I'm Faith Lapidus. And I'm Bob Doughty. Next week,we visit another important art collection, at the Vatican in Italy.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

The promise came Friday on the third and final day of the Group of Eight summit meeting in L'Aquila,Italy.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

Banks in Austria,Italy and Sweden that expanded into the area during good times are now in danger of heavy losses.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

Many years ago, a young man named Giovanni Guasconti left his home in Naples to study in northern Italy.

VOA: special.2011.01.29

Last year,the governments of Italy, the United Kingdom,Canada, Russia and Norway joined ith the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

It looks like what it is: a large, beautiful home built in the style of 16th century Italy.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

The summit was moved from an island to the area in central Italy where a powerful earthquake struck just three months ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

For years that has been a job for the Group of 8: Britain,Canada,France,Germany, Italy,Japan,Russia and the United States.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

Laura was Jewish. Later the Fermis decided to leave Italy, because the Fascist government had begun oppressing Jews.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

The main character in "The Imperfectionists" by Tom Rachman is a failing English language newspaper published in Rome,Italy.

VOA: special.2010.12.31

In the Brazilian movie "Mister Bene Goes to Italy", a manioc flour producer travels from Brazil to Italy.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

He enrolled in college but was drafted into the Army and served in Italy during World War Two.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

In thirteenth century Italy, the government ordered glassblowers in Venice to move to the island of Murano.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

In the fourteenth century, ships that arrived in Venice,Italy, from areas infected with bubonic plague had to stay outside port for forty days.

VOA: special.2009.05.06