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Photo Story: Rainy weather in Turin

Vehicles drive slowly on a flooded street in Turin, Italy after heavy rainfall. Currently there is a yellow alert for thunderstorms throughout Piedmont north of the Po river. This rainy…

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Missing two-year-old boy in Italy found safe and sound

Italian authorities on Wednesday found the little Nicola Tanturli, the 21-month-old boy who disappeared from his house in Alto Mugello, alive.Fire brigade divers on Tuesday searched a lake near Mugello…

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EU Commission approves Italy’s 191.5 bln euro recovery scheme

The European Commission approved on Tuesday Italy's 191.5 billion euro plan, the biggest in the European Union, to recover from the pandemic and transform the economy to become greener and…

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France to hold presidential election in April 2022 – government source

he first round of the France's presidential election will be held on April 10 next year, with the second round scheduled on April 24, a government source said on Tuesday,…

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Mediaset Registers Strong Growth In Audience in First Five Months Of Year

Italian media company registered strong viewership growth in the first five months of 2021, with a rate that exceeded the first five months of 2020, a remarkable feat considering that…

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Italy says no more masks outdoors from next week

Mask-wearing outdoors in Italy will no longer be required in practically all of Italy as from next week. In a tweet, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said that the mask requirement…

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Italy’s Draghi says Euro final shouldn’t be in London

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Monday he was in favour of holding the final of the European soccer championships in Rome rather than in London, because of Britain's…

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Portugal speeds up vaccination as COVID-19 infections rise

Just over 25% of the population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Portugal, a country of 10 million that faced its toughest battle against the virus in January. Most…

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Spain to pardon jailed Catalan separatist leaders on Tuesday

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government would pardon the nine jailed leaders of Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid on Tuesday as a first step towards ending the political…

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French nightclubs will be able to re-open from July 9 onwards – minister

French nightclubs will be allowed to re-open from July 9 onwards, said government minister Alain Griset, allowing the industry to operate again for the first time since it was shut…

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Delta variant behind COVID-19 resurge in Lisbon area

Over half the new COVID-19 cases being reported in the Lisbon region are of the more infectious Delta coronavirus variant, preliminary data showed on Sunday as Portuguese authorities scramble to…

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Dozens of migrants rescued off Spain’s Gran Canaria

Spain's coast guard rescued 45 migrants off the coast of Gran Canaria on Sunday including 24 women and eight children. The migrants, from sub-Saharan Africa, were spotted in a boat…

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UPDATE – French far right irked by election results, southern region in play

Update 2200h - Mainstream left-wing and right-wing parties surged ahead in French regional elections Sunday, outpacing both Emmanuel Macron’s La République en Marche and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, according…

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Italy, hosting G20, will call for tougher ‘gig economy’ rules

Italy will call for tougher rules governing 'gig economy' workers when it hosts labour ministers of the world's biggest economies in the Group of 20 next week. Italy's labour minister,…

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Feeling abandoned by Europe, Greece hardens migration policy

With walled camps and tougher border controls, Greece is hardening its approach ahead of summer when migrant arrivals pick up, defying criticism from aid groups and saying it has little…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Livorno, Italy

A photo taken from a Guardia di Finanza's helicopter shows a beach in Livorno, Italy . Photo: EPA-EFE/FABRIZIO NOVI

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A look at France’s regional elections

France holds elections for all 13 regional authorities on the mainland. For President Emmanuel Macron, the stakes are higher than who will get to build a tram in Brittany or…

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“Diplomacy remains the best tool for resolving conflicts” – Minister Evarist Bartolo

"A lot of issues today can't be solved by one country alone whoever the country is. So, whether we like it or not, we are condemned to working together." Malta's…

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Italy reports 28 new coronavirus deaths, 1,197 cases

Italy reported 28 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 35 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections was up to 1,197 from 1,147. Italy…

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International arrivals in Greece jump in May

