The new Italian government resurrects plans for a colossal bridge between Calabria and Sicily expected to develop commerce and tourism. According to the parliamentary opposition, the impact on the marine flora and fauna would be devastating
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Next Saturday in Rome, at the ancient fortress of Castel Sant'Angelo, Michelangelo’s “Girandola” will finally come back to life, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Sistine Chapel.
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Italy is the first non-English speaking country to host the renowned experiment of citizen journalism on television created by the former Vice-President and Nobel Prize winner
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Not since the 1970’s and the Years of Lead has Italian society been confronted with such an onslaught of problems, all at the same time, and all on ghastly display here in Naples...
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Turin's annual Book Fair, Italy's largest, became the subject of political debate for the first time in its history when it honored Israeli writers this year. Demonstrations associated with pro-Palestinian groups preceded and lasted well into the event. Intellectuals from all sides of the ideological divide weighed in, while Italy's president, Giorgio Napolitano, was called to oversee the fair
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May 9th is Italy's Memorial Day, instated only last year in commemoration of the victims of the terrorist attacks that plagued Italy in the 1970s. President Giorgio Napolitano gave a solemn, mournful speech that marked the day and stirred the collective memory
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Andy Warhol made some of the most recognizable art of the 20th century. Now two students from Palermo borrow his loud, colorful style to send a message about art and politics to their sleepy city
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L’Italia è il primo paese non anglofono ad ospitare il famoso esperimento di citizen journalism televisivo inventato dall’ex vicepresidente e premio Nobel.
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The seemingly never-ending primaries beg a host of questions: why is the process so long? Can the American public, and the Democratic party alike, survive the internal bickering? And more importantly, does Hillary Clinton really have a shot at the nomination? A gifted academic sheds some light
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A disquieting installation on view in a chic new Roman art gallery on Via Somalia evokes the myriad mysteries still surrounding the kidnapping and assassination of the president of Italy's Christian Democratic party on May 9, 1978.
