ROME - Majid Barzegar’s film Parviz, centering on power and its destructiveness in the hands of those unprepared for it, has won Asiatica film festival’s 2012 NETPAC award.

MAZARO DEL VALLO, Sicily -- Libyan forces opened fire on two Italian fishing boats in the strait of Sicily on Sunday, the foreign ministry said.

COSENZA – Macedonian author Goce Smilevski and Egyptian writer Ala al-Aswani have received the prestigious Mediterranean Culture Prize at a glittering ceremony sponsored by the Carical foundation.

ROME - Financial markets surged as the European Central Bank unveiled a government bond-buying programme to shore up finances of struggling Spain and Italy

ROME- Registration is open for the 97^thannual International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show(IHMRS) and 3^rdannual Boutique Design New York (BDNY).

Rome -- In August Italy normally sinks into a torpor and the most serious worry is whether there is space on your favorite beach or mountain path.

ROME— WFP Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin, commemorated World Humanitarian Day Sunday and remembered “fallen heroes” around the world who dedicated their lives to save those of others.

ROME –The community of Sant’Egidio hosted a conference calling on the United Nations to intervene in the unstable situation in Syria in effort to bring back peace and diplomacy.

ROME-The last stage of the Chamber of Commerce project that shows Rome and the Lazio region to the Americas was held recently in Toronto. 

ROME- Slow Food will hold a conference aimed at promoting dialogue between civil society and European Institutions on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

ROME-The dazzling Diamond Jubilee birthday party of Queen Elizabeth II held in Villa Wolkonski was an outstanding effort by British Ambassador, Christopher Prentice and his talented staff.

ROME- A dramatic turning point took place in the Rebibbia courtroom bunker during the third hearing of the trial against the alleged Somali pirates last week.

ROME - Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama is the recipient of the 28th edition of "Premio Archivio Disarmo Colombe d’Oro per la Pace 2012," organisers said. Mons.

PORTRUSH, COUNTYANTRIM --If any picture is worth a thousand words, it must be this one.

ROME- The UK economy needs another big dose of quantitative easing to kick-start the stalled recovery, a Bank of England policymaker has asserted.