http://www.mail.com/locations/1572-rome.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1572-rome.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862552-film-blocked-italy-election-campaign.html ROME (AP) — Producers of a documentary that takes a sharply critical view of the political, economic and social trends in Italy in recent decades are protesting they are victims of censorship after the culture ministry blocked the film's Italian debut during the run-up to elections. "Girlfriend in a Coma" is billed as a documentary on "the decline" of Ita... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862552-film-blocked-italy-election-campaign.html 2013-02-01T19:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851444-italian-court-missile-caused-1980-plane-crash.html ROME (AP) — Italy's top criminal court has ruled there is "abundantly" clear evidence that a stray missile caused an Italian passenger jet to crash into the Mediterranean Sea in 1980, killing all 81 people aboard. Quoting from the Rome ruling on Monday, the Italian news agency LaPresse said the court upheld a Palermo appeals ruling that Italian radar syst... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851444-italian-court-missile-caused-1980-plane-crash.html 2013-01-28T17:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1851342-romes-trevi-fountain-29-facelift.html ROME (AP) — Rome's 18th-century Trevi Fountain, famed as a setting for the film "La Dolce Vita," is getting a €2.18 million ($2.9 million) restoration courtesy of the Fendi fashion house. The 20-month project on one of the city's most iconic fountains was unveiled at a city hall press conference Monday featuring Fendi designers Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia V... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1851342-romes-trevi-fountain-29-facelift.html 2013-01-28T16:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1829710-colosseum-cleaning-yields-frescos-graffiti.html ROME (AP) — A long-delayed restoration of the Colosseum's only intact internal passageway has yielded ancient traces of red, black, green and blue frescoes — as well as graffiti and drawings of phallic symbols — indicating that the arena where gladiators fought was far more colorful than previously thought. Officials unveiled the discoveries Friday and sa... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1829710-colosseum-cleaning-yields-frescos-graffiti.html 2013-01-18T16:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824052-pentagon-chief-panetta-meets-pope-benedict.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the leader of the world's largest military, met Pope Benedict XVI, the world's best known advocate for peace, at the Vatican on Wednesday. Panetta was in the front row at Wednesday's weekly general audience in the Vatican auditorium. About 1,000 people were crowded into the room. After the Pope addr... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824052-pentagon-chief-panetta-meets-pope-benedict.html 2013-01-16T11:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1810696-un-food-prices-drop.html ROME (AP) — 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 the third consecutive month in December. The food price index of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization edged down 1.1 percent with drops in the international prices of major cereals, o... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1810696-un-food-prices-drop.html 2013-01-10T09:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1808520-berlusconi-rips-magistrates-divorce-deal.html ROME (AP) — Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has infuriated Italy's legal establishment by blasting a group of female magistrates as "feminist" and "communist" for what he said was a €200,000- ($260,000-) a-day divorce settlement. The comments — and the backlash — have added to the drama surrounding Berlusconi's return to public life amid his continued se... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1808520-berlusconi-rips-magistrates-divorce-deal.html 2013-01-09T17:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1791968-nobel-scientist-rita-levi-montalcini-dies-rome.html ROME (AP) — Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home in Rome on Sunday. She was 103 and had worked well into her final years. Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno, announcing her death in a statement, called ... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1791968-nobel-scientist-rita-levi-montalcini-dies-rome.html 2012-12-30T16:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1791310-berlusconi-criticizes-montis-campaign-about-face.html ROME (AP) — Ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi sharply criticized the decision by Mario Monti to run in Italy's general elections and vowed Saturday to launch a parliamentary inquiry into the 2011 fall of his government and appointment of Monti as Italy's premier. Berlusconi spoke out after Monti ended weeks of hedging and announced Friday he would head a coali... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1791310-berlusconi-criticizes-montis-campaign-about-face.html 2012-12-29T19:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1784144-correction-vatican-christmas-shopping-story.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a story Dec. 23 about the Vatican's tax-free department store, The Associated Press erroneously reported that online cigar retailer www.bestcigarprices.com sells Cuban Montecristo No. 3 cigars. The company sells Montecristos made in the Dominican Republic. A corrected version of the story is below: Ho Ho Holy Discount: Vatican tax-f... