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How much red wine should you drink? Ask an Italian...

Small wonder that discerning researchers chose to come to Greve in Chianti, Tuscany, to study the drinking habits and health of the older folk  
Wine’s ‘miracle ingredient’, resveratrol, has been shown to have no health benefits. Cole Moreton visits the Chianti region to ask the locals the secret of their long and happy lives
17 May 2014

Prince Harry to visit scene of the Battle of Monte Cassino on 70th anniversary

The monastery of Monte Cassino fell to the Allies on May 18, 1944  
Prince Harry and other British veterans will gather at the Benedictine monastery on top of Monte Cassino, which was pulverised by bombing during the Second World War
17 May 2014

Rogue trader Kerviel says he won't return to France to serve sentence

Jerome Kerviel, centre, arrives at the Franco-Italian border outside Ventimiglia, Italy  
Convicted former banker due to report to a police station by Sunday but refuses to cross border from Italy after walk from Rome
17 May 2014

Florence politicians angered by wedding of West and Kardashian

Hip hop star Kanye West and reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian's wedding will be held at Florence's Fort Belvedere  
Local mayoral candidates up in arms over takeover of city's treasured monuments by hip hop artist and reality television star
17 May 2014

Colosseum's £20 million makeover

Falcons are to be introduced in the skies over the ancient Roman Colosseum  
Nick Squires gets up close to Italy's most famous Roman monument to find out how the pockmarked stone exterior, darkened by centuries of grime is being scrubbed clean
17 May 2014

Colosseum cleaners tackle grime with toothbrushes

The Roman world's most famous monument is receiving a long overdue if painstakingly slow scrub
17 May 2014

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to marry at Florence's historic Belvedere Fort

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to marry at Florence's 16th century Belvedere Fort, next to famed Boboli Gardens
16 May 2014

Footage of bodies on sunken migrant ship

Video Footage emerges of police divers exploring a sunken ship still holding the bodies of some of the 366 migrants who died trying to reach the coast of Lampedusa last year
15 May 2014

A Fistful of Dollars to be shown at Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival Quentin Tarantino will introduce a special screening of Clint Eastwood's classic spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars to celebrate 50th anniversary of Sergio Leone’s film
14 May 2014
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Rapid rise of forests changes the landscape for Italians

Abandonment of farm land has seen forested areas boom
13 May 2014

Dozens of migrants die off Libya coast on boat heading for Europe

Libya minister threatens to help illegal migrants reach Europe if EU does not help deal with problem
12 May 2014

Costa Concordia survivors tell court for first time of chaos night of crash

Italian court hears first testimony from passengers who survived the disaster, many of whom still suffer from panic attacks and other forms of psychological trauma
12 May 2014

Italy's artworks threatened by broken air con

Cuts to Italy's culture budget are threatening to destroy a series of Renaissance paintings, after the Borghese Gallery's air conditioning system broke two months ago
11 May 2014
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Silvio Berlusconi begins community service

Silvio Berlusconi begins his first four-hour community service stint as part of a tax fraud sentence, working as volunteer in hospice for Alzheimer's patients near Milan
09 May 2014

Italian singing nun duets with Kylie

Video Fresh from her triumphant rendition of an Alicia Keys hit, an Italian nun whose unusual television performances have gone viral on the internet, appears on stage with Kylie Minogue
09 May 2014

How Prada created Arte Povera

Art A V&A exhibition charts the stunning rise of Italian fashion since 1945 – but how to explain the dinginess of Arte Povera in the same period?
08 May 2014
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Pope Paul VI to be beatified

Pope Paul VI, who reigned from 1963 to 1978, will be beatified in October – leaving him one step from sainthood
06 May 2014

Michelangelo’s David 'won't collapse'

Art The iconic Michelangelo statue of David is not in danger of falling down, says museum official, despite ankle fractures in the art work
06 May 2014
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Footballing 'granny' becomes viral star

Video footage of a diminutive Italian granny showing off her football skills while playing in the street with a group of children has gone viral on the internet
06 May 2014

World's oldest man: ‘It's not the Nobel Prize’

Alexander Imich, who was born in Poland in 1903, escaped the Holocaust and a Soviet gulag before moving to US, downplays milestone as he is officially recognised as the oldest living man
05 May 2014

Healthy Southern Italians turning to fast food

State media claims residents are rejecting the Mediterranean diet for fast food, which is making them obese, sparks war of words
04 May 2014

Football fans clash before Italian Cup final

Football fans clash in Rome before the Italian Cup final, between Napoli and Fiorentina, delaying kick-off by 45 minutes
04 May 2014

Low growth seen as Italy's 'Achilles heel'

Video A in-depth discussion of Italy's economy
02 May 2014
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Amanda Knox: ‘I did not kill my friend’ Meredith Kercher

Knox gives an interview denying murder of British room-mate two days after court rules her responsible for fatal blow
02 May 2014

Michelangelo's David 'has weak ankles'

Weak ankles leave Michelangelo's statue of the boy warrior David vulnerable to collapse, Italian scientists confirm with new tests
01 May 2014
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