Words by Michelle Fabio At the annual Sagra del Carciofo Romanesco in Ladispoli (RM) from 17-19 April, the Roman artichoke is king.
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Celebrating the Roman Artichoke in Ladispoli
Words by Carla Passino The Piedmontese resort has seen steady prices and a significant increase in transactions throughout last year. The Italian housing market may be wobbly but on the daring slopes of Sestriere it stands as solid as Alberto Tomba on his first World Cup slalom win.
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Sestriere bucks the slowdown trend
The foreign and university research ministries on Monday announced the first commercial gains for a ground-breaking Italian satellite system for Earth observation and disaster prevention.
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Italian earth-watch sat sees first profit
United States President Barack Obama on Monday made it clear that any aid to American automaker Chrysler would depend on it striking a partnership with Italy’s Fiat.
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Obama links aid to Chrysler to alliance with Fiat
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is ”old inside”, the leader of the centre-left opposition Democratic Party, Dario Franceschini, said Monday.
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Berlusconi ‘old inside’, Franceschini
Two minor quakes jolted the central Italian province of L’Aquila on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Officials said the epicentre was in an area between the towns of Pizzoli and Collimento and the city of L’Aquila.
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Two quakes jolt L’Aquila
Passengers on a Genoa bus were sent flying on Monday after the bus driver’s seat collapsed from under him as he drove through morning traffic. The driver found himself sprawled on the bus floor with a broken shoulder, but managed to reach the brake pedal with his hand and reduce the speed with which the bus hit a nearby wall
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Injured bus driver prevents disaster
A new exhibition here seeks to end a controversy that has dogged a renowned image by one of the world’s first photojournalists, Robert Capa, for over 30 years.
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Capa’s controversial War photo spotlighted in Milan show
Italy is facing the global economic crisis better than most countries and stands more of a chance of dealing with it, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday.
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Berlusconi upbeat on Italy’s chances of beating crisis
Social welfare policies are essential in addressing the global economic crisis, Italian Welfare Minister Maurizio Sacconi told the Group of Eight nations (G8) Social Summit meeting in Rome on Monday.
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Sacconi says welfare policies essential in facing crisis