http://www.mail.com/people/77470-gianni-alemanno.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/77470-gianni-alemanno.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107546-berlusconi-looms-large-rome-mayor-election.html ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running. The vote is very much a test of Berlusconi's enduring political influence and voter sentiment over the uneasy national government made up of his center-right forces and the center-left that wa... Fri, 24 May 2013 18:08:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107546-berlusconi-looms-large-rome-mayor-election.html 2013-05-24T18:08:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html ROME (AP) — Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the country's constitution after World War II, served seven times as premier and spent 60 years in Parliament. But the Christian Democrat who was friends with popes and cardinals was also a controversial... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:37:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html 2013-05-06T19:37:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049512-italian-policemen-shot-govt-swearing-in.html ROME (AP) — In the very moments Italy's new coalition government was being sworn in, ending months of political paralysis in a country hoping to revive a bleak economy, a middle-aged unemployed bricklayer opened fire Sunday in the square outside the premier's office, seriously wounding two policemen, authorities said. The alleged gunman from Calabria, a s... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:17:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049512-italian-policemen-shot-govt-swearing-in.html 2013-04-28T20:17:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1960564-pope-wades-crowds-surprising-onlookers.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis stamped his own style on the papacy Sunday. His humor and down-to-earth manner captivated those filling St. Peter's Square in Rome to overflowing, and he worked the crowd in a way that had to g... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1960564-pope-wades-crowds-surprising-onlookers.html 2013-03-17T19:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1944372-rome-braces-conclave-crowd-control-challenge.html ROME (AP) — You're expecting hundreds of thousands of guests. You don't know where they're coming from, or when they'll arrive. You don't even know the date of the celebration. And heaven only knows the name of the man being feted. Planning for the moment when the next pope is proclaimed to the world, and for the installation ceremony a few days later, is... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:49:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1944372-rome-braces-conclave-crowd-control-challenge.html 2013-03-10T14:49:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1927012-italian-composer-rome-theme-song-dies-95.html ROME (AP) — Armando Trovajoli, an Italian who composed music for some 300 films and whose lush and playful serenade to Rome is a much-requested romantic standby for tourists, has died at age 95. The city's mayor, Gianni Alemanno, mourned Trovajoli's passing, saying in a statement that "the voice of Rome has been extinguished." The Italian news agency ANS... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:00:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1927012-italian-composer-rome-theme-song-dies-95.html 2013-03-02T18:00:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897498-pope-blesses-huge-crowd-st-peters-square.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — His arms outstretched in a symbolic embrace, Pope Benedict XVI blessed tens of thousands of cheering people on Sunday in one of his last appearances as pontiff from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square. Last week, 85-year-old Benedict shocked the world by announcing his resignation. He will step down on Feb. 28, planning to retrea... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:38:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897498-pope-blesses-huge-crowd-st-peters-square.html 2013-02-17T20:38:40Z 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/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