WWII

Till April 19, over 100 artworks recount the extraordinary feat of safeguarding Italy’s artistic and cultural heritage during World War II

Two World War II bombs have been found at the famed Ancient Greek Valle dei Templi archaeological site at Agrigento in Sicily, local sources said Monday. They were found around 150 meters from the Temple of Hera. Workers doing maintenance...

Sending more and more arms to help Ukraine fight off the Russian invasion is "unleashing an apocalyptic chain reaction," the president of Italian WWII partisans' group ANPI said Friday, in another plea for peace after controversial stances seen as being...

“This wasn’t just the old man who limped everywhere. The more I learned about my grandfather, the more I felt distant from him,” said Mark Pedri. In his expedition-based documentary “Dear Sirs,” director Mark Pedri and his wife, producer Carrie...

The Orkney Islands is an archipelago located in the North Sea to the northeast of Scotland. In these days of tourists always in search of places off the beaten path, the remote islands have become a popular destination—even for weddings....

One of the first veterans of his unit I talked with would forever make a lasting impression on me. “You see that?” he said, singling out a photo from my father’s collection I placed in front of him. “Those are...

Pinza logged in 750 performances in 50 operas at the Met and even had a career on the Broadway stage and in Hollywood. This life of celebrity, success, love and family unity came to an end suddenly without even a...

Il Messaggio del Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite in occasione dei giorni del ricordo e della riconcializione per quanti hanno perso la vita durante WWII