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...
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...
Ban on talk shows stands Programmes suspended 'illegally', Santoro claims
A ban on political talk shows on state broadcaster RAI ahead of regional elections later this month must stand, RAI's parliamentary watchdog said Tuesday...
Economy on the rise,
Berlusconi says
Premier presents
new 'Bank of the South'
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday was upbeat about the economy saying that a recovery, while slow, was in the works...
Church deals with abuse fallout Officials vow end to abuse,
Irish church defends cardinal
The issue of child abuse in the Catholic Church was back in the spotlight on Tuesday, as senior clerics sought to deal with the...
Euro zone needs to 'rethink' IMF role
Tremonti says area gets less than it puts in
The euro zone needs to 'rethink' its position and role in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) given that it is giving to it more than it is receiving, Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti said on Tuesday. "Does it seem normal that while the...
Cesaroni murder: Ex-caretaker
found drowned. Investigation into possible incitement to suicide
Proceedings have been opened by the Taranto Public Prosecutor’s Office, against person or persons unknown, for incitement to suicide following the death of Petrino...
EU swindled out of a million euros
Farm in Ragusa area under investigation
A swindle that could cost the European Union a million euros has been discovered by the Guardia di Finanza, i.e. the Customs Guards Corps, in the Ragusa area. The investigators are having a close look at a farm at Scicli. The suspects include the...
The UN High Commissioner addresses the Lower Chamber: “Let’s stop considering illegal immigrants as criminals”
“I deplore the tendency to consider illegal immigrants as criminals”. This is what the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Pillay, said. Speaking to the Italian Lower Chamber, Pillay underlined the importance of a national organ to protect human...
GDP drop in 2009 expanded
to 5.1% Decline worst since 1971
National statistics bureau Istat on Wednesday again revised its data for the Italian economy last year and said GDP fell by 5.1%, when...
Nuclear plants in Sicily? Lombardo said no
“We will stop the project, the government can forget it”
“I am convinced that Berlusconi’s government will go to a lot of trouble to build nuclear plants in Sicily, but we will block him. He can forget it”. This is what the President of the Sicilian Region, Raffaele Lombardo said after the Fiom regional...
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...
science
Octopus inspires
Italian robots
A team of scientists in Tuscany said Tuesday they were using live octopuses...
technology
Electric cars "made in Sicily"? It's not a news
“Maranello” is the first electric car produced entirely in Sicily. This is...
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...
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...
focus on
people
“Institutional law massacred, President’s role under attack”, warns former President of Italy Ciampi
"The slaughter of illusions, the massacre of institutional law”, an “aberrant twisting of our democratic system”. So says Carlo Azeglio Ciampi...
She created a group on Facebook to support her brother’s innocence
The sister of an alleged murderer from Agrigento, Fabrizio Messina, 35 years old from Porto Empedocle, brother of Gerlandino, in hiding since 1999 and...
Violence on women: almost 70% of cases happens because of the partner
69.7% of rapes are carried out by partners, 17.4% by an acquaintance ad 6.2% by a stranger. Strangers mainly commit sexual harassment...
Son of BR founder arrested for terrorism
The son of a 1970s leftist militant who helped found the notorious Red Brigades (BR) terrorist network...
Minister's big babies remark hit by flak
Civil Service Minister Renato Brunetta was under a deluge of friendly and enemy fire on Monday for suggesting that the government approve a law...
Party on a cruise ship and after 9 month a black son
This time denying the evidence would have been a guinness record. And when a couple from Caltanissetta, nine months after their marriage, had a black baby boy...