How to make the mayor of Bologna lose his temper 

Fiat announced plans to stop selling the 500 in the United States after the 2019 model year. The decision applies to the hardtop, the convertible 500C, the electric 500E, and the high-performance Abarth model. The 500 was never a big seller in America, but it outperformed the rest of the Fiat range.

The garbage recovered from the sperm whale's stomach included a washing detergent package with its bar code still legible.

Silvio Berlusconi is back. Again.

At the bottom of a sacred lake two massive ships lay in ruin, remnants of a mad emperor. By Paul Cooper.

Eleven people are confirmed killed as storms and floods hit the west and north of Italy.

Mario Balotelli is expected to receive another Italy call-up, but injury rules out Marco Verratti. Calciomercato.com reports 22 of Roberto Manciniâs squad for next monthâs Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal â which will be announced on Saturday â âare already certain of their placesâ.

Tétris has created a fluid and interconnected design for PayPal's new offices located in Milan, Italy. PayPal, an international company offering digital payment services and money transfer over the Internet, entrusted…

For a generation, acceptance of the neoliberal doctrine that “there is no alternative” has paralyzed politics in the West. But what is the meaning of politics if there's no alternative to the resulting Authoritarian Center, asks Diana Johnstone.

I have one of these, or similar. I bought it in Italy. It is the best thing for olive oil. When you put it down, excess oil runs down the spout and through the vein in the ground glass connection and back into the bottle. If you aren't eating more olive oil, you should be. Except possibly in the US where there is a lot of fake olive oil.

Emanuele Magini has designed 'Anish', a modern seat design that uses a stretchy material screen to form the seat.

"Is that an attack?" the cab driver asked, ducking. No, it's just another bus exploding.

The recent election signaled a decisive shift in Italian politics, marking the collapse of the parties that have ruled Italy for the past 25 years. In this interview, conducted by Lewis Bassett, David Broder surveys the state of Italian politics in the four weeks since the election, and asks where next for Italian politics.

I found this adorable!

Mauro Morandi's failing catamaran was carried to Budelli Island nearly three decades ago by chance. He never left.

Italy's poorest region, Sicily, is the country's problem child. Now it has elected a new government. To fix the island, it will have to overcome corruption and widespread Mafia control - and figure out how to convince its population not to leave. By Walter Mayr.

A case of mistaken identity put the wrong man in jail. Now it highlights the failure of prosecutions to tackle a humanitarian disaster. By Ben Taub.

Do you know your bucatini from your capellini?

Economists and historians are connecting the early rise of organized crime with Sicily’s citrus trade. By Cara Giaimo.