Air traffic in Greece picked up strongly in May as the government eased restrictions on travel at the start of the vital summer tourist season, civil aviation authority data showed.…

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Spain to scrap mandatory outdoor masks from June 26

Spain will lift a blanket obligation to wear masks outdoors from June 26, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. Spain's announcement follows a decision in neighbouring France to end the mandatory…

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Italy’s Draghi urges Italians to get fully vaccinated against coronavirus

Prime Minister Mario Draghi urged Italians on Friday to get fully vaccinated against coronavirus, acknowledging that a government decision to ban AstraZeneca doses for people aged over 60 had created…

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HSBC takes $2.3 billion hit with sale of French retail bank

HSBC has agreed to sell its French retail bank to Cerberus-backed My Money Group in a deal which will mean a loss of around $2.3 billion for the British bank…

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Merkel and Macron urge EU coordination on reopening borders

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for European Union countries to coordinate their COVID-19 border reopening policies and guard against new variants of the…

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Photo Story: Italian trade union member killed by truck during strike

A frame from a video by Alanews shows the body of Adil Belakhdim, 37, was hit by a truck during the ongoing national strike at Lidl in Biandrate, Novara district,…

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Italy imposes quarantine on UK visitors, opens door to USA, Canada, Japan and EU

Italy is introducing mandatory testing and a five-day quarantine for visitors from Britain, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Friday, as concerns grow over the spread of a highly contagious…

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Hundreds of migrants land in Sicily, others rescued after boat runs aground in Spain

Around 400 migrants disembarked on Friday from the ship Geo Barents at the Italian port of Augusta, in Sicily, more than a week after the first rescue operation was carried…

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Travel in and out of Lisbon banned after Portugal cases surge

Residents of the Lisbon region will not be allowed to leave the area at weekends as authorities scramble to control a spike in COVID-19 infections, the government said. People living…

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Extreme poverty jumps in Italy on back of COVID woes

The number of Italians living in absolute poverty rose sharply in 2020 to its highest level for at least 15 years as the coronavirus crisis brought economic pain to much…

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Outrage Italy as video of cable car crash shown on TV

Italy's public broadcaster has faced strong criticism after airing leaked CCTV footage of the fatal cable car crash that killed 14 people on 23 May. The cabin is seen nearing…

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Photo Story: Mille Miglia vintage car rally in Italy

A vintage car parades during the 'Mille Miglia' vintage car rally, in Lucca, Italy, 17 June 2021. The classic Mille Miglia (1,000 Miles) is a classic and vintage car race…

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UPDATED: France and Austria to allow nightclubs to reopen in July, minister says

The French and Austrian governments plan to allow nightclubs to reopen in July. In France, Health Minister Olivier Veran said allowing the industry to operate again for the first time…

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Spain gets EU approval for $84 bln COVID recovery plan

Spain’s plan for recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and transformation into a greener and more digitalised economy got European Commission approval on Wednesday, the second such green light in the…

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EU Commision approves Portugal’s recovery plan, first grants seen in July

Portugal on Wednesday became the first EU country to have its recovery plan rubber-stamped by the European Commission, whose president Ursula von der Leyen said an initial disbursement from the…

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Italy breaks up China money laundering, European metals scam

Italian police said they had broken up a complex money laundering operation and an illegal metal recycling business that had enabled criminals to transfer huge amounts of illicit cash between…

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Spanish tourism pins hopes on summer revival after 2020 slump

After more than a year on furlough, Antonio Ramirez, a waiter in Benalmadena on Spain’s Costa del Sol, is struggling to make ends meet. He hopes a revival in summer…

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Portugal sees biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases since late February

Coronavirus cases in Portugal jumped by 1,350 in the past 24 hours, the biggest increase since late February, data from the national health authority DGS showed on Wednesday. The new…

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Jobs fears as Italy eyes end to Covid ban on layoffs

Trade unions warn about a “social tsunami”, left-wing parties of a “massacre for employment” - the imminent end of Italy’s coronavirus freeze on layoffs is causing tensions in Mario Draghi’s…

