ROME -- Can Piazza Armerina help save Pompeii?

 VENICE—The 55^th Venice Biennale's theme of the Encyclopedic Palace, a building containing all the world's knowledge, finds expression in the Luciano Benetton Collection, Imago Mundi

 ROME --The strength of Amara Lakhous’s second novel, Divorce Islamic Style, is his deep insight into the underworld of Muslim immigrants and their interaction with the dark side of Italy.

 ROME -- The only award I ever won during my whole scholastic career was for ‘Best Turn-Out’- I have a feeling it was a weekly thing and I only won it once, but rather pathetically I still cherish

ROME-The supreme court handed Silvio Berlusconi a 4 year prison term for tax fraud but his political future evidently hangs on a new trial to determine how long he is banned from public office.

ROME -The Corriere della Sera recently reported on “A European police force answerable to no Parliament” - the European Gendarmerie Force, an embryo EU paramilitary riot-police batallion, with 800

 ROME—Do you want to heal past trauma, overcome addictive behavior, and awaken to your true nature in a spiritually healing island paradise?

ROME – Here's my recipe: buy a cheap ticket to Italy, wrap up your day-dreaming, take your four wheels (I mean your wheelchair, not your Ferrari), cram in ambitions, surround with inspiring people.

ROME --Economic Development Minister Flavio Zanonato has visited the Maserati plant in Grugliasco where the new Quattroporte and Maserati Ghibli, to be launched this August, are produced.

ROME – A rare mix between a zebra and a donkey has been born in an animal reserve in Florence, owners have confirmed.

ROME – Police have seized 36 manuscripts and thousands of letters, drawings and notes made by Giovanni Verga in an operation conducted by the Cultural Heritage Protection Department.

ROME -- The world’s largest expat survey has been launched this week, offering participants the chance to win £1,000 in cash.