venezia, italy, april 30, 2008. venice city hall has officially forbidden to give any kind of food (corn grain or else) to pidgeons showing by the thousand in saint mark square, actioning strong protest by the stall owners by generations selling grain losing their only revenue for living.

rome, italy, april 28, 2008. the new mayor of the city of rome is giovanni alemanno of the right wing party. he defeated francesco rutelli of the left wing party.

italy, april 25, 2008. politicians and flags in milan celebrating in the dom square the 63rd anniversary of liberation from fascism and end of second world war.

milan, italy, april 25, 2008. old survivors showing the names of nazis extermination camps where they have been, celebrating today liberation day of italy from fascism and the end of second world war.

milan, italy, april 25, 2008. angelo sada, former commander 0f partisan'brigade duca d'ancona
remembering when on liberation day in 1945 in milan' loreto square he ordered to remove hanging corpses of benito mussolini and claretta petacci, and obliged the crowd to respect them.

milan, italy, april 25, 2008. lodovico nova wearing the garibaldi uniform is a veteran of the partisans' garibaldi brigade, celebrating today the 63rd anniversary of italy liberation from fascism.

milan, italy, april 16, 2008. people from all nations visiting the "salone internazionale del mobile" ("international furniture trade fair") opened today with great cooperation of industries, architects and designers.

milan, italy, april 16, 2008. overcrowded tapis roulants bringing visitors from all continents to pavilions of the "salone internazionale del mobile" (international furniture trade fair) opened today.

milan, italy, april 16, 2008. lady mayor of milan letizia moratti has officially opened the "salone internazionale del mobile" ("international furniture trade fair") visiting many pavilions.
this photograph showing letizia moratti opening a drawer of a modern italian made kitchen.

milan, italy, april 15, 2008. italian magnate silvio berlusconi (right) has won election becoming for the third time italy leader. in this repertory photograph his long time friend and allied umberto bossi (left) of the north league that obtained a great approval by voters, and will go forward with silvio berlusconi.

milan, italy, april 14, 2008. top financial event today is the general shareholders'meeting of telecom-italia (the main telephone company in italy) and speech of president gabriele galateri di genola (center), and ceo franco bernabè (left), both widely explaining future plans of the company.

april 12, 2008. moroccan-french writer tahar ben jelloun is now in milan as foreman of jury of festival of african, asian and latin america cinema.

april 2008. the olympic torch for beijing 2008 designed by lenovo.

april 6, 2008. palau, sardinia, italy. national windsurf championship.

april 6, 2008. hard times for italian minister of economy tommaso padoa schioppa trying to repair the alitalia gap at time limit with air france number one jean-cyril spinetta and italian labor syndicates.

april 5, 2008. the french clipper le ponant (in this repertory photograph while leaving venice, italy, bound to one of the many luxury cruises ) has been distrained in the gulf of aden by somali pirates now asking ransom.

milan, italy, april 2, 2008. sun yuxi is the new ambassador in italy for the people republic of china, now in milan opening contacts where a great community of chinese immigrants lives and work.

....and TheWinner of EXPO 2015....is...Letizia Moratti....

milan, italy, april 2, 2008. letizia moratti, mayor of the city of milan, who gave her efforts to host in her city next event of expo in the year 2015

milan, italy, april 2, 2008. a view of the city hall chamber while (in center at the end ) the mayor of the city of milan letizia moratti explaining the efforts that brought the city of milan winner in hosting expo 2015, and much more what has still to be done in the coming time till year 2015.

milan, italy, march 31, 2008. the panel placed to the main façade of the city hall showing that milan will host the event of expo in year 2015 and "thanks to all".

milan, italy, march 31, 2008. vice mayor of the city of milan showing the victory of his city vs. the turk city of izmir for the event of expo that will take place in milan in year 2015.

milan, italy, march 31, 2008. speech of silvio berlusconi to supporters of his center right wing party, in front of milan'cathedral.

milan, italy. march 31, 2008. silvio berlusconi, president of the center right wing party, wide opening his ear to get the "i approve your program " from the crowd of electors.