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UPDATED: Italy approves vaccine mix for under-60s, Codogno is Covid free for first time

Italian medicines agency AIFA has approved giving people people a mix of different COVID-19 vaccines after the government decided to stop using the AstraZeneca jab with under-60s. This means that…

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Italy may impose quarantine on arrivals from UK – Draghi

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at the end of the G7 summit at the weekend that Italy may re-impose a period of quarantine on people arriving from the United…

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Unregulated spread of cryptocurrencies a concern, says Italian regulator

The spread of cryptocurrencies without any clear regulation is a cause for concern and could damage the way the market operates, the head of Italy's stock market regulator said on…

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France agrees to 1.8 billion euros in financing for Egypt

France said it would provide Egypt with some 1.8 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in financing for projects including the Cairo metro, power generation and water management, in what officials called…

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Brexit tensions are a test for Europe, says French minister

French European Affairs junior minister Clement Beaune said on Monday that current tensions over Brexit between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government and the European Union were "a test" for…

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Italy in shock after Sunday killing of 3, including 2 children

Italy is in shock after a mentally ill man killed two children, brothers who were out playing in a park, and an 84-year-old man in the coastal town of Ardea,…

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Two children and an old man killed in shooting incident near Rome

A gunman opened fire killing two children and a elderly man in a town near Rome on Sunday, local authorities said, in a rare shooting incident in Europe. The attacker,…

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French retailer Auchan outlines online expansion in Russia

French retailer Auchan plans to spend more than 20 billion roubles ($277 million) on developing digital services in Russia by 2024 to boost online sales, the company's country head said.…

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Italian medical authority laments migrants more affected but less vaccinated

The Covid pandemic has "disproportionally affected residing migrant populations" in Europe, "who have experienced a vast range of affects both at a sanitary and social level", the Italian Higher Health…

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France’s Macron spars with UK’s Johnson over Brexit geography

French President Emmanuel Macron stepped into the Brexit maelstrom on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit by sparring with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the post-Brexit geography…

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Macron offers UK’s Johnson ‘Le reset’ if he keeps his Brexit word

French President Emmanuel Macron offered to reset relations with Britain as long as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands by the Brexit divorce deal he signed with the European Union. Since…

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Lampedusa sees 14 migrant landings in one day

There are currently 1,215 migrants present at the Lampedusa hotspot shelter, after the 14 landings on the island in less than 12 hours. At dawn on Saturday, the shelter was…

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Italian police arrest man allegedly involved in Vietnamese truck deaths

Italian police said they had arrested a Romanian citizen who is the subject of an international arrest warrant from the UK for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese people who were…

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Photo Story: Bull tries to jump off the fence in Valladolid

A photographer reacts as a bull tries to jump off the fence during a bullfight at Valladolid's bullring, Castilla y Leon, northern Spain. Photo: EPA-EFE/NACHO GALLEGO

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Investigators confirm Spanish father ‘killed daughters and dumped bodies at sea’

A father allegedly killed his two young daughters at his house before dumping their bodies at sea off the Spanish island of Tenerife, according to a preliminary judicial investigation published…

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Spanish child found tied to anchor died from drowning, autopsy finds

Update - The child whose body was found inside a bag weighted down with an anchor in the ocean off the Spanish island of Tenerife died from drowning, an autopsy…

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Italy halts AstraZeneca vaccine for under-60s

The Italian government said on Friday it was restricting the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60, after a teenager who had received the shot died…

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Spain mulls ending deal on Morocco border with enclaves

Spain is looking into ending a deal that allows visa-free crossing from Moroccan towns into Spain's North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, a government official said on Friday. The…

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Italy ready to sign temporary fishing agreement with Libya

Italy is ready to discuss maritime delimitation with Libya, Italian Minister of Agricultural Policies, Stefano Patuanelli has confirmed. The Italian minister said his government is to initiate a dialogue with…

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