Italy

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News about Italy, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 18, 2014

Gorgona Journal; inmates and guards at penal colony on Gorgona, small island between Corsica and Italy, celebrate release of 2013 vintage of a wine named in its honor; on Gorgona, inmates work to produce wine in new approach to incarceration that aims to provide skills for life after release. MORE
Jul. 16, 2014

Italy, struggling with stagnant economy and crushing public debt, has been soliciting corporate and international donations to repair its historic sites and monuments; Italy once relied on government to preserve national treasures, and some historians worry that corporate involvement could lead to crass commercialization. MORE
Jul. 12, 2014

Claudio Descalzi, new chief executive of energy giant Eni, informs union leaders of plan to close much of the company's unprofitable refinery network in Italy; decision puts company on collision course with workers and possibly the Italian government. MORE
Jul. 3, 2014

Italian Prime Min Matteo Renzi means to use Italy's six-month tenure in the European Union presidency as platform from which to seek relief for his country's debt-saddled economy; will promote policies that focus on growth. MORE
Jul. 2, 2014

Raffaele Sollecito, co-defendant with his former girlfriend Amanda Knox in 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, announces new appeal strategy that separates his defense from Knox's; says statement by Knox exonerates him and provides an alibi. MORE

Articles

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De Blasio and Family Land in Rome, And the Cameras Start Snapping

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM

An unshaven Bill de Blasio, along with his family, emerged from the airport in Rome on Sunday to face reporters and gawking Italians eager for a selfie with the New York City mayor.

July 21, 2014, Monday

MORE ON ITALY AND: de Blasio, Dante , de Blasio, Bill , Italy , New York City , de Blasio, Chiara

City Politics Abhors a Vacation

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

Officeholders, like Mayor Bill de Blasio, are in the difficult position of having to showcase family devotion, only to face scrutiny when they honor the obligations of parenthood.

July 20, 2014, Sunday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Travel and Vacations , Italy , New York City , de Blasio, Bill

A Palace of Wonders

By FRANK ROSE

The grand Italian villa of Giuseppe Panza di Biumo is the home of a small but powerful exhibition of works by Robert Irwin and James Turrell, exploring the limits of perception.

July 20, 2014, Sunday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Art , Turrell, James , Italy , Irwin, Robert

Brothers Provide Italy With Relief on the Golf Course, at Least

By KAREN CROUSE

The Molinari brothers, Francesco and Edoardo, were two of the three Italians in the top 25 after two rounds of the British Open.

July 20, 2014, Sunday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Italy , Golf , Molinari, Francesco , Molinari, Edoardo , British Open (Golf)

Conviction of Berlusconi in Sex Case Is Overturned

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

An appeals court acquitted the former Italian prime minister of paying for sex with a minor and revoked his seven-year sentence and ban from public office.

July 19, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Milan (Italy) , Forza Italia , Italy , Berlusconi, Silvio , Mahroug, Karima el- , Decisions and Verdicts

Dislocation, Italian Style

By HOLLY BRUBACH

I realized that my assumptions about medicine were in keeping with my American outlook on life, which, like it or not, revolves around money.

July 19, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Hospitals , Italy , Medicine and Health

A Fruity Italian Blend, Redolent of Fresh Air and Rehabilitation

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

In an Italian penal colony, inmates work to produce wine in a new approach to incarceration that aims to provide skills for life after release.

July 18, 2014, Friday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Frescobaldi, Lamberto , Italy , Wines , Gorgona (Italy) , Prisons and Prisoners

De Blasio Takes a Vacation, and a Calculated Risk

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM

Mayor Bill de Blasio is gambling that residents will be sympathetic to his need for time off and that no major crisis will occur during his absence.

July 17, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Italy , Politics and Government , de Blasio, Bill , New York City , Travel and Vacations , Long Island Rail Road Co , James, Letitia , Strikes

Corporate Medicis to the Rescue

By GAIA PIANIGIANI and JIM YARDLEY

As Italy struggles with a stagnant economy and crushing public debt, politicians are now looking to private companies to help preserve its cultural heritage.

July 16, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Historic Buildings and Sites , Italy , Restoration and Renovation , Rome (Italy)

MoMA Names New Architecture and Design Curator

By ROBIN POGREBIN

The Museum of Modern Art has picked a Swiss art history professor to be its new curator for architecture.

July 15, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON ITALY AND: Stierli, Martino , Architecture , Design , Museum of Modern Art , Bergdoll, Barry , Zurich (Switzerland) , Venice (Italy)

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Italy at a Glance

Official Name: Italian Republic
Capital: Rome (Current local time)
Government Type: Republic
Year of Independence: 1861
Web site: Parlamento.it (In Italian)