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The Expo Gate in central Milan. The 2015 world fair is expected to give a boost to Italy's ailing economy...
John Hooper says he is often a little puzzled by Italy.
“It’s a country that seems to be all on the surface, but actually a lot of things are hidden,” said Hooper, author of “The Italians,” a cultural study of the country that was published by Viking recently. “That can be at times sinister, but it can also be fascinating and rewarding, if you go off the beaten track.”
Elio Toaff, the chief rabbi of Rome for half a century, who as a leader of Italian Jewry during its revival after World War II helped forge more amicable relations between Jews and the Vatican, died on Sunday in Rome. He was 99.
Little Italy will be covered in color and art this weekend as the 31st Annual Mission Federal ArtWalk hits the streets. The popular, free outdoor arts festival is happening both Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with more than 120,000 people expected to enjoy the art vendors, live music and interactive, art-focused activities.
In the latest in the series looking at the challenges facing countries in Europe, BBC News met a pensioner in Italy.
One of Italy’s lesser-known lakes is likely to become considerably more famous after the wrap artist Christo has his way with it. For just over two weeks, in June 2016, floating walkways lined with bright yellow fabric will create a walkway around Lake Iseo, in the Lombardy region, joining the mainland to the lake islands. The fabric will continue on pedestrian streets in two mainland towns.
The Mediterranean Sea, cradle of our civilization, is becoming a deathbed for thousands of nameless, desperate men, women and children. These people had lives full of pain, despair and hope, which led them to become victims of human trafficking. The voices of mothers who lost their children at sea will haunt our consciences. We must stop this carnage.
A destination for the destitute, Sicily is the "promised land" for thousands of migrants and refugees making the desperate journey from North Africa to Europe's Mediterranean coast
INEO, Sicily — When the Italian Coast Guard first got a call Saturday night from a fishing boat alerting it to a large vessel carrying migrants in the Mediterranean between the Libyan coast and the Italian island of Lampedusa, it radioed the nearest commercial ship, a Portuguese freighter called the King Jacob, to go help.
For an Italian speaker in a foreign country, situations can get tricky when Italian words mean something totally different in a foreign language.