Italy

Mild tremor along border between Italy and Slovenia

An earthquake that had the intensity of 3.3 on the Richter Scale was registered at 5.14 am along the border between Italy and Slovenia. According to the Istituto Nazionale…

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Italy heading towards tougher action against distracted drivers

The transport commission at the Italian Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday discussed how to punish cell phone use while driving as part of highway code reform. League rapporteur promoter Giuseppe…

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A new version of Fanta launched in Italy with Sicilian blood oranges

A new version of Fanta was launched in Italy, Fanta Aranciata Rossa Zero Zuccheri with “ Arancia Rossa di Sicilia IGP”, an soft drink with juice of Sicilian blood oranges,…

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Conte removes Transport Undersecretary Armando Siri from his post

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has removed Transport Undersecretary Armando Siri from his post at Wednesday's cabinet meeting. The case has caused considerable tension within Conte's coalition government. Deputy Premier…

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Amanda Knox returning to Italy

Amanda Knox has said she will return to Italy next month for the first since being definitively cleared in 2015 of killing her former flat mate Meredith Kercher. The American…

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Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti interrupts concerts to be operated on vocal cords

Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti announced that he will be interrupting his current tour to be operated on the vocal cords. His concerts, "Vita Ce n’è World Tour 2019", are scheduled…

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‘Anonymous’ hacks the emails of 30,000 Italian lawyers

The Italian section of hacktivist group 'Anonymous' said Tuesday that it has hacked the certified email accounts of 30,000 members of the Rome guild of lawyers. Anonymous Italia posted screenshots…

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Berlusconi released from hospital

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been released from hospital. He had to be hospitalized to undergo surgery for an intestinal obstruction, raising questions about his campaign for the…

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Capsized Fishing Boat Update – ‘Rogue wave’ capsized Sicilian boat

The Malta Independent reports that a a relative of one of the dead men told Italian media that it was a rogue wave that flipped the Sicilian fishing vessel and…

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Drugs sold in Turin in the shape of communion hosts

Police in Turin Italy arrested three people for drug trafficking and made a surprising find. The three men – from the Ivory Coast, Gabon and Mauritania – were producing drugs…

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Anger in Italy after another tourist caught vandalizing the Colosseum

There is anger in Italy after another tourist was caught vandalizing the Colosseum in Rome. A 29-year-old Hungarian tourist carved his initials into the Colosseum on Thursday, the third such…

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Photostory: 500 years of Leonardo Da Vinci

Museums and galleries are marking 500 years from the death of Leonardo da Vinci anniversary. On Thursday, The presidents of France and Italy laid a wreath on the tomb of…

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Berlusconi ready to leave hospital

The ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is back on his feet after an operation on an intestinal blockage at the San Raffaele clinic in Milan and is eager to…

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Salvini to launch petition for introduction of chemical-castration law

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior Matteo Salvini announced that his League party, of which he is leader, is going to start a petition this weekend for…

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Italy, Russia, and Tunisia agree on no military solution for Libya

The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he had agreed with the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi to reject military solutions for the crisis…

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Berlusconi recovering well in hospital

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, 82, was reported to be recovering well in hospital after undergoing an operation for a bowel obstruction late Tuesday. Berlusconi was admitted to San…

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Photostory: Turin welcomes the ‘Tennis ATP Finals 2021-2025’

The logo of the Tennis ATP Finals Torino 2021-2025 is projected on the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy. The city of Turin has been selected to host the ATP Finals…

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Parents arrested in Italy for beating and starving their children

Police in Bellona, in the southern province of Caserta, arrested the parents of two young girls for neglectg and mistreating their children. They allegedly beat the children and left them…

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Gang of youths in Italy torture and kill 66 year old man

A gang of 14 youths, including 12 minors, are under investigation for allegedly torturing a 66-year-old man to death in his home in Manduria, in the southern province of Taranto.…

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New website gives a close look at the Shroud of Turin

A new website aims to make available to all a collection of photographs of the Shroud of Turin by a scientific photographer who was part of a research project that…

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Italian PM assures Huawei it won’t face discrimination

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte revealed he had assured China's Huawei Technologies that it would not face discrimination in the roll-out of Italy's 5G telecoms network. Conte was speaking on…

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Italian personalities threatened by food delivery riders

An association of food delivery firms said they were "stunned" by threats aimed by delivery riders on social media against high-profile customers 'outed' for not tipping them. Deliverance Milano,…

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Rome’s mayor declares capital ‘under attack’ from criminals

Rome's mayor vowed to defend the Italian capital from criminals following a fire at an illegal landfill. The battle cry was spurned after firefighters managed to bring the blaze…

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Hopes fade for a new Alitalia investor

The Italian government dampened hopes that Alitalia could soon be rescued after denying media speculation that it had sought to tempt infrastructure group Toto Holding, which invested in a previous…

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Mild earthquake in Catania

An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale hit the north-east of the Catania province in Sicily, Italy, overnight. According to the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), the…

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Italy requests EU plan of action for new migrant wave from Libya

Italy's government has written to the European Union asking it to prepare a plan of action to address the risk of a new wave of migrants escaping from the armed…

