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Florence, March 20 - There is no danger that Italy will take Thursday's friendly against Brazil in Geneva lightly, according to Andrea Pirlo.
Indeed, the midfielder said he and his teammates are treating the game as a major test ahead of next year's World Cup.
Italy have lost only one competitive match since coach Cesare Prandelli took over in 2010, the 4-0 defeat to Spain in the final of Euro 2012.
ROME — Trying to break through weeks of political gridlock, Italy's president began sounding out parliamentary leaders Wednesday to see if they can form a new government or if another election must be called.
February's national election revealed deep political anger in Italy and left few options for creating a coalition government tough enough to enact the economic reforms Italy needs to get it out of a stubborn recession. Italy is the eurozone's third-largest economy and has a massive government debt of about 2 trillion euros ($2.6 trillion).
Today is Father’s Day in Italy. And also the feast day of Saint Joseph, the day when Italy wide, Italians celebrate Mary’s husband with a special pastry made in his honor.
The election of the new Pope in Italy has led to at least one packed church.The grandfather of Pope Francis was born in the village of Portacomaro Stazione near Turin and strong family links remain.
Italy's public administration, struggling to curb costs to try to balance the budget, is notoriously slow in settling its bills to private companies that provide it with goods and services and has accumulated a debt of more than 80 billion euros.
Vice President Joe Biden is in Rome, where he is leading the U.S. delegation that is attending Pope Francis' inaugural mass on Tuesday.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised a wave of protests if a center-left candidate was elected to succeed President Giorgio Napolitano, as the stalemate after last month's deadlocked elections deepened on Monday.
The economic crisis and the desire for change are the two factors that inspired the Cardinals to choose Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Now more than ever before, the Catholic church has demonstrated that it is in step with the times. Far more in step than Italian political parties and institutions, as the most recent elections so unfortunately demonstrated.
Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers are seeking to have trials where he is charged with tax fraud and having sex with a minor moved to the city of Brescia from Milan, where they say he cannot get a fair hearing, legal sources said on Friday.
Italy's newly elected Parliament was heading toward political gridlock as it convened Friday for the first time after elections gave no party a clear victory.The normally routine inaugural duty of electing leaders of both houses was locked in a stalemate — auguring badly for the establishment of the stable government needed to keep the eurozone's third-largest economy on a straight fiscal path while introducing growth measures to bring Italy out of recession and get more Italians back to work.