Eric J. Lyman

GlobalPost

Having an affair in Italy? You may want to avoid using WhatsApp

The popular instant messaging service is cited in nearly half of all Italian divorce proceedings.

Having an affair in Italy? You may want to avoid using WhatsApp

Doha climate talks produce more hot air

Doha climate talks produce more hot air

Italy, bravado and the Costa Concordia

Italy, bravado and the Costa Concordia

In Italy, the poor drive Ferraris

In Italy, the poor drive Ferraris

Will Ukraine tilt east or west?

Will Ukraine tilt east or west?

Is Mario Monti's honeymoon over?

Tapped to fix Berlusconi’s mess, the PM spars with Italy’s endemic rot.

Is Mario Monti's honeymoon over?

Can Mario Monti save Italy? (Updated)

Today, as debt costs soar, the new Italian Prime Minister puts his job on the line for change.

Can Mario Monti save Italy? (Updated)

Why I will miss Berlusconi

For those who chronicled Berlusconi's colorful career, his exit from office Saturday was tinged with regret.

Why I will miss Berlusconi

As Italy's debt cost dangerously soars, what's next after Berlusconi?

Analysis: Amid debt crisis, Berlusconi's departure leaves a big mess for his successor.

As Italy's debt cost dangerously soars, what's next after Berlusconi?

To understand Silvio Berlusconi, look at his political godfather: Bettino Craxi

Craxi, also mired in scandal, was the most polarizing figure in Italian politics, until Berlusconi.

To understand Silvio Berlusconi, look at his political godfather: Bettino Craxi

Are Berlusconi's nine lives up?

The defection of a key ally. New sex scandals. Charges of tax fraud. The collapse of Pompeii. A new trash crisis in Naples. Has Silvio Berlusconi used up the last of his political nine lives? Italy’s central bank warns end of country's economic malaise is still far away. Hollywood star calls the prime minister “idiotic.”

Are Berlusconi's nine lives up?

Berlusconi calls for new elections

The Italian prime minister, wracked by a new set of scandals, calls for new elections. Berlusconi helps push a law that would fine bloggers for "incorrect facts." A weekly Italian news magazine threatens to publish a list of openly gay priest. And a distraught mother, apparently worried about her two teenage sons, called the cops on a nude 26-year-old female sunbather.

Berlusconi calls for new elections
The World

How Italian media censorship works

Berlusconi controls many outlets, but Italian law also contributes to restrictions on press freedom.

How Italian media censorship works
The World

Climate negotiators: Do they practice what they preach?

Delegates to the Copenhagen conference say they live energy efficient lives — at home, anyway.

Climate negotiators: Do they practice what they preach?
The World

Tears as Amanda Knox's verdict is read

The American former exchange student and her family sob as she is found guilty of murdering her roommate.

Tears as Amanda Knox's verdict is read