Lecce, Italy - Salento, the part of the southeastern Apulia region forming the "heel" of the Italian "boot," offers the eye Baroque art and vestiges of the many powers that have ruled it.

Washington  - Italian star maestro Riccardo Muti, 66, was named Monday as the new conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Rome  -  A diplomatic crisis was brewing Saturday over remarks by Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's son, Saif el-Islam, against the possible inclusion in Italy's government of a former minister embroi

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.