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Can Europe's markets climb through the slump?
The big worry a year ago was that Greece would collapse under its debts, upend Europe's markets and set off a global financial crisis. But the world's ...
Milan Fashion Week starts on somber note
Milan Fashion Week started off on a somber note Saturday, as the design world maintained a vigil for the missing CEO of the family-run Missoni fashion ...
More money, time needed to remove Concordia wreck
More time and money will be needed to remove the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the rocks off Tuscany where it capsized last year, in part to ensure ...
Dolce&Gabbana offer masculine romanticism
Dolce and Gabbana's menswear collection for next winter is pure masculinity, infused with southern romanticism. With motifs of winter roses, ...
Fashion world keeps pressure on Missoni search
The fashion world is urging authorities to keep searching for the missing CEO of Missoni as Milan Fashion Week gets under way. The Italian National ...
Jil Sander back with minimalist, not austere, look
Tall, almost Puritan collars gave gravitas to Jil Sander's first winter menswear collection since returning to the label she founded. The ample lapels ...
Survivors still suffering after Concordia disaster
One can't stand being in a mall: It feels too much like the ship, with no visible exits. Another dreams she's walking on a tilt — a memory of having ...
Italian actress Mariangela Melato dies at 71
Italian actress Mariangela Melato, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in ...
Italy's 3-year borrowing rate lowest since 2010
Italy has easily raised €3.5 billion ($4.64 billion) in the sale of 3-year bonds, paying the lowest interest rates for such debt since March 2010, as ...
Getty museum to return ancient artifact to Sicily
The J. Paul Getty Museum said Thursday it plans to return to Sicily a terra-cotta head depicting the Greek god Hades after determining it was ...
Italy's borrowing costs drop sharply in debt sale
Financial markets appear to be shrugging off worries over a bitter election campaign in Italy, with the government paying the lowest rate in three ...
UN says food prices drop again
A U.N. agency plays down fears of a looming world food crisis as international coordination and flagging demand have led to a drop in food prices for ...
Search continues for missing plane off Venezuela
The owner of a plane that disappeared off Venezuela carrying the CEO of the Missoni fashion firm said that his company hadn't yet received its ...
Berlusconi rips magistrates over divorce deal
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has infuriated Italy's legal establishment by blasting a group of female magistrates as "feminist" and "communist" ...
Italy: 4 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria freed
Italy's foreign minister says three Italian shipmen and one Ukrainian kidnapped Dec. 23 off Nigeria's coast have been freed. Minister Giulio Terzi ...
EU court fines Italy for prison overcrowding
A European court ruled Tuesday that Italy's woefully overcrowded prisons violate the basic rights of inmates, fined the government €100,000 ($131,000) ...
Cavani's hat trick topples Messi from AP rankings
It took something very special to topple Lionel Messi from his position on top of the first AP Global Football rankings survey of 2013, and Edinson ...
Berlusconi teams up with Northern League
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced a deal Monday with the Northern League — his fractious coalition partner in three governments — to jointly ...
Venezuela looks for missing plane with Missoni CEO
The search for a missing plane carrying Italian fashion executive Vittorio Missoni and five other people has entered its third straight day on Sunday ...
Missoni scion on plane missing in Venezuela
Rescue crews used boats and aircraft on Saturday to search for a small plane that disappeared off Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni ...
6 Russians die in snowmobile crash in Italy
Six Russians were killed and two seriously injured when the snowmobile and sled they were riding veered off an Italian Alpine ski slope at night, ...
Criminal probe expected after racist soccer chants
A public prosecutor is set to open a criminal inquiry after an exhibition match between AC Milan and lower division club Pro Patria was abandoned ...
AC Milan exhibition ends after racist chants
AC Milan players walked off the field because of racist chants, abandoning an exhibition match in the first half with lower division club Pro Patria ...
It's 'cash only' now for tourists at the Vatican
It's "cash only" now for tourists at the Vatican wanting to pay for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services after Italy's central bank decided ...