Italy On This Day

Errico Petrella – opera composer Sicilian whose popularity drew scorn from rivals The largely forgotten opera composer Errico Petrella, who...

Sonia Gandhi - Indian politician Widow of ex-PM Rajiv born in pre-Alps of Veneto Sonia Gandhi, an Italian who married into a famous politic...

NEW - The Borghese Coup Neo-fascist ‘plot’ aborted at last moment Italians might have woken up on this day in 1970 to learn that the nation...

Neo-fascist ‘plot’ aborted at last moment How the story of the attempted coup was broken in a Rome newspaper three months after the event It...