Italy suggests NATO, U.N. guidelines on ransoms
Reuters: ROME – Italy, criticized over a prisoner swap with the Taliban last month, said on Thursday NATO and the United Nations should consider guidelines […]
Mammas pick their sons' brides on Italy reality TV
Yahoo News: Reuters – Often seen as mommy's boys, Italian men are now letting their mothers choose their future wives live on television. … leggi […]
Italy prosecutor wants Berlusconi jailed for 5 years
Reuters: MILAN – An Italian prosecutor demanded a five-year jail sentence on Monday for conservative former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is accused of bribing […]
Italy hopes to mend U.S. ties after CIA indictments
Reuters: ROME – Italy hopes to mend strained U.S. relations over indictments against CIA agents for kidnapping and a U.S. soldier for murder, Italy’s foreign […]
Italy's Benigni mulls taking "Dante" to Broadway
Yahoo News: Reuters – Italian comic Roberto Benigni, best known for his Oscar-winning film "La vita e' bella" , said on Monday he was considering […]
Swisscom to bid $4.9 bln for Italy’s Fastweb
Reuters: ZURICH – Swiss telecoms group Swisscom has proposed a 3.7 billion euro friendly takeover bid for Italian broadband operator Fastweb in a move to […]
Moving Leonardo — art loan stirs passions in Italy
Reuters: FLORENCE, Italy – The loan of one of Leonardo Da Vinci’s paintings to Japan has caused an uproar in Italy and one senator chained […]
The Provenzano Code: the Mafia’s answer to Dan Brown
Reuters: ROME – If you thought cracking “The Da Vinci Code” was tough, try unscrambling “The Provenzano Code”, the cryptic cipher the Mafia’s “boss of […]
Gabetti joins virtual land rush in Second Life
Reuters: MILAN – Italy’s Gabetti Property Solutions has joined the Second Life land rush, laying claim to being the first real-life property company in the […]
Italian prosecutors clear “euthanasia” doctor
Reuters: ROME – In a major victory for right-to-die advocates in Roman Catholic Italy, prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a doctor of wrongdoing after he switched […]