milan, italy, december 17 2009. vittorio feltri (left) journlist and director of daily "il giornale" and

art critic vittorio sgarbi showing to photographers samples of plastic souvenirs of the milan cathedral, same as the bigger and heavier one thrown durng the attempt against premier silvio berlusconi last december 13.

milan, italy, december 7 2009. art critic and politician vittorio sgarbi presented his book titled "l'italia delle meraviglie" (italy of marvels).

CAMPARISODA book

milan, italy, december 10 2009. the book "camparisoda" dedicated to the wellknown italian drink and typical shape of the bottle, presented today at milan triennale by authors top designers matteo ragni and steven guernaccia.

milan, italy, december 10 2009. italian designer matteo ragni showing the book "camparisoda"

publishing his sketches mentioning the wellknown drink.

milan, italy, december 10 2009. american designer steven guarnaccia showing his cover of book "camparisoda".

the italian postal service released last november 2009 two stamps dedicated to late opera singer luciano pavarotti and late singer mino reitano.

AMBROGINO D'ORO 2009 to Dolce & Gabbana and Marina Berlusconi

milan, italy. december 7 2009. milan mayor lady letizia moratti and president marina berlusconi (right) cheek to cheek after she has been honored by the title named "ambrogino d'oro", given once a year to excellent people of lombardy.

milan, italy. december 7 2009. marina berlusconi, president of financial and industrial plants in lombardy, daughter of italian premier silvio berlusconi, going to receive the honorific title of "ambrogino d'oro", given to most distinguished lombardy people during the current year.

milan, italy. december 7 2004. fashion stylists domenico dolce and stefano gabbana with mayor of milan lady letizia moratti and president of milan city hall manfredi palmeri, after receiving official honorific title of "ambrogino d'oro" given anually to most distinguished people in lombardy.

milan, italy. december 4 2009. fashion stylist domenico dolce (right) and stefano gabbana (left) on the way to attend the "ambrogino d'oro" honorific title given them by the milan city hall.

milan, italy. december 4 2009. xmas lights are on on xmas tree in dom square.

new york city, usa. december 4 2009. the italian typewriter same as this olivetti lettera 32 who belonged to american novel writer cormac mccarthy, has been sold for us dollars 254.000 at christie's auction in new york. typewriter this kind could be bought at flea markets in italy for

more or less 30 to 45 dollars.

Premier Berlusconi welcome new EU President Herman Van Rompuy

milan, italy. december 1 2009. military honors to new president of european comunity herman van rampuy and premier silvio berlusconi (left).

milan, italy. december 1 2009. press conference of new president of european community (left) herman van rompuy, and premier silvio berlusconi.

milan, italy. december 1 2009. new president of european community herman van rompuy.

milan, italy. december 1 2009. premier silvio berlusconi.