One year on, Prodi faces test in Italy local polls
Reuters: ROME – One year after taking office, Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi faced his first major electoral test on Sunday against a backdrop of […]
World’s first lung transplant on HIV patient performed
Reuters: MILAN – Doctors in Italy have performed the world’s first lung transplant on an HIV patient, a medical institute in the southern city of […]
Italy sets conditions for airing sex abuse film
Reuters: ROME – Italy’s state broadcaster on Tuesday decided to buy a BBC documentary on the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests but will […]
Strikes pound Alitalia, Italy looks for exit
Yahoo News: Reuters – Twin strikes stranded thousands of Alitalia passengers on Tuesday, as the Italian government said it was willing to quit the state-controlled […]
UniCredit set to buy Capitalia for over $29 billion
Yahoo News: Reuters – Italy's UniCredit was set to acquire smaller rival Capitalia for more than $29 billion on Sunday as the boards of both […]
UniCredit agrees to buy Capitalia in $29 bln deal
Yahoo News: Reuters – Italy's UniCredit has agreed to buy smaller rival Capitalia for more than $29 billion in shares to create Europe's second biggest […]
Italy’s Berlusconi shakes off fresh health scare
Reuters: ROME – Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday dismissed a health scare at a late night political rally, blaming exhaustion due to […]
Label law set to put "Italian" back in olive oil
Yahoo News: Reuters – When you buy a bottle of olive oil, the rolling Tuscan hills on the label and the "made in Italy" stamp […]
Mosquito bacteria identified in malaria battle
Reuters: ROME – Scientists in Italy say they have identified a potential weapon against malaria living inside the blood-sucking mosquitoes that spread the disease — […]
Italy to mop up wine marketing mess and woo world
Reuters: MILAN, Italy – Italian winemaker Luigi Mancini was having so much trouble selling wine in London that he gave up on his own language. […]