Alexander BesantMarch 21, 2013 18:09

Italy said Thursday evening that it would send two marines back to India to face trial over the death of two fisherman.

David Rossi Monte dei Paschi bank media chief found dead

Alexander BesantMarch 7, 2013 16:20

David Rossi, the media spokesman for the embattled Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank, was found dead Wednesday.

US air force F-16 jet missing off Italian coast

Alexander BesantJanuary 28, 2013 17:54

A US air force F-16 jet based in Italy went missing off the Adriatic coast on Monday.

Christmas celebrated by thousands in Bethlehem, while Pope speech decries Syria

Alexander BesantDecember 25, 2012 09:35

Christians from all over the world flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem Tuesday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the West Bank town where it is believed he was born.

Guess who’s back?

Paul AmesDecember 11, 2012 07:00

BRUSSELS — Silvio Berlusconi casts a long shadow. On Monday it stretched from Rome to Oslo, where concern that the media mogul could return as Italy's prime minister clouded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union.

Italy: Is Berlusconi really bowing out this time?

GlobalPostNovember 6, 2012 07:00

ROME — Silvio Berlusconi's political career has risen from the grave more than once before. This time, however, Italians are wondering if the lid has finally come down on an era he defined more than anyone else.

Italian man scales St. Peter's to protest austerity

NEWS DESKOctober 3, 2012 15:33

De Finizio hung a banner that read, "Help! Enough Monti!" -- in reference to Italian President Mario Monti.

Gregory FeiferAugust 7, 2012 12:50

Italian economy continues shrinking

Austerity measures are pushing the country toward recession.

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Mario Monti had planned to serve until April 2013 when the current parliamentary term runs out. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)

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Preliminary figures from Italy show the economy contracted 0.7 percent in the second quarter. The news comes as Prime Minister Mario Monti pushes ahead with implementing almost $25 billion worth of austerity measures aimed at averting a euro zone debt crisis.

Italy’s ice cream avant-garde

Paul AmesJuly 29, 2012 06:00

ROME — Italians are expecting the opening of their country’s first ice cream museum, but forget any ideas that gelato is frozen in the past. A new wave of iconoclastic ice cream makers is revolutionizing the scene in Rome with flavors such as gorgonzola, mushroom and lobster with vodka.

Big cockroach infestation overrun the sanitation-plagued city of Naples

GlobalPostJuly 13, 2012 06:00

ROME, Italy — Naples may be famous for serenades such as “O Sole Mio” and “Santa Lucia,” but “La Cucaracha” may be more apt this summer. An infestation of oversized, red cockroaches — bugs up to three inches long — is alarming local residents in some neighborhoods of the southern Italian seaport.