Topic: Milan
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Global News Blog Milan's fashionistas are reeling from the recession
At Milan's fashion week, the festivities are more subdued this year, with big names like Fendi bowing out and other fashion houses cutting costs.
09/24/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Need a job? Move to Italy.
Despite the economic downturn, many firms cannot fill empty positions ranging from plumbers to pastry chefs. The reason? A stigma on blue-collar jobs.
09/17/2009 01:00 am -
Soccer skills – and a little media savvy – get one man off Japan's streets
Yutaro Gomikawa used his small-time fame on the national homeless soccer team to get government aid usually unavailable to young people.
09/03/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Why is Italy honoring Libya's Qaddafi on coup anniversary?
As trade between Italy and Libya expands, Italy to honor Qaddafi with Air Force's aerobatics team. But some Italians compare this 'undeserved' honor to Scotland's release of Lockerbie bomber.
08/25/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Senator wants to change Italy's national anthem – to opera
Umberto Bossi has proposed replacing the current military march with “Va Pensiero,” an aria from Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece “Nabucco.”
08/24/2009 01:00 am -
A parking lot becomes an heirloom garden to benefit abused women
08/03/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Italy: Sparkling water on tap
07/24/2009 01:00 am -
Why Italy is taking Gitmo prisoners
Although President Obama has had difficulty convincing allies to take Gitmo detainees, Italy is eager to receive these inmates so that it can further its own investigation.
06/17/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Friday's coverage agenda: Iran votes, China censors, Security Council meets
06/12/2009 01:00 am -
Vanished Smile
The true story of the stranger-than-fiction heist of the Mona Lisa in 1911.
06/11/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Carrying a heavy load of history, Libya's Qaddafi arrives in Italy
Qaddafi and Berlusconi are set to discuss energy and immigration deals, but a colonial past overhangs the meetings.
06/10/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Italy: Should Europe take a cue from the US on Muslim relations?
Algerian-born Italian sociologist, says: "America is teaching Europe a lesson."
06/04/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Today's coverage: World reaction to Obama speech, and more
06/04/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Egypt: A taste of Italy
05/28/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Italy's Berlusconi remains popular – though not with his wife
The economy is in tatters, he's been accused of having an affair with a teenager, and his wife announced her intentions to divorce in a newspaper, but Berlusconi's popularity remains strong.
05/26/2009 01:00 am -
Italy to stem a human tide of immigrants
The Italian Navy this week will begin turning back Africans who have transformed Lampedusa, Italy, into the site of a humanitarian crisis.
05/11/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog After the quake, Italy's prime minister vows to rebuild
04/07/2009 01:00 am -
Italy offers banks a $15.5 billion lifeline
A caveat: More credit must go to small firms. Obama is also pushing aid to small businesses.
03/17/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog After a 20-year ban, France helps Italy embrace nuclear energy
02/25/2009 12:00 am -
To shelter its cuisine, Italian city bans foreign flavors
New eateries that serve kebabs, couscous, and even pineapple are no longer welcome in Tuscan town of Lucca.
02/23/2009 12:00 am -
Review: 'The International'
Thriller races around the globe like a scruffy Bond movie but without the moral clarity.
02/14/2009 12:00 am -
For Italians, past domestic terror still a taboo topic
Reaction to a recently released documentary on the Red Brigades underscores the difficulty of coming to grips with the violence of the 1970s.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
World's most expensive new book?
11/25/2008 12:00 am -
Brussels sprouts relaxed rules for fruits and vegetables
Changes will allow twisted, misshapen, and oddly colored produce on Europe's tables.
11/21/2008 12:00 am -
Cuts put Italian schools under the microscope
Italian students and teachers are staging the largest protests in 15 years after a $10.2 billion funding cut.
11/10/2008 12:00 am
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