Articles by ITALY

A study conducted by the world’s largest travel site, TripAdvisor, reveals that Italian hotels are the best on the old continent.TripAdvisor presented…
words by Carol KingFamed for its torrone sweet nougat, Cremona in Lombardy is the ideal place for those with a sweet tooth at any time of year, but mo…
words by Carol KingAn off-duty policeman found what is believed to be an 18th-century Spanish galleon near the tiny island of Capo Passero off the Sic…
words by Carol KingItalian chef Antonio Carluccio will prepare an Italian Christmas lunch alongside inmates of a British prison. The celebrity chef wi…
words by Carol KingThe Pope likes James Bond – or so it seems because the Vatican’s daily newspaper ‘L’Osservatore Romano’ has given a thumbs-up to th…
words by Carol King American magazine ‘TIME’ has devoted its iconic front-cover slot to Italian soccer star Mario Balotelli. A photo of the 22-year-…
Readers of ‘Condé Nast Traveler’ voted Florence the ‘Top City in Europe’ in the American magazine’s prestigious awards.Readers voted Rome third and Ve…
words by Carol KingResearchers all over the world are now able to view documents in the Medici Grand Ducal Archival Collection (Mediceo del Principato…
words by Carol KingFashion designer Pierre Cardin is to build an 800-foot-tall skyscraper in the Veneto region that he hopes will help boost the econo…
words by Carol KingPop star Lady Gaga is looking to buy a property in Milan according to Italian media reports.Magazine ‘Di Tutto’ reports that the so…
words by Carol KingCustomers at the L’è Maiala! restaurant in Florence can pay for a meal with fruit, vegetables, handicrafts, wine, olive oil, painti…
Words by Carol KingThe results of the regional elections in Sicily herald a new era in Italian politics. They signal how Italians may vote in the fort…
words by Carol KingA Milan court has convicted former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi of tax fraud and sentenced him to four years in prison.The cas…
words by Carol King Former premier and leader of the Popolo della Libertà (People of Freedom, PdL) political party, Silvio Berlusconi, said farewell…
words by Carol KingThe most iconic churches in Rome and the Vatican will be the venue for November’s International Festival of Sacred Music and Art.No…
words by Carol King Francesco Menegazzo is the winner of Italy’s first-ever season of the popular TV reality show ‘The Apprentice’. A 29-year-old ba…
words by Carol KingEditor in chief of ‘Vogue Italia’, Franca Sozzani, has received the America Award presented by the Fondazione Italia USA (Italy-USA…
words by Carol KingAn Italian court found six Italian scientists and an ex-government official guilty of manslaughter over the earthquake in L’Aquila,…
words by Carol KingThe public prosecutor’s office in Caltagirone, Sicily has issued an order blocking the construction of the Mobile User Objective Sy…
words by Carol KingBritish celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has turned her attention to Italian cuisine with her BBC TV show ‘Nigellissima’. The UK’s fav…