University of Bologna

Remember when you were a child, and your grandmother would cut a cool watermelon after your afternoon nap? The taste was irresistible, and just one bite would fill you with joy. Back then, everything seemed different: tomatoes were sweet and juicy, grapes were crisp, peaches were fragrant and succulent, and even the nearly bland zucchinis were interesting and made a perfect light lunch.

The University of Bologna and her colleagues conducted a new study of the 3,500-year-old Minoan system of fractions

Milan – President Borut Pahor met Attilio Fontana, the president of Lombardy, in Milan on Monday for what his office said were talks about cooperation, in particularly economic ties, and opportunities to develop and enhance bilateral relations.

SCIENTISTS have made a huge breakthrough in the search for life on Mars after they discovered what appears to be an existing lake of water.

The lake was discovered on the south polar ice cap of Mars and is covered in a sheet of ice, the thickness of which is yet to be determined.

The Tunguska event was a large explosion that occurred near the Stony Tunguska River, in Yeniseysk Governorate in Russia. On June 30, 1908, a fireball was seen streaking across the daytime sky and within moments something exploded in the atmosphere.

The tourist gate and ticket house are ready at the ancient city of Karkamış, where Turkish troops crossed last month into Syria and ousted Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants from the border.

The bishop appointed as the Anatolian Apostolic Vicar by Pope Francis after the murder of his predecessor in the southern province of Hatay has held his first church service, in the ?skenderun district of Hatay.

A Turkish-Italian team has completed its fourth season of excavations in Karkamış, which is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world and located right on Turkey’s border with Syria Archaeology and war don’t usually mix, yet that’s been the case for years at Karkamış, an ancient city along the Turkey-Syria border where an excavation team announced its newest finds N

EU mission in Kosovo has new chief

PRIŠTINA -- Italy's Gabriele Meucci has been appointed as the new head of the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, it was announced on Friday.

Meucci will take over the duty from Bernd Borhart on October 15 and his mandate will last until June 14, 2015.

PRISTINA - Italia's Gabriele Meucci has been appointed as the new EULEX chief, the EU Mission in Kosovo released.

Meucci will take over the duty from Bernd Borhart on October 15 and his mandate will last until June 14, 2015. The decision on his appointment was adopted by the EU Political and Security Committee.

Borhart held office as the EULEX chief since February 1, 2013.