News about Italy

Rubio won't stand more than 5 rounds agains Golovkin: Spada Italian boxer Domenico Spada thinks Marco Antonio Rubio, an interim WBC middleweight champion, stands no chance against Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan.

10 September 2014

Ferrari head Montezemolo leaves top job: Fiat statement The president of the Italian Ferrari luxury sports car company, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, announced he was stepping down on October 13.

10 September 2014

Clooney to wed in Venice in 'couple of weeks' Clooney says he is to wed his fiancee in Venice in the next few weeks, less than a year afte lawyer began dating Hollywood's most eligible bachelo.

09 September 2014

Japanese war film shocks, thrills Venice film fest Japanese war film "Fires on the Plain" has both thrilled and shocked Venice film festival.

03 September 2014

Tales of war, genocide darken Venice film fest The race for the Golden Lion in Venice took a dark turn on Sunday with stories of war and genocide.

01 September 2014

Star-studded comedy 'She's Funny That Way' charms Venice Master of screwball comedy Peter Bogdanovich charmed audiences at the Venice film festival with his movie "She's Funny That Way".

30 August 2014

Tosca opera to open Silk Road Festival in Astana Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca with Anna Pirozzi, Massimo Giordano and Alberto Gazale will open the Silk Road festival at the Astana Opera theater.

25 August 2014

Life's a beach for Italy's dogs The sun brollies are up, the beach loungers full and the water is full of daytrippers splashing about.

21 August 2014

Sicilian hilltop houses on sale for one euro, great view included Rustic abodes in a picturesque hilltop village on the island of Sicily, once home to Italian peasants and their donkeys, are up for sale for just one euro.

20 August 2014

10-yo Kazakh singer succeeds at Junior New Wave 2014 Mukhammedali Zhugunusov, a 10 year singer from Kazakhstan won the third place at the Junior New Wave 2014.

19 August 2014

Italian-American opera star Licia Albanese dead at 105 Licia Albanese, an Italian-American soprano who for more than a quarter century starred at the Metropolitan Opera in NY, has died at age 105.

19 August 2014

Ferrari sells for record $38 mln A red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, said to be one of only a handful, was snapped up for $38.1 million in California.

16 August 2014

Russian Katyusha Cycling Team to participate in Tour of Almaty-2014 Russian cycling team Katyusha will participate in the one day international road cycling competition Tour of Almaty-2014.

15 August 2014

Italian ex-top manager released on parole from Kazakhstan prison Italian Flavio Sidagni, convicted in Kazakhstan for drug distribution, has been released on parole.

05 August 2014

Ablyazov's wife deportation to Kazakhstan illegal: Italy Court of Cassation The wife of Kazakh tycoon and former head of BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyzov was illegally deported to Kazakhstan, Italy's Court of Cassation rules.

01 August 2014

Astana's Vincenzo Nibali celebrates his victory at Tour de France Vincenzo Nibali caped for Kazakhstan's Astana Pro Team has won the Tour de France.

28 July 2014

Sudanese Christian woman spared death sentence meets Pope A Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for renouncing Islam sparked a global outcry that eventually led to an acquittal, met Pope Francis after arriving in Italy en route to the United States.

25 July 2014

New NATO commander for Europe takes over US Admiral Mark Ferguson took up his new post as commander of NATO forces in Europe, taking over from another American, Admiral Bruce Clingan.

23 July 2014

Mediterranean migrant boat death toll rises to 30 The death toll from the latest Mediterranean migrant boat disaster rose to 30 on Sunday, as Malta said it had found 29 bodies in the vessel's hold and Italy said a Syrian baby had died.

21 July 2014

NY mayor delays Italy jaunt over police death crisis New York's mayor was forced to postpone a criticized family holiday in Italy following the death of a man wrestled to the ground by police officers.

19 July 2014

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