Tag: Italy
How ‘Lord of the Rings’ Inspires Italy’s Giorgia Meloni
But for Ms. Meloni, all of those took a back shelf to “The Lord of the Rings.” She…
How a Looming Oil Ban Could Devastate a Small Italian City
Like thousands of Sicilians who live near Priolo Gargallo, part of an industrial petrochemical hub on this island’s…
A Nigerian Street Vendor Is Beaten to Death in Italy as Witnesses Stand By
Mr. Ferlazzo, a 32-year-old factory worker, is being held on charges of homicide and robbery because he took…
Draghi’s Fall Reverberates Beyond Italy
ROME — Just over a month ago, Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy boarded an overnight train with…
Italy’s President Accepts Draghi Resignation, Calling for New Elections
ROME — Italy’s president on Thursday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, dissolved Parliament and called…
Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On
ROME — Customers in the Rome bookstore paid no attention to the circular stickers on the floor instructing…
In Rome, a New Museum for Recovered Treasures Before They Return Home
ROME — Last month, Italian officials inaugurated a new museum here whose title sets a lofty agenda: the…
Italy’s Unity Government Teeters, as Mario Draghi Offers to Resign
ROME — Italy’s golden period of stability suddenly seemed on the familiar precipice of chaos on Thursday after…
Deadly Glacier Collapse in Italy Shows Reach of Europe’s New Heat
CANAZEI, Italy — Days before a glacier in the Italian Dolomites broke off with the force of a…
2 Art Havens in the Hudson Valley Offer Nature Indoors and Out
Back in 1967, Arte Povera artists in Italy, the radicals of their time, hung out at the Piper…
Icons of Italian Automotive Style Struggle to Go Electric
SANT’AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy — The boys spilling out of a grade school in an Italian village went silent…
Federico Carboni Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide
ROME — For more than a year, media reports kept Italians up-to-date on the travails of a 44-year-old…