In Venice, which is at risk from being ruined by floods, gondolas have been left stranded in mud along Venice's Grand Canal after one of the lowest ever tides.
More than 3,000 tonnes of rubbish are still lying on the streets of Naples but some of it is being stolen. According to the Corriere della Sera peddlers go through the waste before dawn, looking for valuables and extracting "pairs of shoes and pornographic videos". Of many nationalities, they have become “linked together, an ethnic band cemented by a shared commercial intent based on the sharing of rubbish".
According to Dr Emmanuele Jannini and his team of researchers at the University of L’Aquila, it is now possible for the first time to determine by a simple, rapid and inexpensive method if a woman has got a G spot or not. Apparently it is called sex.
An exhibition in Venice seeks to rehabilitate the reputation of the Vandals, Goths and Huns who ravaged the continent at the fall of Rome. They had their good sides, apparently.
Following an accident in which a 16th century violin was damaged, it is reported that there are 650 Stradivari and 100 del Gesù violins still extant.
An Italian parliamentary commission reported this week that the most efficient holding company in the globalised marketplace is the ’Ndrangheta criminal organisation, Calabria’s mafia.
Wine industry sources say that half the 7 million bottle production of the 2003 Brunello has been sold before it came on to the market.
Florence has held a referendum on whether or not to block the building of a tramline system which would pass through the city's historic centre but the vote failed to reach a quorum.
A luxury chocolate from Tuscany has been named the world's best. 'Toscano Black 63%', made by the Amedei firm in Pisa, won the Golden Bean awarded each year by the London-based Academy of Chocolate.
Italian scientists in Sardinia, where Silvio Berlusconi lives, have identified one of the genes responsible for male baldness. It appears to be connected to the gene which makes you talk too much.
Oetzi, Italy's famed Iceman, whose corpse is 5,000 years old, is to have company next year as mummies from all over the world arrive for a major show in the northern Italian city of Bolzano
Steak Fiorentina is again legal after 7 years. The steak should properly be from 30 month old cattle – giving a more mature flavour, but the maximum age had been reduced to 24 months by EU directive.
A pensioner from Asti bit off the tip of a neighbour's nose in an argument about a parking space.
Prof. Bruno Siciliano of Naples University, who leads an EU project to produce a household robot, has unveiled the prototype called Justine, saying ‘She's flexible and precise enough to make a cup of coffee’. Unfortunately Justine seems to have a mind of her own and will only make instant coffee at the moment, not much use in Italy.
Judging by the streets of Naples she appears to be OK at putting the rubbish out, though.
Hollywood strongman Sylvester Stallone says he wants to die in Italy. Suggestions are that he might try his luck as a pedestrian in central Rome or steal a parking slot in Asti.
Outgoing Deputy Premier and Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli on Monday announced his intention to run for mayor of Rome. He was mayor in 1993 and 2001
Rutelli’s nickname is Cicciobello, a popular baby doll, signifying baby good looks but empty of content.
Rutelli will be associated with Walter Veltroni’s Partito Democratico, an ethnic band cemented by a shared commercial intent based on the sharing of rubbish.
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