Bologna Province

Honeymooners positive

A Bologna couple who returned from a honeymoon in New York at the weekend were confirmed Thursday as Italy's latest sufferers from the A/H1N1 flu virus.

No trace of kidnapped ex-broker

Police still have no leads on the whereabouts of a 69-year-old retired broker who was kidnapped Monday morning by three men.

Breast cancer virus created

Italian researchers have created a genetically modified virus they say holds out hope of more effective treatment for the most aggressive forms of breast cancer.

Sirloin Bruschetta with Gorgonzola cream

We catch up with award winning celebrity chef Todd English, who filmed "Slow Food, Fast Cars"..

Human Rights Nights brings global films to Bologna

Bologna is hosting a 10-day celebration of diversity and dignity with a film and arts festival devoted to human rights.

Italy gets first videogame museum

Italy is to get its first gaming museum, with a vast collection of artifacts tracing the dizzying development of videogames from their ancestors in the 1950s through to the latest arrivals on the market.

Morandi's still lifes return to Bologna

Dozens of paintings and drawings by Bologna's most famous modern artist, Giorgio Morandi, returned to the Italian city this week as part of a major retrospective devoted to his life and work.

Italians seek Persepolis

Italian archaeologists are helping unearth the ancient capital of the Persian Empire, Persepolis.

Tenor Raimondi dies

Italian tenor Gianni Raimondi has died, La Scala said Wednesday.

La Scala called Raimondi, who accompanied Maria Callas more than any other tenor, ''one of the greatest voices in our history''.

Bologna Mayor Cofferati won't seek re-election

Bologna Mayor Sergio Cofferati, once tipped to be the leader of Italy's main centre-left party, has said he won't seek a second term next year.

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