Jealous Italian husband ordered out of town
The Independent: Italy’s highest court of appeal has struck a blow for wives under the sway of jealous husbands, ordering one spouse to move to […]
World Business Briefing: Italy: Insurer’s Income Tops Estimates
New York Times: Assicurazioni Generali, Italy’s largest insurer, reported first-half profit that beat analysts’ estimates and agreed to sell its Nuova Tirrena unit for 1.25 […]
Restored: Italy’s lost treasures
The Independent: Anyone who visits the Getty Villa in Los Angeles, the great faux-Roman summer house built for a famously eccentric oil billionaire on the […]
In fight against tax evasion, Italy’s premier turns to priests
Boston Globe: ROME — Premier Romano Prodi has called on Roman Catholic priests to help him battle Italy’s widespread tax evasion by invoking the seventh […]
Frommers.com Airfare Deals and News for the Week of August 3, 2007
Find good deals this week to Central and South America, Mexico and Florida as well as some so-so ones to Scandinavia. … leggi tutto (read […]
Italy struggles with Chinese migrants
BBC: Rosie Goldmsith reports on how Chinese immigrants to Italy are forcing the country to rethink its famous fashion industry … leggi tutto (read all)
Funeral held for Blow-Up director
BBC: Mourners pay their last respects to film-maker Michelangelo Antonioni at his funeral in Italy. … leggi tutto (read all)
N.J. man tied to missing mom surrenders
Yahoo News: AP – A man wanted for questioning in the disappearance of his mistress has returned from Italy and surrendered to authorities in Delaware, […]
Trading Spaces: The Park Service Turns Over the Presidio to Private Parties
What happens when managing historic buildings becomes too expensive? In San Francisco, the Park Service has turned part of Golden Gate Park into an office […]
Getty Agrees to Return 40 Antiquities to Italy
New York Times: A statue usually identified as Aphrodite, one of the Getty’s prized pieces, is among the works to be returned, but it will […]