Berlusconi asks media probe papers sent to Rome
Napolitano calls for calm
ahead of regional elections
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday asked for prosecutors to reroute a probe into his alleged pressure to stop...
Rai-Agcom, Berlusconi under investigation in Trani for bribery “violence and threatening a political, administrative or judicial body”
Silvio Berlusconi is under investigation. Not only for bribery but also for “violence and threatening a political, administrative or judicial body”, crimes committed against the office for the Communications Watchdog. The commissioner of Agcom, Giancarlo Innocenzi, is...
San Fratello, the landslide
did not stop the historical
Jewish celebration
Despite the severe landslide that hit the town last 14 of February forcing around 1,500 people to leave their house in San Fratello, tradition didn’t die. On Wednesday, Thursday...
Pope to sign letter on Irish abuse
Ireland church head will 'reflect' on future role
Pope Benedict XVI is to sign a letter to the Irish faithful Friday about recent child sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Church...
Italy firms suing
Amnesty International
Companies accused
of selling illegal torture tools
Italian firms cited in an Amnesty International report as exporting illegal torture devices have said they will sue the group for defamation, though the government says...
The Claps case, the mystery thickens. The family recognized three objects belonging to the girl who disappeared
Three objects that Elisa Claps was wearing when she disappeared in Potenza were recognized by her mother and brothers...
Super models amongst
the rubbish in Palermo
And garbage become a cult object
PHOTOGALLERY
It smells bad and it is not nice to see. It’s the rubbish, that has become part of Palermo streets. The artistic potential of garbage...
Blow to Modena Casalesi Clan 25 arrest warrants for extortion
The Bologna Guardia di Finanza is in the process of executing 25 warrants for the arrest of various associates and supporters of the Casalesi Camorra Clan, for extortion in the Province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The operation, which will...
Gorghi Tondi, a wine oasis
From a cellar near Trapani
“the other face” of native wines
There is a Wwf reserve in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani, that hosts for long periods of the year, herons and hawks and...
University: more unemployed graduates and lower wages
Less jobs and lower wages for graduates compared to 2009. This is the result of a survey carried out by Almalaurea concerning...
Italian in cancer advance
Researcher at UCSF finds
cell defect in '90% of tumours'
An Italian scientist working in the United States has made an advance in human cell research he believes may help 90% of cancer sufferers worldwide. Davide Ruggero of...
Pastry, potato stretch
Italy's food lead
'Ricciarelli' from Siena,
'Patata di Bologna' get EU laurels
A traditional pastry from Siena and a potato grown around Bologna have become the latest recipients of European Union quality...
Is somebody listening?
“Italians ever more wary on the phone” says psychiatrist
Italians are becoming more and more careful about what they say over the phone. And the anxiety of wondering if someone is listening is increasing, even among ordinary folk. "This is a psychological reaction related to the fear that the...
He forced restaurateurs
and shopkeepers to offer him lunches and discounts
Sentenced a traffic
warden from Palermo
A traffic warden from Palermo, Vincenzo Virgadamo, was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment (3 of which remitted) for a...
Soccer team that mourned mobster banned
Players wore black arm-bands for 'Ndrangheta boss
The Italian Soccer Federation on Thursday banned a team in a Calabrian mafia fief who played with black arm-bands after the death of a boss. San Luca is a small town which gained international headlines in August 2007 when an 18-year feud sparked...
discoverer
Here are what doctors
find in Italian stomachs
Those who have little imagination just swallow coins (they are all accepted...
viagra
Sex marathons but not only…
(Marco Sciortino) Chirac addressing Berlusconi: “Do you know what Viagra is?...
theater
Cuticchio’s Teatro
dei Pupi
“We have just one big problem, the institutions”. This is what Franco...
painting
Ravenna celebrates
Pre-Raphaelites
The impact of Italian art on Britain's influential 19th-century...
sex
For one girl out of ten the first time is at school
Almost one girl out of ten doesn’t experience her “first time” in the place...
coffee break
In Italy it costs three billion euros a year
In Italy there is a “machine” every 26 people and it gives drinks and snacks...
analysis
The Prime Minister’s just realised “There’s a poisoned climate in Italy” But who poisoned it?
The Premier has just discovered that in Italy “there’s a poisoned climate”. The Italians news agencies quickly picked up the story, passed it onto TV stations...
health
Italy's anti-cancer 'supertomato' Campania creation helps beat disease, expert says
A 'supertomato' created by Italian scientists is the perfect food for helping keep cancer at bay, the head of the World Foundation of Urology said on...
good news
First class wine-tourism in Sicily
The Assovini companies in the lead
Hospitality, wine, food and environmental protection. These are the elements that have always been very...
flavours
Frappato, between territory and market. The sushi-bar wine from the Valle dell’Acate
They were the first ones to turn the Frappato into wine in 1995. After ten years the Vittoria Doc was...
emergency
Landslides in the province of Messina, Prestigiacomo: “The government will intervene” The civil defence: “A very complex situation”
THE PICTURES
“The government will intervene, there is money, even if it isn’t enough”. This is what the Minister for the Environment, Stefania...
miracles?
The French nun “miraculously” cured
by Pope Wojtyla is now perfectly well
The French nun, who was allegedly cured thanks to a miracle by Pope John Paul II “is now perfectly well”. This is what the archbishop of Aix-en-...
The story of the month
… “They escaped leaving it ajar” – part 7
(by Gianni D'Amico) The day after, since we had played hooky, we continued our inspection in three. Melino had also joined us. Our insatiable curiosity was now attracted by a small house in the back yard, hidden by some plants...
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A recipe a day… Orecchiette with meat rolls
Ingredients for 4 people: 600 g. thin lamB slices 150 g. smoked bacon 250 g. tomatoes 250g. peas Parsley 1 shallot Parmesan cheese 1 glass of dry...
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