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Addresses the issue of homeland security in various European countries after the September 11, 2001 United States terrorist attacks. Role of the Belgium's State Security Service in fighting international terrorism; Implementation of anti-terrorism measures in Germany; Introduction of anti-terrorism laws in Great Britain.

Discusses the Olive Tree Coalition government of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Events that happened in Italy that Italians would not forget; Areas of concern of Italian government; Focus of the Olive Tree Coalition; Frustrations with Italy's legal system.

Describes the economic conditions of Italy under the administration of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Measures proposed by the administration; Information on the country's telecommunication sector.

Reports on the possible victory of right-wing opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi in the April 2001 election to be held in Italy. Reorganization of Italy's political system; Obstacle to Berlusconi's path to political power.

Provides information about Genoa of Italy as one of the most visited cities in the world. How the biggest aquarium in Genoa attract visitors; Reasons why Genoa deserve a visit aside from the aquarium; Other scenic spot that Genoa is known for; Reason why Genoa owes its glory and riches to the sea; Names of famous Genoans.

Reports on the political and economic developments in Italy. Achievements of Prime Minister Lamberto Dini and adding foreign investors and restoring faith in Italy's economy; Economic advantages in investing in Italy; Rosy forecast for Italy's economy; Dini's policies; Reformation of Italian retirement system; Obstacle confronting Dini; Highlights of the Super Gemina deal.

Presents an interview with World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Renato Ruggiero. Controversies concerning his nomination as director-general of WTO; Inclusion of Russia and China in the WTO; WTO's administration of commercial trade by the year 2005.

Profiles the three important political leaders of Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and right wing allies Gianfranco Fini of the National Alliance and Umberto Bossi of the Lombard League. Beginning of a new era in Italian politics; Reputation; Career history; Achievements; Family background; Other members of the new Italian government.

Reports on the plan of Milan, Italy Mayor Gabriele Albertini to sell the historical Galeria Vittorio Emanuele. Amount that he hopes to raise; Provisions of a law allowing the sale of historical buildings; History of the Galleria.

Features Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Issue over his businesses; Reactions to his fiscal policies; Reasons for his popularity.

Reports on the financial performance of professional soccer teams in Italy. Reasons the spending of the teams are expected to decline in 2002; Several soccer teams that are facing financial problems.

Presents demographic information on the Italian town Morterone. Physical size and population of the town; Celebrities and prominent personalities who leave in the area; Discussion on the housing and household income of the town.

Talks about the years of lead which pertains to the series of murders and terrorist attacks in Italy. Number of people injured and killed in terrorist action between December 12, 1969 and 1988; Information on the victims of the Red Brigades, the main group that carried out armed attacks on Rome; Imprisonment of ex-Red Brigades members.

Profiles Italian businessman and Tiscali founder Renato Soru. Stocks held by Tiscali; Soru's personal and educational background; Technique in rearing children.

Deals with the result of a survey on foreign women's perception about Italy. Difficulties that these women encounter; Opinion of Kristin Engvig, president of Women's International Networking; Information on the family system in Italy; Description of the attitude of Italian men towards women.

Focuses on the homecoming of Silvia Baraldini, a member of the Italian left wing who was convicted in the United States for involvement in a terrorist killing. Issues concerning her return to Italy; Stance taken by the right wing, headed by television magnate Silvio Berlusconi and by post-fascist Giancarlo Fini; Insights on the economic condition of Italy.

Reports on the growth of organic cultivation market in Italy. Amount of acreage converted to organic agriculture as of 1997-1998; Factors contributing to the market expansion.

Features Madina Ferrari, an entrepreneur in the cosmetics industry in Italy. Career highlights; How she started her cosmetics business; Expansion plans.

Deals with the political parties in Italy. How a donkey symbolizes a political party formed by former prime minister Romano Prodi; Symbol for the conservative opposition.

Focuses on the decline in the savings rate among Italians as of 1998. Average savings rate of Italians; Reasons behind the decline; Popular investments in Italy; Attraction of Italian investors to the Milan stock exchange.

Deals with the Italian real estate. Why Italians had stopped buying houses; Contribution of Piazza Affari, the stock market located in Milan, Italy to the renewed interest in real estate investments; Factor that keeps the market from reflecting the situation; Amount of real estate owned by public institutions; Order of the government for public institutions to sell a part of their real estate.

Ponders on the Italian economic system in view of the 21st century. Information on the Italian stock exchange; Elaboration on the modernization of the Italian economy; Trend in Italy's financial service industry.

Focuses on the leadership succession at Fiat group, a family-owned company in Italy. Background on the company founded by Giovanni Agnelli senior in 1900; Impact of the death of Giovanni Umberto Agnelli, son of Umberto Agnelli to the company's leadership; Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli's decision to prepare his grandson, John Elkan for the company's leadership.

Highlights the controversy that arose from the announcement by Doctor Luigi Di Bella, an oncologist and University professor in Rome, that he had developed a successful cancer treatment. Reaction of Italians to his announcement; Critics of Di Bella; Debate over the distribution of the drug.

Profiles author Alexander Stille who has made a name in both American and Italian literary circles. Stille's style in writing; Family background; Information on his book `Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic.'

