Thirty years ago, The Friendship Force of Southern New Jersey took wing when its first contingent of locals flew on a charter flight to a small town in Italy.

Piacenza, October 28 - A passion for the outdoors and a trend in small-scale paintings are explored in an exhibition here looking at Macchiaioli artists, their brethren and successors.

At almost $60 per pound, culatello can't hold a candle to pata negra jamon, costwise, but it still seems expensive, right? Last week we marveled at the $169.00 per pound Bellota variety of the jamon Iberico called pata negra.

According to tradition, this bishop was one of many Irishmen who criss-crossed Europe in the early Middle Ages.

Bulgarian coat of arms. In the European tradition, at weddings of nobles special coats of arms are made, which are comprised of the newly married couple's family symbols.

Submitted by Warner Theatre on 2009-09-30.   Considered one of Verdi's greatest accomplishments, Rigoletto will be shown in HD with digital surround sound at the Warner Theatre's, Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

Marco Bellocchio was the angry young man of Italian cinema. Chris Darke reviews his landmark `Fists in the Pocket', now re-released Chris Darke In contemporary film, depicting family life as dysfunctional is de rigueur.

Correspondence to Marco Franceschini, MD, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, via della Pisana 235, 00163, Rome, Italy.

How complicated can zucchini be? After all, most people's biggest problem usually seems to be getting rid of it.

How complicated can zucchini be? After all, most people's biggest problem usually seems to be getting rid of it.

How complicated can zucchini be? After all, most people's biggest problem usually seems to be getting rid of it.

The National Para-cycling Team came back with strong performances from the first edition of the Piacenza - Cortemaggiore International Para-cycling Cup being held on July 25th and 26th in Italy.

Italian fashion designer whose signature style of relaxed yet luxurious ready-to-wear and elegant, intricately beaded evening wear helped introduce ease and streamlined modernity to late 20th-century dressing.

How complicated can zucchini be? After all, most people's biggest problem usually seems to be getting rid of it.

Hundreds of people -- some sobbing and crying out, "Why are they doing this?" -- bid an emotional and largely ceremonial goodbye today to a Newark priest who served the same Italian-American parish for 54 years.

Roma A- Today, 30 June, in the Chapel of the Centro di Studi Superiori di Roma, 38 Legionaries of Christ were ordained deacons.

Massimo Capra Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2009 10:31AM EDT A bout a month ago I was in Italy, visiting family and friends.

Rome, June 9 - The centre right led by Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday hailed local election results from the weekend where it made a much stronger showing than elections for the European Parliament.

Confessing in the Catholic church has long provided material for Hollywood screen-writers, with a dark wooden booth, a priest's stern silhouette glimpsed through a screen and the uttered phrase "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned." But, according to the Vatican, real life confessions are in danger of turning into cosy counselling sessions, which ...

Anti-fraud police said on Friday they had seized 5 000 fake paintings imitating the works of Futurism, the early 20th century Italian art movement.