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HOW A RETURN TO TRADITIONAL SKILLS IS BOOSTING ITALY
Concerned about its ageing needle workers, Brioni opened the tailoring school in 1985 to ensure their skills were passed on... READ MORE›
ITALIAN MONASTERY SEEKS SALVATION IN BEER AFTER DEVASTATING QUAKE
His Rule of St. Benedict, a series of teachings for monks, formed the basic precepts for thousands of monasteries in Europe... READ MORE›
TWO EARTHQUAKES SHAKE UP CENTRAL ITALY
Carlo Meletti, of the national volcanology center, noted that in past earthquake disasters aftershocks had continued for some six months... READ MORE›
ITALYS ZONE OF ENDLESS SHAKING
Cesare Onori, in San Pellegrino di Norcia, has 45 cows living under a rickety roof... READ MORE›
LATEST ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES MEDIEVAL CHURCHES AND OTHER SITES
A 15th century church, San Salvatore in Campi, had been shattered in an earthquake Wednesday... READ MORE›
NEW ITALY QUAKE SOWS TERROR, FLATTENS HISTORIC CHURCH
Much of Italy's land mass and some of its surrounding waters are prone to seismic activity with the highest risk concentrated along its mountainous central spine... READ MORE›
DISGRACED BRITISH ART DEALER'S PRICELESS TREASURE TROVE DISCOVERED HIDDEN IN GENEVA
The investigation dates back to March 2014, when the Italians first began to suspect that looted antiquities might be kept in storage in Geneva... READ MORE›
ANOTHER POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE RATTLES CENTRAL ITALY, BUILDINGS CRUMBLE
These earthquakes are bringing all of central Italy to its knees, Tolentino Mayor Giuseppe Pezzanesi said... READ MORE›
AMANDA KNOX REVEALS A LESBIAN INMATE TRIED TO SEDUCE HER IN PRISON
She acknowledged that there is something titillating about the idea of cooped-up women prisoners having sex with each other... READ MORE›
ITALY APPLIES FOR WORLD HERITAGE STATUS FOR PROSECCO-GROWING REGION AS SALES OF THE FIZZY STUFF BOOM
Buoyed by a seemingly unquenchable British thirst for prosecco, the Italian region that produces the sparkling wine is seeking World Heritage status... READ MORE›
ATTRACTIONS IN ITALY'S EARTHQUAKE- HIT REGION IN BID FOR WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
Italy is proposing a hill town in Umbria and a religious festival in the mountain city of L rsquo Aquila for World Heritage status... READ MORE›
ITALY RACES TO FIND EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS
Hardest hit were the small towns and villages in the mountainous area where the regions of Umbria, Lazio and Le Marche meet... READ MORE›
LA SCALA CONDUCTOR ATTACKS OPERA-GOER FOR TAKING PHOTOS
Daniel Barenboim, conductor of Milan's La Scala opera house, reprimands 'badly educated' patrons... READ MORE›
OFFICIALS IN QUAKE-RIDDEN CENTRAL ITALY ASSESS DAMAGE
The quakes, shaking buildings in Rome some 230 kilometers 145 miles southwest of the epicenter, were actually aftershocks of the magnitude 6.2 earthquake from two months ago... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES TO 159 'INCLUDING MANY CHILDREN' AS 'APOCALYPTIC' 6.2 MAGNITUDE QUAKE LEAVES TOWNS IN RUINS
The earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday has killed at least 159 people, the country's civil protection agency said, raising a previous count of 124... READ MORE›
POWERFUL QUAKE SPARES LIVES, BUT STRIKES AT ITALY'S IDENTITY
Large sections of Norcia's ancient Roman city walls -- which suffered damage and cracks in the previous quakes -- crumbled, along with towers... READ MORE›
DEADLY EARTHQUAKE ROCKS CENTRAL ITALY; AT LEAST 10 KILLED
Officials told Italy's state-broadcaster RAI television that at least six people had died, including a family with two children in the central Italian town of Accumoli... READ MORE›
ITALY EARTHQUAKE: RESCUERS RACE TO FIND SURVIVORS
The last major earthquake to hit Italy struck the central city of L'Aquila in 2009, killing more than 300 people... READ MORE›
IN ITALY, ANOTHER POWERFUL QUAKE HITS, BUT SPARES LIVES; CONSIDERABLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DONE
Large sections of Norcia's ancient Roman city walls -- which suffered damage and cracks in the previous quakes -- crumbled, along with towers... READ MORE›
SEARCH FOR VICTIMS BEGINS AFTER FATAL QUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL ITALY
In 2009, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck close to the university city of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region and left more than 300 people dead... READ MORE›
1/15 MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HITS ITALY
The last major earthquake to hit Italy struck the central city of L'Aquila in 2009, killing more than 300 people... READ MORE›
1/15 MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HITS ITALY
At least 21 dead after devastating earthquake hits Italy... READ MORE›
ITALIANS LIVING IN TINY VILLAGES HIT BY EARTHQUAKE FEAR THEY WILL BE FORGOTTENA
There have been reports of looting in Amatrice, and the police patrolled our village last night... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 159 KILLED AS QUAKE FLATTENS TOWNS IN CENTRAL ITALY
Italy's earthquake institute INGV registered it at 6.0 and put the epicenter further south, closer to Accumoli and Amatrice... READ MORE›
SURVIVORS OF LATEST EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY RESIST RELOCATION TO STAY
In the town of Norcia, closest to the epicentre, firefighters were taking people back to their homes early Monday to retrieve belongings... READ MORE›
STRONG EARTHQUAKE HITS CENTRAL ITALY, SHOCKS FELT IN ROME
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Italy with reports of damaged buildings and blackouts near the epicentre of Rieti... READ MORE›
1/15 MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HITS ITALY
The last major earthquake to hit the country struck the central city of L'Aquila in 2009, killing more than 300 people... READ MORE›
'TODAY IS THE TIME FOR TEARS AND EMOTION'
It hit a remote area straddling Umbria, Marche and Lazio at a time of year when second-home owners and other visitors swell the numbers staying there... READ MORE›
ITALY QUAKE: SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS CONTINUES AMID FEARS TOLL COULD CLIMB
The last major earthquake to hit the country struck the central city of L'Aquila in 2009, killing more than 300 people... READ MORE›
ITALY RESCUERS TOIL THROUGH NIGHT SEEKING QUAKE SURVIVORS AS DEATH TOLL HITS 159
The last major earthquake to hit the country struck the central city of L'Aquila in 2009, killing more than 300 people... READ MORE›