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Salvini seeks to fill Berlusconi boots on Italy's right
Italy has a rising star: Matteo Salvini, head of the Euro-sceptic Northern League, is scoring high in the polls as he bids to fill the political vacuum on the right left by Silvio Berlusconi.
06 November 2014
Italian physicist Gianotti first woman to lead Cern
Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti was chosen to lead the Cern particle physics research centre, the first woman to head up the globally renowned laboratory.
05 November 2014
Zeffirelli to present Aida in Astana Opera on November 19-22
Franco Zeffirelli will direct Aida opera in the Astana Opera.
05 November 2014
Italy president tells trial Mafia tried to blackmail state
Italian President told a trial in which state officials are accused of making a secret deal with the Mafia that mobsters carried out bombings in the 1990s.
01 November 2014
Leonardo da Vinci's self-potrait in rare public show
The only existing self-portrait by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci is to make a rare appearance in a new exhibition in Turin in northern Italy.
29 October 2014
Italian court quashes Dolce & Gabbana fraud convictions
The Italian Supreme Court overturned fraud convictions and 18-month jail terms against celebrated fashion duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.
25 October 2014
Italian PM vows to publish cost of EU institutions in budget row
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced his intention to make public the cost of the European institutions, as a row exploded over his country's budget plans.
24 October 2014
Vegan croissants, gluten-free pasta: Europe wakes up to fussy eating
France and Italy are slowly starting to demand gluten-, dairy- and meat-free diets as environmental and health concerns kick in.
23 October 2014
Criticism, praise follows Catholic Church's gays decision
Activists lashed out at the Catholic Church's failure at a major synod to open its doors to gay people, but praised for getting bishops to confront "taboos."
20 October 2014
Pope faces key test with vote on divorcees, gays
Pope Francis was set to sort his allies from his enemies with a Vatican vote on a document drafted opening the Catholic Church's doors to remarried divorcees and gays.
18 October 2014
Renzi says 'really positive' after Putin, Poroshenko Ukraine talks
Italian Prime Minister said he was "really positive" on the prospects for a solution to the Ukraine conflict after talks between Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko.
17 October 2014
Kazakshtan Majilis ratifies extradition agreement with Italy
Kazakhstan Parliament’s lower chamber, the Majilis, has ratified the Agreement on Extradition of Convicts between Kazakhstan and Italy.
16 October 2014
Visa free entrance will not be extended: Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not planning to extend the visa free entrance regime for 10 countries.
16 October 2014
Italian ex-top manager released on parole to stay in Kazakhstan
Italian citizen Flavio Sidagni who was released on parole in August will stay in Kazakhstan.
16 October 2014
Italy confirms Putin-Poroshenko meeting in Milan Friday
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Milan on Friday, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said.
16 October 2014
Renzi unveils 2015 budget, says Italy ready to answer to EU
Italy's cabinet approved a 2015 budget just hours before an EU deadline, unveiling plans to increase borrowing to slash taxes by 18 billion euros.
16 October 2014
Nursultan Nazarbayev to take part in Asia-Europe Meeting in Italy
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev will take part in the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) that will take place in Milan, Italy on October 16-17.
15 October 2014
Kazakhstan's Maria Mudryak stars in Donizetti's Elixir of Love in Italy
Maria Mudryak from Pavlodar, northern Kazakhstan will perform the leading role in famous Gaetano Donizetti’s opera The Elixir of Love.
12 October 2014
Sex-pasta in Ust-Kamenogorsk: boiled male genitalia
Sex-pasta shaped as male genital hit the Ust-Kamenogorsk groceries.
09 October 2014
Visa free entrance may be extended till October 2015
Kazakhstani Tourism Association has suggested extending visa free entrance for 10 countries till October 2015.
09 October 2014