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Domenico Lucano, the mayor of Riace, a small town in Calabria in southern Italy, was placed under house arrest for his alleged involvement in illegal “marriages of convenience” for immigration purposes. Lucano, who was named one of the world’s 50...

A submarine search for the remains of 24 American WWII soldiers whose amphibious vehicle sank in a storm on Italy’s Lake Garda was called off last month. A three-day expedition to find uniforms or remains of the men that drown on April 30, 1945 at...

October is Italy’s fall shoulder season, that travel period between peak and off-peak seasons. The weather has usually transitioned from summery and hot to cooler with more probability for rain. But, October is still one of the best times to visit...

Roslyn Torella grew up in a little village in northeast Ohio situated on the Mahoning River called Lowellville. As a teenager, she was convinced that Lowellville was the most boring place on Earth. However, in 2013, Roslyn began researching the...

Oct. 1-7, Clown&Clown Festival, Monte San Giusto, near Macerata and Rome in the Marche region. Shows, plays, exhibitions, workshops, and conferences are the center of these events of clownerie and clown-therapy. Clowns fill the village for over...

The Western Reserve Historical Society is pleased to announce that Basic II level language classes will be offered again this Fall. Classes will be taught by Serena Scaiola, a native speaker of Italian with many years of teaching experience at all...

Last month, the city of Florence banned snacking on the four streets that run through the city’s historic center. Anyone caught eating on the banned streets can be fined up to 500 euros. Restrictions apply during peak lunch and dinner hours for at...

U.S. coffee chain Starbucks opened its first branch in Italy last month. The former post office in Milan’s Piazza Cordusio, near the city’s cathedral, has been transformed into the “most beautiful Starbucks in the world,” according to the coffee...

The northern Italian region of Liguria is the longest-living in the European Union, according to figures from Italy’s national statistics office, Istat. Istat reports that more than three of every 100,000 Ligurians live to at least 105. La...

On August 14, the Morandi Bridge on the main motorway linking Italy to France collapsed killing 43 people and injuring dozens more. In September Italian magistrates announced they were investigating 20 people and the company that manages the Genoa...