Paul Ames and Ellen ConnollyMay 8, 2013 17:41Updated May 9, 2013 08:30

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Have the prosecutors finally got Berlusconi this time? Don't bet on it.

Ferrari to limit 2013 car sales to protect brand image

Samantha StainburnMay 8, 2013 12:21

Italian luxury car manufacturer Ferrari has announced it will sell fewer cars in 2013 to preserve the exclusivity of its brand.

Jessica PhelanMay 8, 2013 07:28

Chatter: Costa Concordia crash, take two?

A container ship crashes in northern Italy, Kurdish fighters begin their historic withdrawal from Turkey, the Brussels diamond thieves get busted, and Canada's poutine pop is not for the faint-hearted.

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Death toll rising in Genoa ship crash tragedy

Faine Greenwood and Paul AmesMay 8, 2013 08:09

At least seven people have been killed and more are missing after the cargo ship Jolly Nero slammed into a control tower at the busy port of Genoa late Tuesday night for as-yet-unexplained reasons.

Jason BerryMay 7, 2013 21:43

Pope Francis to meet with head nuns as cardinal criticizes Vatican crackdown

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious was put under official supervision more than one year ago, accused of "radical feminism."

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Pope Francis arrives to lead a Holy Mass for Confraternities on May 5, 2013 at St Peter's Square at the Vatican. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

Should Pope Francis continue a punitive strike against the mainstream organization of American nuns? Is the survival of the group representing 57,000 liberal US nuns even on His Holiness' radar screen? And if not, how do the group's leaders put it there?

Ex-Italian PM Giulio Andreotti dead at 94

Allison Jackson and Paul AmesMay 6, 2013 10:22

BRUSSELS — Andreotti was accused of exchanging the “kiss of honor” with a top mafia boss and for being involved in the execution-style murder of an Italian muckraking journalist.

Greece holds 24-hour anti-austerity strike as Europe protests on May Day (PHOTOS)

Priyanka Boghani and Paul AmesMay 1, 2013 10:36

BRUSSELS — Four years into the euro zone's debt crisis there was anger but also resignation at the traditional May Day labor protests and rallies around Europe. In Greece, the day was marked by the 20th one-day strike since the start of the crisis. Trade unions called for "mass mobilization" of protesters, as a general strike shut down ferry services and transportation, and left hospitals with reduced staff on Wednesday.

Freya PetersenApril 30, 2013 19:44

Italy facing shortage of pizza makers, despite big appetites and high unemployment

One out of every five managers surveyed for a report by FIPE, an Italian business federation, said that they were forced to hire unskilled laborers after failing to find anyone who was qualified.

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A pizzaiolo of the Brandi restaurant holds a pizza named after Queen Margherita of Savoy during a ceremony to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the pizza Margherita on June 11, 2009 in Naples. (MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Italy is facing an acute shortage of pizza makers.

One out of every five managers surveyed for a report by FIPE, an Italian business federation, said that they were forced to hire unskilled laborers after failing to find anyone who was qualified.

Despite a long recession and high unemployment, few Italians wan't the job because of the long hours and poor pay, ABC News reported.

New Italian gov't led by PM Enrico Letta buoys markets

Paul Ames and Priyanka Boghani April 29, 2013 11:44

BRUSSELS — Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, who was sworn in on Sunday, seeks the backing of parliament in a confidence vote on Monday. Markets opened with relief Monday that Italy finally has a new government two months after the general election. The Milan stock index performed robustly Monday morning and Italy sold government bonds at its lowest rates since October 2010.

2 Italian officers shot blocks away Prime Minister's office in Rome during swearing-in

Freya PetersenApril 28, 2013 07:49

Two Italian police officers have been shot and wounded blocks away from the Prime Minister's office in Rome as the new premier, Enrico Letta, was being sworn in.