It is not unusual in the streets of Florence to see a mass of people lining up by the entrance to a historic building, especially as Italy moves into high tourist season. Standing in line to see ...

Italy last week went into Round Two of its electoral contest (TIME, June11). The scene: poverty-stricken Sicily, which was electing a 90-member legislative assembly. There Reds scored even bigger ...

With head bowed, over clasped hands, Italian director Maura Delpero’s quietly breathtaking “Vermiglio” unfolds from tiny tactile details of furnishings and fabrics and the hide of a dairy cow, into a ...