25

Oct

Sicily on storms red alert

The Italian civil protection department put eastern Sicily on red alert on Friday due violent storms that caused some rail services to be suspended. Italy has been hit by a…

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25

Oct

Italian police bust ‘Mafia plastic recycling ring’

Italian authorities say they have smashed a Mafia-run plastic recycling ring that sent toxic material from the southern island of Sicily to China. The scam was uncovered during a four-year…

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25

Oct

Earthquake rattles Calabria region

An earthquake registering 4.4 early Friday struck in the Tyrrhenian Sea at a depth of 11km off the coast of Calabria. The tremors were felt in Cosenza, Vibo Valentia, Luzzi,…

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25

Oct

Trains, planes, Rome bus, metro to strike on Friday

Trains and planes across Italy will stop and Rome be hit by a bus, metro and trash collection strike on what has been dubbed 'Black Friday' , unions confirmed. Rome…

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24

Oct

Man killed in robbery in the streets of Rome

Carabinieri officers investigate a crime scene in Rome, Italy after a fatal roobery.. A 25-year-old man on the evening of Wednesday was shot after he reacted to a robbery in…

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24

Oct

Libyan and Italian Interior Ministers review cooperation in fighting illegal immigration

The Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha met Wednesday with the Italian counterpart, Luciana Lamorgese, in Rome and discussed illegal immigration issues, Libya's Anti Illegal Immigration Authority said on Facebook. The…

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24

Oct

Italian health authorities issue alert about e-cigarettes

The Italian Higher Health Institute (ISS) has issued a grade 2 alert about e-cigarettes to the health ministry and regional health councillors across Italy,. A grade two alert is the…

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23

Oct

Italian region of Piedmont declares state-of-emergency after violent storms

Two people are dead, and two others who were missing were later found alive after a wave of violent storms caused flooding many areas of northern Italy. The extreme weather…

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21

Oct

Photo Story: Storms wreak havoc in northern Italy

  Scenes from the aftermath of the severe weather in Milan, northern Italy. According to reports, large areas of Milan have been affected by floods as a wave of storms…

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21

Oct

Fire grips Turin’s Cavallerizza Reale

A big fire broke out on Monday at Turin's Cavallerizza Reale, a historic building in the centre of the northern city which has UNESCO World Heritage status thanks to its…

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21

Oct

Large areas of Milan flooded

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20

Oct

Unauthorised Prosecco-flavoured Pringles seized in Italy

Officials in Italy have seized 250 tubes of Prosecco flavoured Pringles crisps, after claims the company used the sparkling wine’s name without permission. Pringles produced the limited-edition range of crisps…

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17

Oct

Recovery of corpses from migrant shipwreck in Lampedusa

Photos showing divers of the Italian Coast Guard preparing to go down about 60 meters deep, six miles south of the coast of Lampedusa, to recover 13 corpses- 12 of…

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16

Oct

12 bodies found in shipwreck off Lampedusa

A handout video grab taken from underwater footage made by an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and released by the Italian Coast Guard (Guardia Costiera). The photo shows the wreckage of…

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16

Oct

Photo Story: 29 injured as bus crashes into tree in Rome

Local police and fire brigade on the spot where a bus crashed with a tree in Rome, Italy. The emergency services have taken 29 injured people to hospital after a…

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16

Oct

British brain-damaged girl who was flown to Italy for treatment is ‘settling in well’

A severely brain-damaged girl who the British health services believed should have her life support withdrawn is settling into her new home in a specialist children's hospital in Italy. Tafida…

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15

Oct

Italy’s Euro Zone membership is irreversible – Matteo Salvini

Matteo Salvini said on Monday that the euro was here to stay and he hoped that nobody in his far-right, eurosceptic party would ever again raise doubts over Italy's membership…

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13

Oct

Couple who survived the Morandi bridge collapse gets married

Just a little more than a year after the collapse of the Morandi bridge, Eugeniu Babin and Nataliya Yelina, survivors of the collapse of August 14, 2018,  got married in…

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12

Oct

Photo Story: Italian Air Force F-35s during NATO Air Policing

A series of photos of the Italian Air Force multirole combat aircraft F-35 during defence operation Air Policing led by NATO in Keflavik Air Base, Iceland. NATO Air Policing is…

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12

Oct

Fresco with two gladiators fighting discovered in Pompeii

A handout photo made available by the Italian Culture Ministry on 11 October 2019 shows two gladiators at the end of a fight, with one (L) winning and the other…

