After the visit to Belarus (2015) and Ukraine (2016), Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin will go to Moscow at the end of August. The Holy See has therefore confirmed ...

Frank Cornelissen is a Belgian native: a spare, thin man who landed on Etna in the year 2000 on his (wine) worldwide quest for the right territory – one that would inspire him ...

I Clivi wines hail from an area of Friuli straddling the Collio Goriziano and Colli Orientali appellations, where winery owner Mario Zanusso cultivates 12 hectares under native Ribolla ...

Franco Terpin is tall, big-built and imposing. A jovial but soft-spoken, kindly-mannered guy. Whenever I’ve conversed with him at some trade fair, it’s ...

Piero Macciocca and wife Rosa not only produce some decidedly good wines; they have quite a few merits besides. Like having sparked an interest in natural winemaking in the Cesanese del ...

Yesterday Moody's Investors Service said it has downgraded the long-term senior unsecured debt and issuer ratings of UniCredit Bank AG (UCB) to Baa2 from Baa1, and affirmed the ...

For those who love football -- and not only Italian football -- the game that will be played on Sunday May 28th at the Stadio Olimpico by AS Roma and Genoa will not be only a ...

Marco Tinessa is a young broker, at home in Milan. He is also an Irpinia native who set his career in Italy’s financial capital aside to pay tribute to the mountains near Naples ...

Fitch said it has placed Atlantia Spa's €3 billion EMTN programme's senior unsecured rating of 'BBB+' and Autostrade per l'Italia Spa's Long-Term Issuer ...

Prezza is a tiny village of inland Abruzzi overlooking Valle Peligna, a valley close to Sulmona that's considered the birthplace and cradle of Montepulciano, whence the variety spread ...

Italy's household spending growth rates will remain s ubdued compared to eurozone peers amid high unemployment and a stark regional wealth divided, BMI research said in a report. ...

Credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings cut its outlook on Italian infrastructure group Atlantia's BBB+ rating to negative from stable following the launch of a tender offer for Spanish ...

Raffaele Moccia is a simple man. He is also, however, an extremely headstrong one: how else to explain his obstinacy in persisting to grow grapes on one of the most difficult, ...

Moody's Investors Service said it has changed to stable from negative the outlook on leading Italian integrated telecommunications provider Telecom Italia ’Ba1’ corporate ...

S&P Global Ratings affirmed on Friday the unsolicited 'BBB-' long-term and 'A-3' short-term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Italy. The outlook is ...

Iole Rabasco and her family cultivate approximately 10 hectares (25 acres) under vine in the heart of Abruzzo viticulture – the area comprised between Loreto Aprutino and Pianella, ...

Alitalia's board has asked the Italian government for the carrier to be put under specialadministration and Alitalia will continue flying through this 6-9 month process -- as ...

It takes courage to give up everything you’d started – university studies and promising careers – and choose to go back home and take up winemaking from scratch. It’s ...

Pope Francis's words arrive from the heart of Sunni Islam: Cairo's mosque-university Al-Azhar, “the Splendid,” a beacon for millions of Muslims across the ...

Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings of UniCredit, Intesa Sanpaolo, Credito Emiliano and Mediobanca to ‘BBB' from ‘BBB+' ...

The arrival of spring and the first warm days of the year encourage consumers to enjoy refreshing whites, oftentimes fizzy or sparkling. Red wine bottles generally wind up neglected on store ...

Fitch Ratings said Friday it downgraded Italy's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to 'BBB' from 'BBB+'. The ...

Rome-based Catholic charity the Community of Sant’Egidio has signed an agreement with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs formalizing long-running collaboration on themes such as ...

Gonzalo Higuain does not celebrate when he scores against SSN Napoli but for sure he did not hesitate to sue his old club for money. He is looking to receive some arrears of salary, or more ...

Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Easter Monday, Pope Francis called on the Virgin Mary to “intercede in a particular way for the Christian communities persecuted and ...

The Serie A won't be starting early. The League has denied the requests from the manager of the national team, Gian Piero Ventura, to start the domestic season early on August ...

Passerina is a native white variety grown in central Italy that was long relegated to a marginal role, considered a rather simplistic, rough-hewn wine because crops were high and quality ...

FC Internazionale’s first season under the new ownership of Chinese group Suning was a fiasco. The club is contemplating a a new change of coach -- it would be the fourth coach in ...

The time is not yet ripe for a meeting, although surprises, with Pope Francis, may still spring up. However, as things stand today, US President Donald Trump will not ...

Safety will be ensured, as is customary in every papal trip. Of course, the Palm Sunday massacre against Coptic Christians in Egypt is a reason for concern for the Vatican ahead of Pope ...