Barbie Latza Nadeau

An Italian court will soon decide whether to confirm Knox's conviction and 28-year sentence.

Forget about age, baldness, or any lines on his face—actor Toni Servillo is adored, admired, and desired.

Archeologists are trying to finally identify the real-life Mona Lisa by exhuming skeletal remains and DNA testing.

Will Silvio Berlusconi's daughter take up his mantle?

Pope Francis appears serious about changing the Vatican, but a scandal looms.

Antonis Samaras is optimistic about Greece. But many of his countrymen aren't buying it.

Conviction but likely no prison for Berlusconi.

Italy just got itself a new prime minster.

A new Amanda Knox trial means mixed emotions for the victim's mother.

Visitors to Michelangelo's masterpiece get a spiritual cleansing.

(That's Italian for 'what a mess!')

The Italian election—once more the theater of the absurd.

The women at the helm of the Antinori legend.

Amid social change, domestic homicides are on the rise.

Smelling one's way through a meal.

Descend into history at the Basilica of San Clemente and enjoy the best coffee in the city.

Are new drawings really the work of Caravaggio?

Recession and austerity fuel suicide in Italy—and the collection agency is exacerbating the situation.

Playboy industrialist Lapo Elkann vows to rehabilitate Italy's image—just as he did his own.

Silvio Berlusconi embodies Italy's greatest weaknesses and its worst instincts.

With its economy in tatters, Italy was unable to preserve its cultural heritage—until the moguls arrived.

They are the new 'boat people'— migrants and refugees forced to flee for Europe from Africa. Many have died making the journey.

Lavish five-star amenities—in the outdoors.

Brazil has halted the extradition of one of Italy's most notorious criminals. How exactly did Carla Bruni get caught in the middle?

Italy's 74-year-old prime minister narrowly won back-to-back confidence votes in the Senate and lower house of Parliament amid shouts of "coward" and a barrage of insults lobbed at him from opposition lawmakers as they cast their votes, and as students and anarchists rioted outside.

The prime minister says he is confident he has enough votes to stay in power, but by any measure he will not have enough to effectively govern Italy. It may simply be time for him to step aside and let someone else try to lead the country.