Features Leonardo Chiariglione and the Motion Pictures Experts Group (MPEG), which is behind the creation of compact discs-read-only-memory (CD-ROMs), digital television. Philosophy of Chiariglione; What inspire for his quest for a common computer standards.

Features Antonio Di Pietro, a former policeman who joined the Italian politics and won the senatorial seat in Tuscany. Reason why Di Pietro became a national hero known as `Tonino'; Previous judicial positions held by Di Pietro; Di Pietro's political career.

Focuses on the modernization of the educational system in Italy. Government financing of private schools; Information about Italy as the only country in Europe that did not have a law concerning the equality between public and private schools; Problem in Italian schools.

Focuses on the preparations of Italy's government in their desire to enter the European Monetary Union (EMU). Information about the fundamental parameters set down by the Maastricht Treaty; Information on Italy's inflation rate; How the optimistic declarations of Romano Prodi had improve the negative predictions concerning Italy's chances for entering EMU; Comparison of Italy with Germany and France in joining the EMU.

Discusses the prestigious European Cup which was won by the Italian national rugby team against the French champions on March 22, 1997 in Grenoble, Rome. How it represented a good revenge for Italians; Award achieved by the Italian national prior to the European Cup; Acknowledgment of the the European sporting press L'Equipe on the Italian's victory.

Features different tourist spots to be seen in Milan, Italy and their geographical descriptions. Duomo; Old central district of Brera; Pinacoteca di Brera museum; Via Montenapoleone; Via Manzoni; Poldi Pezzoli; Pecks; Corso Magenta; Santa Maria delle Grazie.

Presents a study made by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the number of people who committed tax evasions in Italy. Statistics on tax evasions; Seven OECD countries that are listed in the world's most taxed people; System of tax refunds in Italy.

Reports the controversy in the the bid of Rome, Italy to host the 2004 Olympics. Arguments against hosting the Olympics by the Italian daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera.

Reports that Italian state-owned television broadcasting company Rai lost the public auction for the exclusive coverage rights for the Italian soccer championship. Vittorio Cecchi Gori's victory during the public auction.

Profiles Baroness Mirella Barracco, the activist who originated from Naples, Italy. Establishment of the association denominated as Napoli '99; Revival of Naples as the primordial goal of the organization; Historical background of Naples and its glorious past; Naples as the venue of the Group of Seven conference; Genealogical root of Barracco; Positive description of the baroness.

Reports on the debate on the word `fatherland' by the intellectual community in Italy. Italy's political shift to the right; Focus on the propriety of using the word; Appearance of national pride in books in Italy.

Reports on developments concerning the telecommunication and media industries in Italy. Advancement of the Italian telecommunications market; End of Rai's monopoly of the television broadcasting industry; Comments of Massachusetts Institute of Technology director Nicholas Negroponte regarding the broadcasting industry in Italy.

Reports on the publication of the Italian dictionary `Devoto-Oli,' edited by Giacomo Devoto and Gian Carlo Oli. Inclusion of foreign jargon and idioms.

Features author Susanna Tamaro of Rome, Italy. Comparison with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi; Popularity of the book `Va dove ti porta il cuore'; Personal information.

Reports on the fashion trend in Italy. Italian professor Gillo Dorfles' theory on fashion; Elimination of underwear by Italian designers; Proposed limitations on the undressed trend by several designers.

Discusses the boom in the sale or lease of islands in Rome, Italy. Issues that affected the country's tourism sector in 1994; Plan by administrators to save buildings from deterioration; Properties for sale or lease; Image problem for islands that have been the site of security prisons.

Features antique shops in Rome, Italy. Flea market circuit in Rome; Description of antiques sold in the flea market; Italy as center of antique shops; Antique market in Porto Portese.

Reports on the increase in the number of requests for gun licenses in Italy. Difficulty in obtaining legal permission to carry arms; Statistics on privately owned guns; Categories of gun owners.

Reports on the March 27, 1994 special elections in Italy. Number of representatives and senators in Parliament; Forecast on Socialist Party of ex-Prime Minister Bettino Craxi; Comparison with the April 1992 elections; Concerns on the Christian Democrats.

Reports on the Italian government's economic policies. Success of the global bonds program; Privatization of the postal system.

Reports on unemployment in Italy. Individuals getting through by a variety of self-employment ideas; People's change in lines of work; Putting of creative ideas to work; Confirmation of existence of an entrepreneurial spirit; Banking industry bolstered by arrival of German, Japanese and American banks; Annual rate of unemployment nationwide.

Reports on the study on the Italo-international business network revealing the typical jobs of Italians. Study by Emilio Pozzi and Consuelo Corradi from the University of Rome; Employment in the services sector, including marketing and consultation.

Reports on the decision of the family that owns Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli and wife Marcella Caracciolo, to donate their private art collection to the city of Turin, Italy. Crisis faced by Fiat; Transformation of the Fiat factory into Turin arts center; Significance of the donated art collection to the city.

Discusses issues on the Italian law which forbids wearing of clothing in public that makes it difficult to recognize a person without a justifiable reason. Description of a photograph which triggered public debate on the topic; Proposal from Minister Umberto Bossi for Islam followers living in Italy.

Profiles Italian author Oriana Fallaci. Criticism against terrorism; Reputation as an interviewer.