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Abandoned newborn found in a cemetery in Italy

A newborn baby is in serious condition at a hospital in Adria after he was found abandoned in a bag in a car park near the cemetery in Rosolina Mare…

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Man stabbed in Rome for wearing a crucifix

Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini revealed on Tuesday that a Moroccan national stabbed a man for wearing a crucifix at Rome's central Termini train station. The…

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Discussion about an urgent financial bailout for Rome

Italy’s coalition government's partners are meeting to try to decide on an urgent financial bailout for the city of Rome that has accumulated debts of €12 billion. Rome's debt…

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Fears of an early elections in Italy as coalition partners accuse each other of corruption

Italy’s coalition government seems to be veering closer to collapse after the far-right League and anti-establishment Five Star Movement allies traded allegations of corruption. The allegations are directed against the…

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Salvini insists terrorist presence on migrants boats from Libya now a certainty

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said the chaos in Libya following Khalifa Haftar's offensive has increased the risk of terrorist presence on migrant boats headed for Italy, said, adding…

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Slight tremor registered in Perugia

An earthquake of the intensity of 3.2 was registered at 5.46 am in Umbria in the Italian province of Perugia. The Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology - Istituto…

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Roman statue stolen from Italian actor Benigni recovered

Italian police have recovered and an ancient Roman statue stolen from comic Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni. The statue from the second-century was stolen from Benigni's villa in Rome…

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Italy on the alert for foreign fighters escaping from Libya

The Italian Interior Ministry issued a directive aimed at dealing with terrorists possibly escaping and arriving from war torn Libya. The Ministry warned that hundreds of Islamic terrorists could arrive…

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Libyan PM Sarraj warns that 800,000 migrants are set to try reach Europe

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera warned that 800,000 migrants and Libyans could 'invade' Italy from conflict-torn Libya. Among them, he said,…

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Salvini once more under investigation for kidnapping of migrants

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is once under investigation for kidnapping migrants. Salvini on Monday said he is being probed for allegedly abducting migrants allegedly held on a ship stopped…

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Fire on an Air France aircraft at Florence airport

The quick intervention of the emergency service at the Vespucci Airport in Florence, Italy, brought a fire in the undercarriage of an Air France aircraft promptly under control. The aircraft…

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Mild earthquake in Macerata, Italy

The area of Marche in the province of Macerata in Italy was shaken by an earthquake measuring 3 on the Richter Scale. The earthquake was registered at 23.15 of Sunday…

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Italy says “no” to military intervention in Libya

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said any foreign military intervention in Libya would not resolve the latest conflict in its former colony, warning that it might trigger a refugee…

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Slideshow: The Milan Design Week

Photos from the Milan Design Week in Milan, Italy that opened on the 9th April and ends Sunday 14 April. During the Milan Design Week the latest trends and…

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France ready to take some Sea Eye migrants

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced that France is ready, along with several other European partners, to welcome 20 out of the 60 migrants stranded off Malta aboard the…

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Salvini warns that migrants taken to Lampedusa will be expelled

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned that 90 migrants who were taken to Lampedusa after the boat they were travelling on was intercepted, will be expelled…

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Italy warns of humanitarian crisis in Libya… another attack by ISIS

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the Lower House Parliament that the conflict in Libya risks creating a humanitarian crisis with major consequences for security. Conte said the humanitarian crisis,…

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Alan Kurdi ship appeals to Europe for a safe port

The Alan Kurdi ship that has been eight days out at sea with scores of African migrants on board appealed to European states for a safe port, saying the health…

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UniCredit risks EU antitrust fine

UniCredit is one of eight European banks that risk being fined by the European Commission for allegedly breaching EU competition rules, the Italian lender has said. The company said in…

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Salvini warns that Italy won’t stand by if France blocks Libyan peace process

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned he would not "stand by" if France were to block peace in Libya. Salvini, speaking on the Italian radio station Rtl 102.5,…

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35 years after her disappearance…Vatican opens probe into Emanuela Orlandi’s case

The Vatican has decided to Vatican open an internal probe into the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican citizen who disappeared in the summer of 1983. Orlandi's family lawyer…

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Italian companies in energy sector leave Tripoli… ISIS attack in Fuhaqa

The Libya Observer reported that the President of the Italian-Libyan Chamber of Commerce, Gianfranco Damiano confirmed that part of the Italian companies operating in the oil and gas sector and…

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Salvini calls for Turkey’s EU application to be definitively rejected

Deputy Italian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday called for Turkey's application to join the EU to be definitively rejected. Salvini, who is also leader of the…

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Far-right parties from around Europe meet in Milan

Italy's Lega leader Matteo Salvini on Monday is holding a meeting in Milan of far-right parties from around Europe in the hope of forging an alliance of nationalists ahead of…

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UPDATED: Italy’s Eni evacuates Italian staff from Libya…US AFRICOM relocates an unspecified contingent of US forces from Libya

US Africa Command said it had relocated an unspecified contingent of US forces, while India said it had evacuated peacekeepers to Tunisia. US Africa Command said it had relocated an…

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