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1784144-correction-vatican-christmas-shopping-story.html 2012-12-28T14:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789752-italys-confused-election-twist.html ROME (AP) — Italy's confused election campaign took another twist Friday with the country's respected national anti-Mafia prosecutor joining ranks with the center-left Democratic Party, a big-name boost for a party that is already leading in the polls ahead of the February vote. A day earlier, Premier Mario Monti got an even bigger endorsement for his pot... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789752-italys-confused-election-twist.html 2012-12-28T14:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785186-4-foreign-sailors-kidnapped-nigeria-coast.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a supply tug boat off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, kidnapping foreign sailors, including Italians, in the latest attack in the West African region that is increasingly dangerous for shippers and oil companies, officials said Monday. The attack happened 40 nautical miles off the coast of Bayelsa stat... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785186-4-foreign-sailors-kidnapped-nigeria-coast.html 2012-12-24T13:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1783190-christmas-slowly-to-austerity-hit-europe.html PARIS (AP) — Across Europe, holiday "shoppers" this season are doing more browsing than buying. Retailers remain hopeful for a last-minute burst of Christmas consumerism, and some governments are encouraging it by allowing stores to open on Sunday. But with economies across the region slowing and unemployment soaring, analysts say holiday spending in Euro... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1783190-christmas-slowly-to-austerity-hit-europe.html 2012-12-22T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760632-italy-raises-money-lower-rates-despite-upheaval.html ROME (AP) — Italy successfully sold €6.5 billion ($8.45 billion) in bonds the country's first debt auction since the country's Prime Minister Mario Monti announced his decision to resign. The Italian Treasury reported that the interest rate on the bonds was 1.46 percent, down from the 1.76 percent paid in the last such offer in November. Demand was nearly... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760632-italy-raises-money-lower-rates-despite-upheaval.html 2012-12-12T18:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760354-china-revokes-shanghai-catholic-bishops-title.html BEIJING (AP) — In a fresh challenge to Vatican authority, China has revoked the title of a new Catholic bishop in Shanghai who outraged Chinese officials by immediately dropping out of the government agency that oversees the country's officially sanctioned church, religious officials said Wednesday. Ma Daqin, who was jointly named for the post in a rare c... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760354-china-revokes-shanghai-catholic-bishops-title.html 2012-12-12T09:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750864-italys-president-confident-govt-crisis-avoided.html ROME (AP) — Although Italy's Silvio Berlusconi resigned in disgrace a year ago, has since been convicted of tax fraud and now faces plunging poll numbers, the media baron is showing he still has the power to put pressure on his successor, Premier Mario Monti. With Europe still deep in its debt crisis, it doesn't take much to make the markets nervous. That... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750864-italys-president-confident-govt-crisis-avoided.html 2012-12-07T19:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1748396-police-save-ancient-egyptian-sculpture-italy.html ROME (AP) — An Egyptian granite sculpture of a sphinx that risked ending up on the black market for antiquities is destined instead for a Rome museum. Italian Tax Police Maj. Massimo Rossi says the sphinx, perhaps as old as the 4th century B.C., was found on the outskirts of Rome last week. It was in a box hidden in a greenhouse near an ancient Etruscan n... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1748396-police-save-ancient-egyptian-sculpture-italy.html 2012-12-06T14:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1737710-bersani-wins-italy-primary-heads-to-general-vote.html ROME (AP) — Pier Luigi Bersani, the head of Italy's main center-left Democratic Party, won a runoff primary Sunday to become the main center-left candidate for Italy's 2013 general elections — a vote that polls indicate could well be won by the Democratic Party given the utter disarray of the opposing center-right. Preliminary results gave Bersani 60.8 pe... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1737710-bersani-wins-italy-primary-heads-to-general-vote.html 2012-12-02T21:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1710784-revised-statue-john-paul-ii-inaugurated-rome.html ROME (AP) — The city of Rome unveiled a revamped statue of Pope John Paul II on Monday after the first one was pilloried by the public and the Vatican. Artist Oliviero Rainaldi said he was pleased with the final product, saying it matched his original vision. He blamed workers for a botched assemblage the first time around. When the larger-than-life statu... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1710784-revised-statue-john-paul-ii-inaugurated-rome.html 2012-11-19T09:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1708210-larry-clark-film-wins-top-prize-rome-fest.html ROME (AP) — A film by "Kids" director Larry Clark set in a small Texan town and to be released online only has taken the top award at Rome's film festival. "Marfa Girl" explores the inner life of a teenage boy and other characters in a town near the Mexican border and bustling with border patrol police. The festival jury gave it the Golden Marcus Aurelius... