Italy

Rome - Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have defended the former’s comment that IVF children are like “synthetic babies.” The move has come following Elton John’s campaign to boycott the brand.

PARIS - It is now expected that Italy’s GDP will see a 0.6 percent growth this year, 0.4 per cent higher than was initially forecast, the OECD said Wednesday.

ROME – The Mayor of Verona, Flavio Tosi, has officially launched his candidacy for the Veneto regional election following his ousting from the Northern League.

ROME – The #emptymuseo initiative has created a window into Italy’s museums.

ROME - Economic growth and reduced emissions are both feasible.

ROME - Paisan has been launched at the Foreign Press Association in Rome.

CERVETERI - The magnificent Necropolis of Banditaccia has been restored to its former glory.

ROME- German correspondent Tobias Piller was elected president of Italy's foreign press club Friday after members were told accepting new club premises on offer could herald "the death of the assoc

ROME –The

 John Hooper’s The Italians is an introduction to contemporary Italy, aiming to reveal ‘what makes Italians tick.’

TURIN – More than one thousand taxi drivers took to the streets in protest against private app-based taxi companies.

ROME– Elizabeth Macdonald’s electrifying read, A House of Cards, captures what many attempted before, the myriad contradictions that render Italy irresistible but infuriating to foreigners

ROME - From Nazi enterprises to money laundering and profiteering, the new book, God’s Bankers, by Gerald Posner, claims to blow the lid off of the secretive world of Vatican Banking.

ROME - verybello.it, an online platform showcasing over 1300 events around Italy during the Expo Milan 2015 fair, set off a storm as it was unveiled by Culture Minister Dario Franceschini last week