Milan, Italy News

Though frequently dismissed as just a gray, industrial sub-city, in fact Milan is Italy's capital of culture and fashion home to the famous Brera art gallery, the world-renowned La Scala opera company, the ultra-chic Via Montenapoleone shopping street, and dozens of architectural monuments that proudly declare a storied history.

Italian make-up brand Deborah Milano has opened its new flaghsip stores in Milan, Pavia and Verona, designed by Hangar Design Group, which also mark the debut of the brand in specialised retail.

A young Nashville entrepreneur is getting $100,000 to focus on his startup -- and drop out of college.

New York's Hometown Airline and Emirates, the Dubai-based international carrier and one of the world's fastest growing airlines, today announced intent to expand their current partnership to include bilateral codesharing, pending FAA and DOT regulatory approval and subject to receipt of foreign government operating authority.

Jeb Gast, left, owner of Fido Motors, confers with Ryan Perkins, owner of RPMFG.

The International Museum Day program at the Norton Simon Museum on May 18 was more than a tribute to famous modern artist Dan Flavin.

And Cate Blanchett certainly seemed to have picked up a certain penchant for power dressing as she stepped out on a shopping trip in Milan, Italy, on Saturday.

Love is: Michel Anthony poses with one of his works, Aphrodite, which will appear at the Marseille Consul Art festival in July.

Karima El Mahroug is seen in the witness stand at left as she testifies for the first time in the trial of three Berlusconi aides charged with recruiting her and other women for prostitution, in Milan's courthouse, Italy, Friday, May 17, 2013.

KTM will merge Husqvarna and Husaberg into one brand...and Husaberg will go away as a marque.

Correspondence to Giuseppe Mancia, Centro Interuniversitario di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Via Francesco Sforza, 25, 20121 Milano, Italy.

From the Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie , Dipartimento di Bioscienze , and Dipartimento di Biologia , Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia .

From the AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy ; and UniversitA Vita-Salute San Raffaele, School of Medicine, Milan, Italy .

An elderly woman waits for a bus in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The recession across the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro extended into its sixth quarter longer than the calamitous slump that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-9. Photo: Luca Bruno An empty market in Milan , Italy, Wednesday, May ... (more)

Spring is in full bloom and summer is on the horizon, and with the hot weather comes short shorts and bug bites.

Italian-based Appliance maker Indesit Company revenues I the first quarter of 2013 were EUR 597.7 million , down 3.8% from EUR 621.5 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Publishing Perspectives explains the weird lengths to which a publisher has gone to produce an Italian edition of the new book by the author of the Da Vinci Code on the day of the book's global launch: For nearly two months, 11 people were kept tucked away in an underground "bunker" near Milan, Italy, where they worked seven days a week until at ... (more)

Return to Castlerama will be available for download from the App Store on June 20th for iOS devices.

Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini makes her closing arguments during a hearing in former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial, in Milan, Italy, Monday, May 13, 2013.

Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini, left, makes her closing arguments as former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's lawyer Piero Longo sits at right during a hearing in Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial, in Milan, Italy, Monday, May 13, 2013.