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International magic coming to Rome

The 7th annual SUPERMAGIC International Festival of Magic returns to Rome January 22 – 31, 2010, with MISTERO, an original theatrical magical presentation that will engage and

Inside Cirque du Soleil's
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charm adults and children of all ages. At the beautiful Theater Olimpico in the heart of Rome (Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17), MISTERO is a mythical theatre experience transcending rationality and questioning certainty featuring state-of-the-art special effects and an international cast of award-winning performers: More >

Italian beer gets following

Kranz (Wreath) of Kölsch

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ROME, Italy — Just blocks away from Rome’s famous Campo dei Fiori, on a dark cobblestone alley, stands an old three-story building. Inside, waiters flit from table to table as customers drink into the night. But they are not drinking glasses of Brunello or Amarone — Open Baladin only serves tall glasses of Italian craft beer.

At this first and largest Italian craft beer pub, customers choose from 38 beers on tap and an entire wall of selected bottles — all Italian. More >

Anti trust regulators extend deadline for agricole

Italy’s antitrust authority Thursday said it has extended Credit Agricole SA’s (ACA.FR) deadline to reduce its stake in local lender Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (ISP.MI) after the French bank missed the previous date.

Credit Agricole’s new deadline is Feb. 22, from a previous one at the end of last month, said the country’s antitrust body, the Autorita Garante Della Concorrenza E Del Mercato, or AGCM, on its Web site.

The French bank must reduce its stake to less than 5%, it has said.