Italy News

Brunelleschi's dome atop the Santa Maria del Fiore dominates the skyline of Florence, Italy.

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.

Anyone who visits the Mizpah Cemetery might pass by the grave of Hermann Wygoda and see the inscription "A man of honor." Though apt, the epitaph barely scratches the surface of the man's legacy.

Italy's new government, already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday lays out its plans to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people.

While Naples' oldest pizzeria offers a full-service dining room, you couldn't do better than to visit the 183-year-old place, grab a small, folded portafoglio pizza wrapped in paper, and eat it while walking around the block, where you'll find an incredible selection of new and antiquarian bookstores.

An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people.

Alice Titzova of the PR agency 2media says the photos, stolen late Monday, were to be on display starting May 30 at the Prague Castle.

The author of The Da Vinci Code was in the capital on Monday as part of the Dublin Writers Festival.

He lived in Martinsburg for most of his life and was raised by his grandmother, Laura Ingram.

Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty," a nostalgic, melancholic ode to the eternal city Rome, is one of several films that touch on the unraveling of contemporary Italy in official selection at the Cannes film festival this year.

Alone bell tolls from somewhere close by, not an unfamiliar sound when you're in Italy, but at this moment it's rather more poignant.

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano called for a "firm and constant commitment" to battling prejudice against homosexuals, as Italy observed "Anti-Homopobia Day" on May 17.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's 2010 relationship with Moroccan Karima El Mahroug, nicknamed Ruby Rubacuori ,' has led to underage prostitution charges for the Italian leader, who as Europe's most famous 'creepy old man,' is no stranger to scandal.

Viking River Cruises, the biggest river cruise line, unveiled plans for a new ocean-going cruise product.

The weekend may have just ended, but it's never too early to look ahead to the next one.

A university near Torino, Italy, licensed by the state of New Hampshire, had its degree-granting authority extended for another year by the state Higher Education Commission.

Nice, France: If you want wild flavors, you'll find them at Fenocchio, a family-owned parlor scooping up scrumptiousness since 1966.

ROME Iginio Straffi , the director, writer, and producer behind Italy's most successful animated films, will be honored as the filmmaker of the year at the Ischia Global Film and Music Festival, organizers said Monday, also naming the first six films that will screen at the summer festival.

Local authorities said Paul Towning, 51, was with a group of six divers taking part in a week long programme involving several deep water explorations on ships that had been sunk during World War Two.

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