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Firefighters retreat as La Palma volcanic explosions intensify

LA PALMA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Intensifying volcanic explosions on the Spanish island of La Palma forced firefighters to retreat and authorities to evacuate three more towns on Friday, while…

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Draghi launches economic and social pact for Italy

ANSA - ROME, SEP 23 -Premier Mario Draghi on Thursday launched an economic and social pact to boost the post-COVID economy and create jobs. Speaking for the first time to…

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Italy backs COVID-19 shots for pregnant women from second trimester

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's National Health Institute (ISS) recommended on Friday that pregnant women should get COVID-19 vaccines after the first three months of their pregnancy. The health authority said…

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Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont detained in Italy must face Spanish courts

MADRID/ROME, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who was detained by Italian police in Sardinia, must face justice in Spain, the Spanish government said on Friday ahead…

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Spanish airport operator to lose $1.8 bln in revenues on new COVID-19 regulation

MADRID, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Spanish airport operator Aena could lose up to 1.5 billion euros ($1.76 billion) of revenues between 2020 and 2025 after Spain passed a law on…

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Portugal to lift most remaining COVID-19 curbs, PM calls for responsibility

LISBON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Portugal will lift almost all remaining COVID-19 restrictions, allowing full occupancy in restaurants and cultural venues from Oct. 1, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on…

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Carlos the Jackal sentenced to life in jail

PARIS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Carlos the Jackal, the leftist militant who carried out attacks across the globe in the 1970s and 1980s, had the life sentence he had been…

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In shock ruling, Italy court overturns mafia verdicts

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian appeals court on Thursday overturned convictions in a major mafia trial, dismantling accusations that the state had colluded with Sicilian mobsters after a deadly wave…

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Italy’s Enel sets up digital grid service company

Italy's biggest utility, Enel , has set up a new company to offer digital grid services to power distributors round the world to help upgrade networks as the energy transition…

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Photo Story: Nighttime in La Palma, Canary Islands

Lava and smoke rise from the volcanic eruption in Laguna Mountain from the village of El Paso in La Palma Island, Canary Islands, 23 September 2021. The Cumbre Vieja volcano…

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French luxury group LVMH seeks 25,000 young staff in recruitment drive

LVMH aims to hire 25,000 people under 30 years of age by the end of 2022, the French luxury behemoth said, as it accelerates recruitment to meet brisk demand for…

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Yum China, Italy’s Lavazza aim to open 1,000 cafes in China by 2025

Chinese restaurant chain Yum China and Italian coffee maker Lavazza, which formed a partnership in 2020, aim to open 1,000 Lavazza cafés in China by 2025, they said on Thursday.…

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Ferrero Rocher launches chocolate bar

After entering the world of ice lollies, Italian chocolate giant Ferrero Rocher this week launched a new chocolate bar aiming for a chunk of the world's 578 million euro market.…

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Lidl to invest 1.5 billion euros in Spain over 4 years

German discount supermarket chain Lidl said on Thursday it would invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in Spain between 2021 and 2024. Lidl, which currently has over 17,000 employees across…

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Italy’s Draghi says not planning tax hikes, promises help with power prices

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi promised on Thursday not to hike taxes and said his government would help soften the blow of surging power costs, winning himself a standing ovation…

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French minister Beaune: running out of patience with UK on Brexit/fishing situation

French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said on Thursday that he was running out of patience with the UK regarding resolving post-Brexit fishing rights between the UK and France, as…

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Canary Islands eruption could last for three months

A volcanic eruption in Spain's Canary Islands could last three months, experts have said. The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute said that the eruption on the island of La Palma and…

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Booster COVID-19 shot likely for all Italians in 2022

All Italians will likely be offered a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines in 2022 and after that recurring boosters will be needed, Walter Ricciardi, a health ministry adviser, told daily…

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Italy’s mafias using less violence, more ‘silent infiltration’ says report, Malta among countries where they have established solid base

Italy's mafia organizations are increasingly changing the way they operate, using less violence and more "silent infiltration" of the economy by working in synch with white-collar workers, according to the…

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Italy pledges to donate 45m vaccine doses

Italy plans to give other countries 45 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year, three times its original pledge, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday.…

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Italian Senate passes first justice reform confidence vote

The Senate on Wednesday passed a confidence vote on the first article of the government's reform of the criminal justice system by 208 votes to 28. The reform was approved…

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‘All we can do is cry’ – La Palma volcano leaves trail of devastation

LA PALMA, Spain, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Lava flowed from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma for a fourth day on Wednesday, forcing more people to…

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Macron to send envoy back to U.S., Elysee says after Biden call