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11

Oct

The battle against cancer is harder than one could hope for but results are positive – Gianluca Vialli

Former Italian footballer Gianluca Vialli is in Italy together with the Italian National team which this weekend should get the mathematical qualification for Euro 2020. For a long time there…

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11

Oct

Photo Story: ECB President Mario Draghi honoured at Milan university

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi delivers a speech after being awarded with an Honoris Causa Degree at the Universita Cattolica university in Milan, Italy, 11 October 2019.  …

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11

Oct

Highlights of the Exhibition of Bernardo Strozzi in Genoa

Highlights of some of the works of artby Bernardo Strozzi that are on display as part of the exhibition 'The Conquest of Color' at the Palazzo Nicolosio Lomellino in Genoa,…

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11

Oct

Etna eruptions cause partial air-space closure

Fresh eruptions on the Etna caused big clouds of volcanic ash on Friday, prompting the authority in charge of Catania airport to close a section of Sicily's air space. As…

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10

Oct

Italian tax evaders to have assets seized like Mafia members

A measure in a draft of a fiscal decree set to be linked to the government's 2020 budget bill would enable the tax authorities to seize the assets of people…

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09

Oct

Over 200 Alitalia flights cancelled because of pilot, cabin crew strike

Alitalia pilots and cabin crew staged a 24-hour strike called by the Anpac, Anpav and Anp unions on Wednesday. See full list of cancelled flights here   The action forced…

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09

Oct

Search continuing in Lampedusa for victims of latest tragedy

Italian authorities are continuing the search for the bodies of the persons that were on-board a boat that capsized earlier this week off the coast of Lampedusa. According to survivors,…

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09

Oct

Italy says Malta migration accord is already operational

  Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said after an EU interior ministers meeting on migrants in Luxembourg Tuesday that "I can't give numbers" of the countries backing a recent swift redistribution…

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09

Oct

Italian Parliament votes to reduce number of MPs

The Lower house on Tuesday voted to cut Italy's parliamentarians from 945 to 600, by 553 votes to 14 with two abstentions. After its definitive approval, the bill has now…

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08

Oct

Giovanni Falcone’s killer request for house arrest refused

The supreme Court of Cassation on Monday rejected a petition by Giovanni Brusca, the Sicilian mafia boss who set off the explosive that killed anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone in 1992,…

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08

Oct

In Italy, working mother is told “You either accept the offer to leave, or they’ll make your life misery” after having second child

"You should accept the offer. If you go back to work they will force you die". Although using a friendly tone, worker Chiara could not see a friend in the…

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08

Oct

Italy risks losing EU funds, unless there is adequate funding for its ‘poorer south’ – EU Official

The European Commission has sent Italy a letter saying that Rome risks a cut in EU structural funds unless it maintains "an adequate level" of funding for its poorer south,…

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08

Oct

UPDATED: Tragedy off the coast of Lampedusa after boat full of migrants capsizes

Update: The Italian Coast Guard and Italian finance police rescued 22 survivors and recovered the bodies of 13 people, all women, after a boat carrying about 50 migrants overturned Sunday night…

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07

Oct

Italy in danger of entering recession

The CSC research unit of Italian industrial employers' confederation Confindustria said Monday that Italy is "still on the threshold of zero growth" and "risks falling into recession in the case…

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07

Oct

Photo Story: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ Photocall in Rome

US actress Angelina Jolie poses for the media during a photocall for 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' (Italian title: Maleficent: Signora del male) in Rome, Italy. The movie opens in Italian…

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07

Oct

Schools evacuated as earthquake rattles Catanzaro

Schools were evacuated in Catanzaro, Italy, as an earthquake on Monday morning rattled the region. The earthquake had an initial magnitude of 4 with the epicenter localized in Caraffa di…

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05

Oct

Italian 5Star Movement MPs launch attack on party leadership

Italy's anti-establishment 5Star Movement was rocked on Friday after almost a third of its lawmakers launched an attack on the party leadership, calling for an overhaul of the group's power…

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05

Oct

Renzi says he plans to sue Trump’s ex-campaign aide Papadopoulos

Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Friday said he plans to sue President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign aide George Papadopoulos over allegations that Renzi attempted to undermine Trump’s 2016 presidential…

