Merkel praises Italian premier for 'courage' with reforms
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday praised Italian premier Matteo Renzi's "courage" in making significant structural changes in Italy's economy.
Fugitive mafia boss Domenico Rancadore wins extradition fight
The fugitive mafia boss Domenico Rancadore is to walk free from a London prison after winning his battle against extradition to Italy.
Silvio Berlusconi seeks return to political life in European elections
The 77-year-old billionaire media tycoon said on Saturday he was ready to head the list of candidates to be proposed by his Forza Italia party even though he was stripped of his Senate seat last year.
The Eternal City: 3000 Years and Not Feeling Them (Almost)
A conversation with Mayor Ignazio Marino, A member of the center-left Democratic Party, Marino held a seat in the Italian Senate from 2006 until his election as mayor of Rome in June 2013.
Celebrating Women's History Month: Nobel Laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012)
March is Women's History Month, and our choice to celebrate is an exceptional Italian woman who had deep ties with the United States and international influence. Neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini overcame Fascist racial laws to continue her research, including in St. Louis after WWII, and was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1986 for discovery of the nerve growth factor (NGF), seen in the rapid growth of cancer cells. Her work has also contributed to studies of senile dementia.
Passeggiate Romane. Alberto Giacometti alla Galleria Borghese
Esposizione temporanea, fino al 25 maggio 2014, di quaranta sculture in bronzo di Alberto Giacometti organizzata da Anna Coliva, direttrice della galleria e da Christian Klemm, illustre studioso dell’opera dell’artista
March 15, 2014
“Crimes of Art + Terror”… “Magister Ludi” Frank Lentricchia’s last “Glass Bead Game”? … Here’s Hope’n
“The Magister Ludi gradually came to doubt that the intellectually gifted have a right to withdraw from life's big problems. Knecht comes to see Castalia as a kind of Ivory Tower, an ethereal and protected community, devoted to pure intellectual pursuits but oblivious to the problems posed by life outside its borders.
“Chiara” di Dacia Maraini. Da donna a donna
Ascolto una delle più grandi scrittrici contemporanee. Presenta il suo ultimo libro “Chiara di Assisi. Elogio della disobbedienza” alla Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.
Sono lì dopo aver letto il romanzo intriso tra l’altro di messaggi, anche per la società di oggi e soprattutto per le donne. Alla fine la intervisto per il nostro programma televisivo e ho l’opportunità di approndire con lei alcuni temi
The Great Beauty film director honoured for 'making Rome proud'
The Italian capital has bestowed honorary citizenship on film director Paolo Sorrentino after The Great Beauty – in which Rome is used as a huge, mesmerising film set – triumphed at the Oscars.
Fiat estimates sales of 5 mln vehicles in 2016, CEO says
Carmaker Fiat estimates its new combined brand could sell 5 million vehicles in 2016, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said Thursday.
Italian PM Matteo Renzi promises €1,000 to low-paid workers
Italy's new prime minister has promised to put an extra €1,000 per year in the pockets of the country's low-paid workers as part of €10bn worth of tax cuts that he hopes will help jolt the eurozone's third-largest economy out of the doldrums.
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