By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 07 June 2007 A massive security operation is being organized in Rome for the arrival of U.S. President Bush on Friday evening. Thousands of police officers will be deployed in the city and the air space will be closed as a...
By Sabina Castelfranco Vicenza, Italy 17 February 2007 Tens-of-thousands of Italians protested Saturday in the northeastern city of Vicenza against the planned expansion of a U.S. military base nearby. Sabina Castelfranco was there, and filed this VO...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 February 2007 People gather outside Catania's Duomo Cathedral, Sicily, during the funeral service of Police officer Filippo Raciti, 5 Feb 2007 A funeral for a policemen killed in clashes following a soccer game in Sicil...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 October 2006 Italian authorities have ordered the closure of an Arabic school in Milan, just three days after it opened. Authorities say the school did not acquire the proper authorization. The school has been a magnet...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 10 July 2006 Huge celebrations are being held in Italy after the national team's victory over France at the World Soccer Cup championship in Germany. --------- Italian soccer fans cheer and wave their flags by the Vittori...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 June 2006 Italian fans watch Italy vs Ghana, Group E, World Cup 2006, soccer match, on a giant screen set up in downtown Duomo square in Milan Italians celebrated their victory over Ghana in the first soccer game in th...