Articles by ITALY

Mon, 08/08/2005 - 07:59
(ANSA) - The Italian Soccer Federation's highest board of appeals has rejected Genoa's bid to overturn its relegation to the C1 third division and con…
Mon, 08/08/2005 - 05:29
(ANSA) - A small town in Puglia has produced and eaten the world's biggest flat-bread 'focaccia' pizza in its central square. The tomato-topped focacc…
Mon, 08/08/2005 - 04:38
(ANSA) - Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced over the weekend that he is working on new legislation to impose strict limits on the use of telephone wi…
Mon, 08/08/2005 - 04:25
(ANSA) - Premier Silvio Berlusconi has denied having a second hair transplant as reported by Italian media on Saturday. The premier, who had a hair t…
Sun, 08/07/2005 - 08:15
(ANSA) - At least 14 people were killed on Saturday when a small passenger plane on its way from Bari to Tunisia crashed into the sea north of Sicily…
Sat, 08/06/2005 - 05:03
(ANSA) - British officials will arrive in Rome next week to question Hamdi Issac, the Ethiopian who has admitted taking part in the failed bomb attack…
Fri, 08/05/2005 - 07:16
(ANSA) - The Frejus Alpine tunnel linking France and Italy re-opened on Thursday, two months after it was shut following a blaze that killed two motor…
Fri, 08/05/2005 - 07:14
(ANSA) - - An opera composed by former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters will have its world premiere at the main auditorium of the new Music Park here…
Fri, 08/05/2005 - 07:05
(ANSA) - Agrigento - Luciano Pavarotti will bring his production of 'La Boheme' to the Valley of the Temples here this weekend for a single performanc…
Fri, 08/05/2005 - 06:21
(ANSA) - Beer is no longer a favorite summer drink for Italians and according to brewers the reason is taxes. Summer has traditionally been the seas…
Fri, 08/05/2005 - 06:09
(ANSA) - An August 17 date has been set for a hearing to extradition proceeding for Hamdi Issac, an Ethiopian who has admitted taking part in the atte…
Thu, 08/04/2005 - 06:19
(ANSA) - Women accused of witchcraft by the Inquisition more than four centuries ago left behind an impressive series of graffiti in a Palermo prison…
Thu, 08/04/2005 - 06:08
(ANSA) - A famous 16th-century statue of Neptune in Florence's central square has been damaged by vandals who tried to climb up it during the night b…
Thu, 08/04/2005 - 05:31
(ANSA) - Italian motorcycling world champion Valentino Rossi took the wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 car again on Wednesday as he and the Italian team…
Thu, 08/04/2005 - 05:14
(ANSA) - A storm over Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio's alleged involvement with key players in cross-country banking takeover battles widened…
Wed, 08/03/2005 - 15:34
During the economic boom times of the fifties and sixties, Italians were eager to embrace a more wealthy and leisurely lifestyle with little concern a…
Wed, 08/03/2005 - 04:47
(ANSA) - James Bond, the world's most famous secret agent, is to abandon the sleek, fast sports cars of the past for a plucky Fiat Panda with a top s…
Wed, 08/03/2005 - 04:43
(ANSA) - Italian police are working to help judges accelerate procedures leading to the extradition of London bomber Hamdi Issac to Britain, the inte…
Tue, 08/02/2005 - 11:09
(ANSA) - Hundreds of fans of Sicilian soccer club Messina upset ferry services to the mainland on Tuesday as they protested against their team's excl…
Tue, 08/02/2005 - 06:20
(ANSA) - An attempt to set the new world record for the longest pizza will be made later this month here in this small city on the upper Adriatic c…