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1708210-larry-clark-film-wins-top-prize-rome-fest.html 2012-11-17T19:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1699532-ap-interview-muti-culture-good-economy.html ROME (AP) — Riccardo Muti, the master conductor, is sounding an ominous note, and it isn't rising from the orchestra pit. The former longtime maestro at Milan's La Scala opera house is worried that the stubborn financial crisis in much of the world risks impoverishing not just public coffers but also the arts, whose budgets, often lean even in good econom... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1699532-ap-interview-muti-culture-good-economy.html 2012-11-14T20:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1697766-summit-15-eu-countries-split-eu-budget.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Divisions among the 27 European Union countries over increasing the region's €1 trillion budget deepened Tuesday as the region's two opposing camps set out their arguments over raising spending in the midst of a three-year debt crisis. A group of 15 of the political leaders meeting in Brussels Tuesday called for an increase in the EU budge... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1697766-summit-15-eu-countries-split-eu-budget.html 2012-11-13T17:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1689906-horror-film-opening-bill-rome-film-festival.html ROME (AP) — A horror film by cult director Takashi Miike about a school teacher-turned-serial killer of students is one of the opening night features at the Rome Film Festival. "Lesson of the Evil" by the Japanese master director of gore is among the films in competition at the festival, which begins on Friday and runs through Nov. 17. Others in competiti... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1689906-horror-film-opening-bill-rome-film-festival.html 2012-11-09T15:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1671856-us-college-student-stabbed-rome-party.html ROME (AP) — A U.S. student at an American university in Rome was stabbed about 25 times by a fellow student as he slept following Halloween night partying at a club and is hospitalized in serious condition, police said Thursday. The alleged assailant, an American-born student with both U.S. and Italian citizenship, was arrested early Thursday in a Rome ap... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1671856-us-college-student-stabbed-rome-party.html 2012-11-01T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1666248-fiat-plans-to-launch-17-cars-europe-2016.html ROME (AP) — While European competitors close factories and get government bailouts, Italian carmaker Fiat is banking on its under-exposed luxury brands to put idled Italian car plants to work and stem losses in its European operations. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne announced an ambitious four-year plan Tuesday to ramp up production of Alfa Romeo and Maserati... Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1666248-fiat-plans-to-launch-17-cars-europe-2016.html 2012-10-30T19:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1666698-regional-elections-foretell-turmoil-italy.html ROME (AP) — Italy risks heading into political turmoil after a regional election showed a huge level of voter distrust in mainstream political parties, a result that could also rattle financial markets that have no small role in deciding the fate of the economically troubled nation. A protest party candidate from a movement launched by a TV comic made a s... Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1666698-regional-elections-foretell-turmoil-italy.html 2012-10-30T17:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1666612-european-borgia-drama-proves-worldwide-hit.html SERMONETA, Italy (AP) — Who doesn't love a wealthy family's bloody saga? The Italian economy may be struggling but the pan-European television series "Borgia," which is now filming its second season in Italy, is a thriving hit on the world market. Spanning the late Middle Ages to the early Renaissance period, the show follows the famous Borgia family's ri... Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1666612-european-borgia-drama-proves-worldwide-hit.html 2012-10-30T17:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1643580-boys-miracle-cure-native-american-saint.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Jake Finkbonner was so close to death after flesh-eating bacteria infected him through a cut on his lip that his parents had last rites performed and were discussing donating the 5-year-old's tiny organs. Jake's 2006 cure from the infection was deemed medically inexplicable by the Vatican, the "miracle" needed to propel a 17th century ... Sat, 20 Oct 2012 07:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1643580-boys-miracle-cure-native-american-saint.html 2012-10-20T07:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1617236-un-world-hungry-1-billion.html ROME (AP) — The United Nations said Tuesday its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was off-target and that the number is actually more like 870 million. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the bum projection, and said it now uses a much more accurate set of ... Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1617236-un-world-hungry-1-billion.html 2012-10-09T10:42:00Z