Marco Tronchetti Provera said Thursday.Shot in Botswana by Amer…
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 03:41
A row about the parliamentary watchdog for Italian state broadcaster RAI continued Thursday as the new centre-left chairman-elect refused to quit desp…
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 03:31
The Italian rugby team is looking to wind up its autumn tests with a morale-boosting win against the Pacific Islanders.After defeats against Australia…