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 -- Journalist Alberto Mucci went to Porvoo to join Finland's notable Restaurant Day, serving leek and mushroom risotto and shots of espresso from sailboat Shanty’s taut kitchen.

ROME- The weak economy is visible to all but there is a parallel system crack at least as dangerous to the country’s wellbeing and stability, undermining the very structures of the country.

ROME- Italy always has difficulty accepting its past but with the passage of time, instead of the past becoming clearer, it becomes dirtier and dirtier.

ROME- It is obvious enough but has to be said: there is no perfect electoral
system. If we want to elect a legislature, there are two major issues to

ROME- Seven gold, six silver, and four bronze, so far, these are the Italian winnings at the London Olympics. It is the last week, with much more to go.

ROME- Instead of winding down for the summer break, Italy has a corruption scandal in the north, a major mafia investigation in the south and regional governments with serious budget deficits acros

ROME-Five years after the long overdue revolution which re-organized the Italian intelligence services, a new bill on spying has been quickly and quietly approved in the Chamber of Deputies.

ROME- The Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Monti, will visit Finland on early August on the invitation of Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, who met him in Rome last April.

ROME- The ninth edition of the Giornate degli Autori next month will open with Women´s Tales in collaboration with Miu Miu under the direction of Giorgio Gosetti.

ROME-When Margaret Thatcher made an unscheduled speech to a Tory election rally in Plymouth, the local cinema was showing “The Mummy returns”. She started her speech by mentioning this and adding “

ROME- The two Sicilian cities Acate and Santo Pietro hosted a ceremony the other day to commemorate the Italian soldiers who died in a "massacre" inflicted by American troops in 1943.

ROME- TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, uncovered Top 3 Apulian Provinces which have seen the greatest growth in Italian travellers interest. 

 MODENA -- The Band of the Life Guards will climax the 21st Modena International Military Tattoo being held this week in the central Italian city.

ROME- The launch of the first museum dedicated to the history, culture and technology of artisan gelato is set for Sept. 27 and the celebration will not be a meagre one.

ROME –Entrepreneur, designer, and lifetime senator, Sergio Pininfarina, who died this week at age 85, was the number one stylist of the made-in-Italy automobile industry.

ROME- The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Fincantieri signed the first 80 million euro tranche of a 140 million euro loan for financing the Italian shipbuilder’

GROSSETO— Experts from the Tribunal of Grosseto called in to investigate the Costa Concordia shipwreck of Jan.

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.