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Italian exports show worst drop since 2009 16 Nov 2012 | 03:11 pm
Italian exports on Friday showed a month-on-month August-September drop of 2.0% and a year-on-year fall of 4.2% against September 2011, the sharpest since December 2009, Istat reported Friday. Imports...
Italian Food: Myth Versus Reality 16 Nov 2012 | 03:11 pm
PIZZA OK, I like America pizza once in a while – but Italian pizza is a very different thing. The establishments which specialize in pizzas are called “pizzeria” and often they have menus listing 20 o...
Preview: Italy v New Zealand 16 Nov 2012 | 03:11 pm
After claiming a narrow win over Tonga last weekend,Italy face a much bigger task against the world champions in Rome on Saturday. The Azzurri have failed to beat the All Blacks in 11 previous encount...
Italy leftist faces possible jail, may affect election 29 Oct 2012 | 08:30 am
Prosecutors recommended jail on Thursday for an Italian left-wing party leader in a move that could affect the outcome of next year’s national election. Nichi Vendola, leader of the Left, Ecology and ...
Snowboarding and spa treatments in Tuscany 29 Oct 2012 | 08:30 am
An indulgent snowboarding and spa break in Tuscany lets our writer and her sister hit the slopes before recovering and ‘taking the waters’ The cosy scent of woodsmoke hangs in the evening air as we si...
Berlusconi down and humiliated but not out of Italian politics 29 Oct 2012 | 08:30 am
Silvio Berlusconi is down and humiliated after a court found him guilty in a massive tax evasion case, but he is too wily to be out of Italian politics. He had seen the writing on the wall and his u...
Italian tax collectors accused of pocketing millions for parties 4 Oct 2012 | 08:02 am
The head of an Italian tax collection agency and four of his employees have been accused of stealing 100 million euros (£63 million) of taxpayers’ money. The fresh scandal is likely to infuriate Itali...
Pope’s papers found in butler’s flat, say Vatican police 4 Oct 2012 | 08:02 am
Papal documents on which Benedict XVI wrote ‘to be destroyed’ discovered at home of former butler Paolo Gabriele, court told Paolo Gabriele, front left, with the pope in St Peter’s Square in Rome in M...
Italy opens world’s first gelato culture museum 4 Oct 2012 | 08:02 am
Who knows what Cosimo Ruggieri would have thought about ending up in a gelato museum? Alchemist at the court of the Medici, Ruggieri, the story goes, created the ice-cream that Catherine De Medici too...
Italy’s tax authorities target art world 14 Sep 2012 | 09:15 am
Semi-militarised revenue guard identifies 24 galleries and auction houses it believes may be behind €2m in unpaid taxes Taxmen in Italy are shining a light on the country’s art industry, which they be...
