Why Berlusconi was loved in spite of everything

Help is needed to secure a Franciscan miracle

For centuries, the Po has been the lifeblood of Northern Italy

Dark clouds gather over the European financial landscape

It’s a bit much to go to dinner at a luxury ski resort and find oneself inadvertently appearing in Fawlty Towers with zombies

Almost everything in Mestre is recent; everything is decayed

Henry Jeffreys enjoys the heady pleasure of fine marsala

The man, the schemes and the burglar-alarmed fortress that kept Italy’s artistic legacy away from German acquisition

Media hysteria distorts our understanding of European politics

What power does it have?