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Giorgio Armani dazzles, Dolce&Gabbana get playful in Milan
Giorgio Armani may have dazzled Milan fashion week with a series of glittering stellar creations, but Dolce & Gabbana pulled off the most innovative and fun look of the season with wicker bustiers.
24 September 2012
Catwalk spats as Italy's fashion sales falter
Milan fashion week will open Wednesday on an apprehensive note amid poor sector results and calls for Italy's top designer brands to overcome rivalries and pull together to beat the economic crisis.
18 September 2012
Marina Berlusconi defends publication of topless Kate pics
Marina Berlusconi, the daughter of Italy's former prime minister and the head of publishing house Mondadori, on Sunday defended the publication of topless photos of Prince William's wife Catherine.
17 September 2012
French, Korean, US films tipped to win Venice festival
Movies from France, South Korea and the United States are tipped by critics as the favourites to win this year's Golden Lion award at the Venice film festival due to be announced on Saturday.
08 September 2012
Arab Spring hits silver screen at Venice festival
Arab cinema is witnessing a new wave of creativity in the wake of the Arab Spring revolts, said directors at the Venice film festival where some of the emerging talent from the region was on show.
08 September 2012
Kitano, Kim Ki-duk see Asian art house in crisis
Internationally-acclaimed directors Takeshi Kitano from Japan and Kim Ki-duk from South Korea told AFP at the Venice film festival that making art house films in Asia is a daunting task.
06 September 2012
Love and revolution in French director's 1970s tribute
French director Olivier Assayas says he wanted to to pay tribute to the freedom of the politically engaged 1970s of his youth in his new film "Apres mai," in competition at the Venice film festival.
05 September 2012
Winds of crisis blow through Venice film festival
For all the glamorous seaside partying at the Venice film festival, there is a distinct air of austerity at this year's edition for an industry that is questioning its economic future.
03 September 2012
Celebrity culture gone mad in 'Superstar' at Venice fest
French film "Superstar" shone a harsh spotlight on celebrity culture at the Venice festival this week.
01 September 2012
Stars land in Venice for art house film festival
The Venice film festival kicks off on Wednesday with the arrival of stars on water taxis for an art house dominated line-up dealing with issues from religious extremism to economic crisis.
30 August 2012
World architects bring democratic designs to Venice
Architects from around the world have converged on Venice for the Biennale show which opens on Wednesday, showcasing designs aimed at bringing urban designs more in touch with the general public.
29 August 2012
Craft beers enjoy boom despite Italy's crisis
With oyster, tobacco and watermelon flavoured brews, Italy's craft beers are flourishing despite a punishing recession that is putting thousands of other businesses out of work.
29 August 2012
Women directors take front row at Venice film festival
Hollywood veterans will brush shoulders with up and coming starlets and auteurs in Venice starting on Wednesday for the film festival in which women directors are set to take centre stage.
24 August 2012
Italy's Monti warns against euro being EU 'break-up factor'
The euro must not become a "break-up factor" that pits northern Europe against crisis-choked nations in the south of the continent.
20 August 2012
Olympics: Kazakhstan lost 2 lines in medal count
Kazakhstan national team is ranked 8th by medal count after the 5th day of London Olympics-2012.
02 August 2012
Sunbed tanning kills 800 in Europe every year: study
Sunbed users run a 20 percent higher risk than non-users of developing skin cancer, according to a report that blamed some 800 melanoma deaths in Europe every year on indoor tanning.
25 July 2012
Olympics: Italian legend seeks sixth gold
Italian veteran Valentina Vezzali will seek to bring the curtain down on her career at the London Games by claiming a record sixth fencing gold.
04 July 2012
Football: Spain crush Italy to win historic Euro 2012 crown
Spain confirmed their status as one of the greatest national teams in football history by overwhelming Italy 4-0 in Sunday's Euro 2012 final in Kiev to retain their European crown.
02 July 2012
World stocks, euro, oil jump as EU summit delivers
World stock markets surged Friday, the euro jumped against the dollar, and oil prices rocketed after a key EU summit delivered surprise emergency measures to fight the eurozone debt crisis.
01 July 2012
Tolmachev back to Kazkahstan and will go back to work
Former adviser to Kazakhstan's permanent mission to UNESCO, declared not guilty of hijacking the plane in Italy, came back to Kazakhstan.
29 May 2012