Flood near Messina,
he’s been missing since
last year but he still receives
the instalments from the bank
He disappeared during last year’s flood in Scaletta Zanclea, near Messina, but his family is still receiving the instalments of a loan...
Catholic weekly takes another swipe at Berlusconi
Premier 'has split Catholic
vote down the middle'
Influential Italian Catholic weekly Famiglia Cristiana on Tuesday took its second swipe...
Gaddafi causes stir with women in Rome Libyan leader keeps raising eyebrows
with second Koran 'lecture'
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi continued...
"Now I can go in": the economic crisis opens the doors to dogs
The economic crisis softens shop keepers, who are now more available to let dogs into their shops. Compared to 5 years ago, the shops that allow dogs in have increased by 76%, according to a research carried...
'Press on' says Berlusconi
'No going back' on manifesto
pledges says premier
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday confirmed that the government would press on and he saw no prospect of early elections. Italian voters were entitled to see the...
Bomb targets Reggio prosecutor's house 'Ndrangheta 'intimidation rising', police say
A bomb exploded outside the home of a southern Italian prosecutor Wednesday night. The attack, believed to be the work of the Calabrianl...
The mystery tunnel in Sicily: car lights turn off and a car skids
(gg) It happened once again, always in the same place and in the same way. A car driver, who had just taken the Tremonzelli tunnel, on the A19 motorway Palermo-Catania, lost control of his car crashing into a wall. The man, who was travelling with...
He tried to rape a marine in Sigonella
but there was another private with her
He tried to rape a 22-year-old American soldier in Sigonella, breaking into the house he had rented her, but there was another soldier, a 24-year-old Italian, who managed to block the attacker and call the police. The incident happened in...
European funds,
southern Italy is always late
Italian southern regions are the slowest in Italy to spend European funds that will soon disappear. The data is alarming: out of the...
Tension between Alto Adige and Sicily
“We are not willing to pay for Sicily’s dolce vita”
“In the past 50 years Rome has seen 19 Prime Ministers, while in Bolzano there were only Silvius Magnago and Luis Durnwalder. The German magazine Der Spiegel draws...
Cinema: Dante pic with Benigni to premiere in Venice 'La Commedia di Amos Poe' by famed US indie filmmaker
An independent US film inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy and featuring Italian comic and actor Roberto Benigni will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month, the festival press office said Tuesday. 'La Commedia di Amos Poe', by Tel Aviv-born indie...
He was accused of complicity,
but he didn’t resist going to the stadium
New report for Antonio Speziale, the young man sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment for complicity in the murder of police inspector Filippo Raciti, who died last 2nd of February 2007 during the riots between Palermo and Catania hooligans...
science
Octopus inspires
Italian robots
A team of scientists in Tuscany said Tuesday they were using live octopuses...
web scandal
Lecce, sex with her professor on Youporn
A bet that turned into a scandal. Lolita, sex and videotapes. The scandal...
recipes
TV food expert suspended for hailing 'tender cat meat'
The co-host of a popular daytime cooking show...
editorials&comments
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, newspapers and websites and within 10 minutes half the world was aware. But...
analysis
No more coup, but a parallel government in Italy
We did not know it, but it is true. The parallel government is becoming stronger and it is stating to move. It works night and day against Silvio Berlusconi to put him aside, to replace him as soon as possible, and in any case to prevent him...
people
Astronaut to test Italian sensor Italy's Vittori taking 'electronic nose' to space station
Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori is preparing for his third trip to the International Space Station (ISS), where he will test an Italian-designed sensor unveiled on Tuesday at Perugia University. The 'electronic nose', selected for the mission by the...
focus on
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