Debate over Sicily bridge spans Italy's past, future
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The treacherous waterway that separates this island from Italy's boot toe daunted Ulysses and Hannibal.
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Switzerland and Italy have had an often tense relationship in recent years stoked by disagreements over tax amnesties, judicial cooperation and a major electricity blackout.
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Telecom Italia took a detour from the road to convergence that most mobile and fixed-line operators have been treading, and wandered into a controversy that has spread from the market to the parliament.
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For decades, the Imams bridge spanning the Tigris river linked two ancient Baghdad neighborhoods Â one Sunni, the other Shiite Â and illustrated the city's tradition of sectarian tolerance, as residents from both sides harmoniously intermingled.
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French and Italian leaders are to discuss the future of struggling airline Alitalia amid talk of an Air France merger.
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Banners and flags are seen during a demonstration in Vicenza. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Vicenza, Italy, to protest the planned expansion of a US military base here, a divisive ...Comment
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Christmas on the island of Sicily, New Year&#39;s eve at the bay of Naples. Italy mapped out Tuesday a two-month-long journey for the 2006 Winter Olympics torch, which will cross
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Un appuntamento non solo locale: Ã¨ un test per misurarela temperatura politica nazionale. In vista delle amministrative                                            Unione, tensione per le primarie Da Genova a Palermo, sfida Ds-Dl
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 10--Cabarrus County leaders say they are still reeling from a heated public debate over whether the state should allow Concord and Kannapolis to draw water from the Catawba River.
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"These are the problems that require a national operator to confront"  Officials in northern Italy are uniting in opposition to Air France-KLM's bid for ailing Alitalia SpA, which would make Rome the nation's only hub at the expense of Milan.The Air France plan _ which the Alitalia board tipped Friday as its preferred bidder over Italian airline Air One SpA _ would do away with Alitalia's two-hub system, one at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport and the other at Milan's Malpensa.Having a hub in Milan has been fiercely defended by northern politicians, but has been criticized as too expensive and impractical. Alitalia's board, under chairman Maurizio Prato, has already signaled its intention to cut traffic to Malpensa. Read more
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Ancora tensione a Sarno per le forti precipitazioni. Il mare in burrasca crea problemi in Campania, chiuso il porto di Napoli, ed in Calabria e Sicilia. Chiuse due piste dell&#39;aeroporto di Fiumicino. Pericolo valanghe in Trentino e Veneto &gt; Meteo &gt; Scheda.
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VALDARO, Italy  - Italy won't split up its Stone Age "lovers".
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ROME -- Saying it had been blindsided by the decision of the J. Paul Getty Museum to end talks over disputed antiquities, Italy lashed out yesterday at the Los Angeles institution and reiterated demands for the return of artworks.
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A statue has become a blazing symbol of Italyâs legal and moral battle against foreign museums and private collectors.
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One of Italy's most famous bell towers needs rescuing.
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For decades, Jersey City has been an experiment in peace between Muslims and Christians from Egypt. But since a family was found slain, a centuries-old rift has surfaced.
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ROME -- Recalling the horror the nation felt when its first hostage was killed in Iraq, word that a second Italian hostage was slain brought condemnation from the pope yesterday and fueled debate over Italy's role in the war-torn country.