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A church in southern Italy dismantled by an artist who planned to rebuild it at New York's Museum of Modern Art is being returned to its original site, Italian police said Saturday.
Two smartly-dressed men armed with forged bond certificates worth trillions of euros have been caught while trying to talk their way into the Vaticane's bank, in a spectacularly bungled fraud scheme.
There are many things we associate with Italian culture - espresso coffee, scooters, gelato, expensive designer clothing. But perhaps more central to the Italian character is the way they use their hands to animate their speech.
President Obama made a congratulatory call Monday to new Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
In spring, ambitious reforms began in Italy. Under Matteo Renzi, the ailing economy will either begin a real recovery, or slide further. The outcome is vital to Italy, Europe and the global economy.
Italy's labor minister on Wednesday told the Senate labor committee that an EU-funded program to place youth in jobs or training could help some 900,000 Italians.
Premier Matteo Renzi said Monday that he has proposed his hometown of Florence play host to the summit of leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries in 2017.
An Italian gangster living under house arrest was arrested and sent back to court because he could not resist the lure of a pizzeria near his home.
Puglia pastry chef Angelo Bisconti says he will bake and then give away 5,000 special chocolate "pasticiotti" pastries in Rome on Thursday in honor of US President Barack Obama's visit.
The governor of Lombardy this week asked the head of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) to propose a special sports enclave for the site of Milan Expo 2015, to be built after the conclusion of the food-themed world fair next year.