ROME-- The New Yorker has a crowd of furry animals rushing over a cliff until one of them realises that they are lemurs, not lemmings.

ROME-- Domenico Quirico, the Italian reporter who has been missing in Syria for 58 days has been in touch with his wife through a brief telephone call, reports Mario Calabresi, the head of the Italian press.

ROME-- Centre-left candidate Ignazio Marino defeated post-Fascist Gianni Alemanno to become Mayor of Rome in a run-off election Monday, officials said.

ROME-- A row over Britain’s failure to back an EU law which bans the use of supermarket plastic bags throughout Europe has caused a fresh bout of friction between Italian and UK relations.

In line with the implementation of a proceduce foreseen in the EU program, Regional Development Program, NDP "Research and Competitiveness" 2007-2013 ERDF., the Ministry of Economic Development, by the Decree of 6 March 2013, has decided to establish a new aid scheme aimed at promoting the birth of new businesses

ROME-- Last week there was a flurry of Italian national pride when European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said that Italy, like Bulgaria and Romania, was ungovernable.

ROME-- Sunday was the anniversary of the foundation of the Italian Republic; in 1946, Italians voted in favour of a Republic rather than the constitutional monarchy which had governed the country since 1861.

 BOLOGNA -- Change is everywhere- We see it in society, technology, politics, nature, and photography, which not only observes the changes in reality but also changes along with it

ROME—Loro Piana, a luxury goods company based in Italy, has secured a significant share in Sanin SA, an Argentinian organisation which possesses the right to carry out the safe and controlled shearing of wild vicunas, a highly lucrative breed for poachers in South America.

MILAN-- Milano Food Week is far more than what you may expect.

ROME-- Both Italian and UK news headlines have been tainted this month by the recent re-application of the Gelmini law, which has seen the salaries of up to 91 foreign lecturers, or lettori as they are known in Italian, being slashed by up to sixty per cent.

ROME-- The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) signed in Rome a €600 million loan for rebuilding industrial infrastructure in areas hit by the earthquake in Emilia-Romagna one year ago.

ROME–Prime Minister Enrico Letta faces mounting pressure over discrimination against UK lecturers working in Italian universities with a question tabled in the House of Commons on the pay cuts.

ROME-- MEISSEN® ITALIA,  a new Italian luxury group and the daughter of MEISSEN® Manufactory which has over 300 years of history, has just announced the launch of its new brand of couture.

ROME -- Former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti died at his home in the Italian capital Monday, his family said. He was 94.

ROME-- On Wednesday the Pitigliani Centre in Rome hosted a conference “For Ferramonti. Memoria 70x25” organised by Anna Longo from the RAI and Teresa Grande from the University of Calabria.

 ROME -- These last few days as Enrico Letta became the favourite for prime minister, the question from all but serious political nerds was “Who is Letta?