Italy

Monti Proposes Austerity Measures to Italy
By Angel Cruz
November 17, 2011 - 7:01pm
New prime minister's propositions cause student protests

Italy’s new Prime Minister, Mario Monti, proposed his plan of austerity measures today amidst anti-austerity protesters.

Italy's Debt Crisis Effects on a Global Scale
By Alex Sellen
November 10, 2011 - 3:50pm
With the third largest national debt in the world, Italy's economic struggles could cause another international recession

With a deficit more than the entire country of Italy's fiscal output, drastic measures will need to be taken in order to restore a sound economic standing.

No country is particularly concerned about jumping to the bailout aid of Italy, mainly due to the economic instability and flaw which is currently apparent.

Amanda Knox Freed from Italian Prison
By William Tucker Hart
October 4, 2011 - 2:08pm
American girl's murder conviction was overturned and acquitted

The never-ending tale of 24-year-old Amanda Knox, an American student convicted of murder, has finally come to a close. After 4 years in an Italian prison, an Italian court has acquitted Knox's conviction.

Knox was accused of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Italy in 2007. Both Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were set free Monday.

Amanda Knox Awaits the Verdict
By Leanne DeRosa
October 3, 2011 - 2:07pm
The jury deliberated after final statements were given in appeal case

Amanda Knox and Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito pleaded innocent on Monday in the appeal case to their convictions of murdering Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher. BBC News reports that the final statements were very emotional. 

Bodies found believed to be U.S balloonists
By Alexa Greenberg
December 6, 2010 - 1:40pm
Two bodies found by fisherman in Italy yesterday are believe to be two missing American balloonists.

According to CNN,  documents that were discovered with one of the bodies made authorities believe that they were the two Americans that went missing in late September. The families of the victims are on there were to Bari, Italy to identify the bodies.

Student protests disrupt living in Italy
By Marquise Francis
November 30, 2010 - 3:47pm
Students marched through Italian cities today disrupting roads and railway lines while legislators continue to vote on education reform.

Students in Italy are irate about possible education reforms all throughout Italy. Reforms in place have been drawn up without any dialogue with students and teachers says Babara Marchetti, a 27-year-old PhD student at Rome University. Instead of sitting put and letting such events take place, students have been taking action into their own hands with numbers of protests and reform themselves.

Nine dead in Italian train accident
By Flavia Colangelo
April 12, 2010 - 11:55am
Plus, Tea Party protests in Syracuse and actress Dixie Carter dies at age 70.

A derailled train in Italy has killed nine people this morning, according to Italy's Civil Protection office. CNN reports at least 20 more are injured, five being serious.

The train was traveling on the Val Venosta line, one of the newest railways opened in 2005, when it was derailed by a landslide, say authorities. More than 200 rescures are on the scene

Head of the transport department for the local government Thomas Widmann says the landslide was probably caused by a broken irrigation pipe. The mud entered the train and suffocated the passengers, Widmann says.

Studying abroad is about more than studying
By Meredith Popolo
March 30, 2010 - 4:36pm
Wandering the streets of Florence is as much an education as class.

On an average Wednesday morning, I wake up to the sun pouring through my window. Breakfast is waiting for me on the kitchen table—a bowl of fruit, Nutella, colorful jams, and crackers, which are really more like biscotti. A brisk 15-minute walk and I’m at the Accademia and there it is—larger than life, Michelangelo’s David.

Dinnertime and maternity pants
By Meredith Popolo
March 22, 2010 - 11:18am
Getting more than my fill of delicious Italian food around my host family's dinner table in Florence.

I came to Florence to learn Italian. I came to study Renaissance art. No matter how convincing I say the excuses, the truth is, I came to Florence for the food.

Meredith Popolo: Florence
By Meredith Popolo
March 9, 2010 - 11:26pm
First impressions of Florence leave Popolo clinging to her pocket dictionary.

It sounded easy enough, I thought, as I dug my toes into the silky sand. The surf instructor smoothly demonstrated how to mount the surfboard. “Just let it happen,” he said. “When you get out there, you’ll know what to do.” I dove into the warm Hawaiian water and saw a perfect wave approaching. It wasn't until I was swimming after my surfboard that I realized I had no idea what I was doing. When I got to Florence, I felt the same way.