Italy News

Andrea Doria was born in 1466 in Liguria, in northwestern Italy, of a patrician family, but in somewhat reduced circumstances.

Silvio Berlusconi has split with his oldest political ally and co-founder of his party, a spectacular falling-out expected to make it harder for the premier to push disputed legislation through parliament.

Online journalists in Italy have signed a petition against a so-called "blog-killing clause" in the country's controversial new Wiretapping Bill.

Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling , known for his signature six-string fretless playing in progressive death metal, will emigrate from Holland to Italy due to "significant changes" in his private life.

Best for daytime sipping and hot weather, a Bellini bar is the perfect way to let your guests customize their drinks while you save some cash.

The Colosseum is one of the most recognized structures not just in Rome, but in all of Europe.

A Elisabetta Canalis, a former showgirl who has been expected to marry American actor George Clooney, has been implicated in a sex and drugs scandal involving businessmen, celebrities and prostitutes, according to several reports out of Italy.

Rachel Bilson attends amfAR Milano 2009 red carpet, the Inaugural Milan Fashion Week event at La Permanente on September 28, 2009 in Milan, Italy.

Silvio Berlusconi's government was on the brink last night after open warfare broke out between the Italian prime minister and his most senior party colleague.

They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain.

It's been a long and winding road back home to a tiny rural village in central Italy for Calgarian Michael Giammarco.

Government Announcements Submitted by New Britain Downtown District on 2010-07-28.   The "Boys of Wexford" include Bloomfield resident Don Sineti, Steve Roys, Gary Butterly and Tony Morris.

Italian scientists are to try to establish whether there really is such a phenomenon as 'Stendhal Syndrome' the giddiness and confusion supposedly caused when one looks at great works of art.

Last month, Fiat workers protested in Naples against Fiat's new production plan intended to help make its workforce more competitive.

Monkfish and shrimp sausage, served with a mustard-tinted mascarpone and giardiniera.

This article was written by John Hooper, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 27th July 2010 09.00 UTC Not the least interesting aspect of the exposure of the double life of some gay Catholic priests in Rome is the way it was handled by the Italian media.

An influence-peddling scandal that has already cost a member of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government his job widened on Tuesday as a second junior minister was put under investigation.

Gabriel Thibaudeau, composer of the new score for the revised version of the classic film Metropolis, at rehearsal in Montreal on July 22, 2010.

Bob Dudley, BP's new CEO, vowed yesterday to "change the culture" of how the company tackles safety issues following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

When you know where to look, there is so much to see in Venice, Italy. Stepping ashore after a boat ride from the airport, I noticed everything seemed particularly vivid in this beautifully decrepit cityscape: pilings rotten at the water line; a funeral boat with an iron casket rack lashed to the center of the hull; chandeliers lighting a mansion's ...