Travel

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- Would you like to win up to €1,000 worth of digital camera equipment, plus a trip for two to Brussels? 

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

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

CARAVAGGIO- Today many assume that the town Caravaggio was named after the great painter. In fact, he was named after the town.  Michelangelo Merisi da (from) Caravaggio was born here in 1571.

ROME - A national strike organized by independent unions to protest austerity measures hit both public and private transportation across Italy Friday.

Rome -Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air has appointed “Rephouse” as Passenger Sales Agent to its non-stop service between Rome and Bahrain.

Rome- Wizz Air airline in Central and Eastern Europe has just announced two new routes from Ljubljana to Brussels-Charleroi and London-Luton from October 2012.

Rome-- Wizz Air, the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, established in Hungary in 2003, launched its Italian winter schedule with 47 low-fare routes offered from 12 a

ROME -- The European Commission's legislative proposals for more competitive ground-handling services, better usage of take-off and landing slots and a harmonised approach to reduce noise nuisance

ROME-- Italian cruise operator Costa Cruises saw a sharp rise in bookings last month, after the slump in sales following the fatal Concordia disaster earlier this year.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is holding a recruitment day in Milan on May 8.  

ROME -- A cat loving charity is organising a 12 day tour of Italy’s cultural and catty hotspots.

ROME -- Finnish flag carrier Finnair has reported excellent financial results for the first quarter of 2012 for its Italy branch.

ROME -- While Ferraris and Mercedes fly round the F1 track, those flying with Gulf Air will be able to watch it live from the plane.

ROME -- Italo, billed as the most modern train in Europe and Italy's first ever privatised Rail service, will begin running this month.

ROME -- National carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gulf Air, has been ranked second in the Middle East for achieving an on-time performance (OTP) of 86.56 per cent for the year’s first quarter Jan

VALLETTA, MALTA -- The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist in the cathedral in Malta is the only painting that Caravaggio ever signed. He signed it in the Baptist’s blood on the pavement.

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MILAN – Anarchist insurgents have been accused of setting light to a railway line in Milan in protest against the controversial Tav high-speed rail network.