Italian mice head for International Space Station Italian researchers are planning to send mice into space as part of an experiment to pave the way for the first manned trip to Mars, the University of Genoa said Wednesday.

A look at Western Liguria (Italian Riviera)

G8 brutality sentences sought Police, guards and doctors face six months to five years - Prosecutors on Tuesday asked for prison terms for state officials accused of physically and mentally abusing anti-globalisation protestors being held in custody during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.

Future of Sanremo under threat Record companies may pull plug as viewing figures plummet - Record companies are threatening to pull the plug on the Sanremo song festival - one of the glitziest events in the Italian calendar - after two consecutive days of poor viewing figures.

TV viewers desert Sanremo launch Songfest faces unexpected competition on 1st night - The launch of Italy's glitziest and most hyped television event of the year - the week-long Sanremo song festival - didn't exactly transfix the nation.

Rose- giving robber nabbed 'Gentleman thief' said 'sorry' with flowers - A 'gentleman thief' who presented his victims with red roses was nabbed in Genoa on Monday.

A Genoa court handed out prison sentences totalling 102 years to 24 Italians found guilty of playing various roles in the rioting at the 2001 G8 summit in this port city.

A robber with a shoe fetish has been arrested after a three-month rampage along the northwestern Italian coast.

The 27-year-old man, Maurizio Giusto, was stopped as he was about to pounce on a well-heeled lady on a Ligurian Riviera street.

A group of old people in the Italian city of Genoa will soon be testing a high-tech electronic bracelet designed to comfort and protect them at all times.

A 62-year-old Italian woman went to the police on Friday to report a neighbour who had repeatedly attacked her in the belief that she was a witch.