Giorgio Napolitano News

Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano talks to his Latvian counterpart Andris Berzins as they attend a joint news conference in Helsinki February 11, 2012.

A firefighting helicopter flies over the Costa Concordia cruise ship after it was wrecked off the west coast of Italy at Giglio Island.

Making my way from Milan to Rome in recent days, I experienced firsthand the rancorous process under way to deleverage Italy's sovereign debt and impose more competitive habits on the languorous rhythms of this Mediterranean culture.

Few people outside Italy are aware that six seismologists and a government official are on trial in the small city of LAquila.

Few people outside Italy are aware that six seismologists and a government official are on trial in the small city of L'Aquila. But the story has implications for scientists, engineers, administrators, and legal systems far beyond Italy's borders.

Making my way from Milan to Rome in recent days, I experienced firsthand the rancorous process under way to deleverage Italy 's sovereign debt and impose more competitive habits on the languorous rhythms of this Mediterranean culture.

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, a past president of Italy and a founding member of the former Christian Democrats, died Sunday Jan.

International Holocaust Day, which was approved at the United Nations in 2005, is being marked by numerous events in Italy.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai shake hands after signing of documents during a meeting at the Chigi Palace in Rome January 26, 2012.

Italy's new prime minister is a skilled media manager who intends to go down in history as the leader who restored pride to his country The label given to Mario Monti of technocrat is about to come unstuck.

La Scala's general manager said Tuesday that he hopes Premier Mario Monti's government will avoid cutting spending for culture, noting that music and theater can help unite people.