Milan - The environment and climate change have become current and definitive topics in the design of home furnishings.

Rome  -  Italy's lower house of parliament elected Wednesday as speaker Gianfranco Fini, a close ally of prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi.

Rome  -  Italy's two houses of parliament convened Tuesday for the first time since the centre-right led by Silvio Berlusconi convincingly won parliamentary elections two weeks ago.

Rome - If you are seeking an extraordinary holiday away from the rat race, then a monastery in the Italian Tuscany region might be something for you where you can take singing lessons from Gregori

Rome  - Polls re-opened Monday morning in Rome for the second and last day of the Italian capital's may

Hamburg  - Telecom Italia has sharply cut back its plans for a high-speed data network in Germany's second-biggest city, Hamburg, according to news reports Friday.