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Veronica Lario, the wife of ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, has sent an angry letter to a national newspaper demanding a public apology from her husband for some flirtatious comments he made at a gala dinner.
The m...
Tobacco sales in Italy in 2006 registered an increase of 1.1 per cent over 2005, which translates into about one million kilos. The figures are contained in the Tobacco Observatory, a publication issued three times a yea...
Italy opens up to liberalization
The government has given the green light to a new package of liberalisation laws masterminded by minister for economic development Pierluigi Bersani. The new laws are principally aimed...
Italian petrol companies are to be investigated by the European Union antitrust watchdog over allegations of price fixing. Nine companies in total will be under scrutiny for exchanging information and influencing the pri...
The senate has approved a proposed law that will allow Italian children (or rather, their parents) to choose their mother
More Italians die at the hands of a family member than at the hands of the mafia, according to a survey conducted by Eures (European Employment Services) in conjunction with news agency Ansa.
The total number of murde...
The chances of a young academic becoming a lecturer in an Italian university are extremely slim, according to figures published in the daily newspaper Corriere della Sera, based on information from the Italian ministry o...
Two free music concerts will see in the New Year in Rome from 22.00 on 31 December, city authorities have confirmed. At the ex-Mercati Generali in the Ostiense area of the city, Fiorella Mannoia will perform from her mos...
Parishes in Naples are removing precious artworks from local places of worship following the theft of 18th century nativity scene figurines, estimated to be worth
Two members of the radical Rosa nel Pugno party have sparked off controversy after placing two pairs of embracing Barbies and Kens
Former premier Silvio Berlusconi is in the USA for a medical check-up and possibly to undergo pacemaker surgery.
These arrangements have been made public by Northern League leader and Berlusconi's personal friend and al...
The city of Rome will be offering guided tours of five outstanding examples of Romes contemporary architecture starting in December. Sites include Renzo Pianos Auditorium Parco della Musica (Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30...
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch multinational, is moving its Italian headquarters from Milan to Rome at the beginning of 2007. The company explains the move as a necessary rationalisation which will bring the headquarters near...
The northern city of Padua in the Veneto regions the first Italian city officially to recognise de facto couples, both heterosexual and homosexual.
The predominantly centre-left city council passed a motion this week th...
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