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will next week send his ambassador back to the United States after President Joe Biden agreed that consulting France before announcing a security…

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Greece tests drone drug delivery for remote regions

TRIKALA, Greece (Reuters) - Greece on Tuesday tested a drone to deliver medicines to isolated places in an environmentally friendly way, sending the unmanned vehicle to a 200-person village. The…

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In Pictures – Mount Etna erupts again

Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano has erupted again, the first time in three weeks. The volcano monitoring website Volcano Discovery said the plume of ash and smoke reached 9,000…

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Spanish, Italian police arrest 106 in mafia sting operation

Spanish and Italian police said on Monday they had arrested 106 people for belonging to a gang that allegedly laundered money for mafia groups and made millions of euros through…

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Canaries volcano streams slow down, homes destroyed, thousands flee

Lava flowing from Spain's Canary Islands' first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced the evacuation of 5,500 people and destroyed around 100 houses but the streams were advancing slower…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Casaleggio Novara, Italy

The abandoned church of San Antonio Abate is reflected in the water of the filled rice fields in Casaleggio Novara, Northern Italy. A legend says that the church is inhabited…

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Greek current account turn to surplus in July, tourism revenues up

Greece's current account turned to surplus in July compared to the same month last year on the back of a significant rise in tourism revenues, the Bank of Greece said…

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COVID: France plans legislation allowing extension of health pass requirement beyond Nov. 15

The French government's cabinet will review on October 13 a draft bill allowing it to extend, if necessary, the country's COVID-19 health pass requirement beyond a Nov. 15 deadline, said…

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Children ‘as young as 10’ involved in drug dealing in Catania

Criminal gangs used children as young as 10 to deal drugs in Catania, according to an investigation that led to a Carabinieri police operation to arrest 20 people in the…

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Canaries airspace open despite volcano eruption, few flights cancelled

Spain's civil air authority Enaire said on Monday that the airspace above the Canary Islands was open despite a volcanic eruption, while only a few flights were cancelled by a…

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UPDATED: Thousands flee as lava spewing from volcano on Spain’s La Palma island destroys houses

Authorities have evacuated about 5,000 people from villages in the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma as lava spews from an erupting volcano, local officials said. The 15-meter high lava…

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Extreme heat ravages Greece’s mussel harvest

Fisherman Stefanos Sougioultzis cracks open the mussels he cultivated in Greece’s Aegean Sea only to find scores of empty shells. After a summer of scorching heat and warming waters, it…

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Greek PM says climate crisis is with us and cost of ignoring it ‘unimaginable’

Mediterranean nations must lead the way in addressing climate change, the Greek prime minister said, warning that the cost of doing nothing was unimaginable, with mankind possibly struggling to survive…

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Lava shoots up from volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands

LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, sending fountains of lava and a plume of smoke and ash into the…

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French League to meet after Lens v Lille crowd trouble

PARIS (Reuters) - The disciplinary committee of the French League (LFP) will meet on Monday to discuss the crowd trouble that marred Saturday’s RC Lens v Lille derby, the LFP…

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Photo Story: The 60th Anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori, Italy’s Aerobatic Team

The overflight of the Frecce Tricolori, with acrobatics and figures, as it concludes the international Air Show, organized on Saturday on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Frecce…

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Australia’s PM Morrison says understands France’s disappointment over submarine deal

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday he understood France's disappointment over Canberra's cancellation of a submarine deal in favour of a pact with the United States and Britain…

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Italy set for referendum on liberalising cannabis use, say weed advocates

Weed advocates in Italy said they had gathered enough signatures to trigger a referendum on liberalising the use of cannabis, setting the stage for a nationwide vote on the issue…

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In Pictures – French slackliner wows crowd with Eiffel Tower performance

PARIS (Reuters) - Slackliner Nathan Paulin drew applause from a watching crowd in Paris as he completed a 600-metre crossing on Saturday from the Eiffel Tower to the other side…

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Earthquakes ease on Spain’s La Palma as volcano alert remains

LA PALMA, Spain, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A surge in seismic activity on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma has slowed in the past day but could return at…

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Reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris can finally begin

Paris (dpa) - The reconstruction of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was badly damaged in a 2019 fire, is finally ready to begin following two years of securing and cleaning the surviving parts of…

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Greece is bouncing back from pandemic rout, says PM Mitsotakis

ATHENS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Greece is on track to produce a primary surplus from 2023, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, saying the country's economy had shown resilience…

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Vaccine bookings jump in Italy after COVID health pass made mandatory

ROME, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Bookings for COVID-19 vaccinations jumped in Italy on Friday after the government made inoculation mandatory for all workers in some of the strictest anti-coronavirus measures…

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