Italy illegal immigration 'soars'
(BBC) Aug 16, 2008
The number of illegal immigrants entering Italy doubled in the first seven months of the year compared with the same period in 2007, Rome says....

Italy holds five on terror charge
(BBC) Aug 09, 2008
Five North Africans have been arrested in Italy on charges of conspiring to commit acts of international terrorism....

Tourists swarming to Meteora
Jul 31, 2008
Tourists from eastern European countries, mostly Russians and Romanians, have been swarming this summer to the monastic community located on the nature-made rock towers of Meteora,...

Young hoopsters beat Italians
(eKathimerini) Jul 30, 2008
The national Under-18 basketball team scored its fourth win in as many games yesterday at the European Championship in Pyrgos, defeating Italy 68-63....

Harsh lessons for youthful Greece
(UEFA.com) Jul 22, 2008
A last-minute penalty conceded against Italy, their star player sent off against Czech Republic, and finally a second-half capitulation against England. If last summer the script had a fairy-tale quality, this UEFA European Under-19 Championship was less ...

Italians sunbathe after Gypsy girls drown
(CNN) Jul 21, 2008
Italian newspapers expressed shock and revulsion on Monday after photographs were published of sunbathers apparently enjoying a day at the beach just meters from where the bodies of two drowned Gypsy girls were laid out on the sand....

England win all in vain
(UEFA.com) Jul 20, 2008
England finally found their scoring touch to defeat Greece 3-0 but still exited the UEFA European Under-19 Championship as Italy beat the Czech Republic in the other Group B game to win the group....

Italy and Greece top family-friendly league
(Essential Travel) Jul 18, 2008
Italy and Greece are top of the list of holiday destinations that offer the best value to families, according to a new report....

Italy's food detectives sniff out the fraud trail
(CBC.ca) Jul 14, 2008
Insp. Giorgio Capovani laid out his array of cheese impostors: a wedge of "Parmesansan" made in Lithuania; a container of "Parmazano Fiorentino" produced in Britain and labelled "dairy free"; a chunk of German "Parmezano" sold in Mexico....

Economy grows by 3.6% in Q1
Jul 09, 2008
The Greek economy grew by 3.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008, compared with the corresponding period last year, Eurostat announced on Wednesday....

Italy: Illegal immigrant found dead in Greek vessel
(AKI) Jul 04, 2008
A man, believed to be among a group of illegal immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan, was found dead on a Greek ferry in the northern city of Venice on Friday....

High school exams in Italy get failing grades
(Associated Press) Jun 20, 2008
Usually, it's the student who fails an exam. In Italy, it's the exams that are getting failing grades for embarrassing errors that have already cost one education official her job....

Spain inflict more misery on deposed Greeks in Euro 2008
(AFP) Jun 18, 2008
Spain equalled their record of nine straight wins with a 2-1 defeat of Greece here on Wednesday that confined the reigning champions to their third defeat of the tournament....

EU ministers urge more aid for fishing over fuel
(Reuters) Jun 18, 2008
Ministers from seven European Union countries urged more state aid for fishermen hit by higher fuel prices on Tuesday, with Italy and France calling for assistance to be more than tripled....

Italian woman locked up for 18 years by family
(MSNBC) Jun 14, 2008
Family angered over pregnancy; teen didn't know about his captive mother...