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04

Oct

Two police officer shot dead in Trieste, Italy

Two police officers were shot dead in a firefight with two alleged robbers, a pair of brothers, at Trieste's central police station on Friday. The men, both said to be…

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04

Oct

Salvini leads protest against Rome Mayor Raggi

Lega party leader Matteo Salvini leads a protest against Rome mayor Virginia Raggi at Campidoglio in Rome, Italy. Right-wing party Lega organised a sit-in to protest against Rome Mayor Raggi…

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04

Oct

Photo Story: Italian PM Conte visits Assisi for feast of Saint Francis

Handout photos made available by the Prime Minister's Press Office shows Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte as he arrives to celebrate Saint Francis, patron of Italy, at the Basilica of…

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03

Oct

Pompeo to visit ancestral home in Pacentro in Italy

An external view of the ancestral home of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pacentro, Italy. Pompeo will visit the small town where his paternal great-grandparents Paolo Pompeo and…

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03

Oct

71 migrants land in Lampedusa

71 migrants, including two women and a minor, landed, in the pouring rain, in Lampedusa, Italy on Wednesday evening. A Coast Guard patrol boat rescued them in the sea in…

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03

Oct

Row in Italy over pork-free tortellini

In Italy there is an ongoing polemic regarding Muslim-friendly pork-free tortellini that were ordered by the diocese of Bologna. The diocese of Bologna, which had ordered Muslim-friendly pork-free tortellini for…

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03

Oct

Rome garbage crisis risk causing health emergency

The doctors' guild of the city and province of Rome called for a fast solution to the capital's garbage crisis, saying that otherwise there is "the risk of a health…

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02

Oct

Over 5,000 cubic metre of ice collapse from Mont Blanc glacier

A tourist takes a picture of the Planpinceux glacier on the Mont Blanc, threatening the village of Planpinceux, which was evacuated as a precaution for fears of an imminent landslide…

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02

Oct

Libya tops agenda of Pompeo’s Italian visit

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Italy Tuesday for wide-ranging discussions with Italian officials. According to diplomatic sources, bilateral ties, NATO, trade tariffs and the situation in…

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02

Oct

Italian Education minister considering removing crucifixes from schools

Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti this week considered removing crucifixes from schoolrooms to underline their secular nature, sparking a huge row. "I believe in a secular school, I think that schools…

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01

Oct

Italian Serie A declares war on pirate TV – Fines will range between €2,500 and €26,000

The Italian Serie A has declared war on pirate TV. Earlier on Tuesday, the managing director of the Italian Lega Luigi De Siervo told Radio Crc that the clubs lost…

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30

Sep

Unemployment in Italy drops to 9.5%, lowest level since 2011

Italy's unemployment rate dropped to 9.5% in August, a fall of 0.3 of a percentage point on the previous month, taking it down to the lowest level since November 2011,…

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30

Sep

Meredith Kercher killer Guede granted daytime release from jail

A Rome court has rejected a request by Rudy Guede, a man who is serving 16 years in prison in Viterbo for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia,…

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30

Sep

Mafia suspect arrested in Italy on return from Malta

Italian police arrested 48-year-old Simone Gaetano on his return to Italy from Malta. Gaetano was wanted in Italy for his ties to the Sicilian mafia known as Cosa Nostra particularly…

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29

Sep

Pompeo to visit Italy, have talks with Conte, Di Maio and private meeting with Pope Francis

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Rome this week and have talks with President Sergio Mattarella, Premier Giuseppe Conte and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, the State…

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29

Sep

Emma Marrone tells fans she can’t wait to be back after recovering her energy following the latest cancer therapy cycle

Italian singer Emma Marrone told her fans, through Instagram, that she can't wait to be back and sing once she recovers from the latest therapy cycle. Marrone, in September, shocked…

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28

Sep

Photo Story: Green Mille Miglia car race in Italy

Participants in the first edition of the '1000 Miglia Green', the first endurance race specifically targeting electric and hybrid vehicles, in Brescia, Italy. The first edition of the endurance race…

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27

Sep

Venice to clamp down on low-quality shops

The Venice city council on Thursday approved a resolution to stop low-quality clothes or souvenir shops opening in St Mark's Square and around the Rialto bridge. The resolution, which will…

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27

Sep

Dangerous tattoo inks banned in Italy

The Italian Ministry of Health has banned several inks that are considered highly toxic and cancerogenic elements that were in use in the country. The decision was taken are nationwide…

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