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Shots fired as Tunisian fishing boat rams Italian patrol boat

An Italian finance police unit opened fire after a Tunisian fishing boat disobeyed an order to stop and rammed a patrol vessel, sources said Wednesday. The Italian finance police and…

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Former Roma captain Francesco Totti visits girl who woke up from coma after hearing his message

Italian footballing legend and former Roma captain Francesco Totti has visited Ilenia Mellili, the girl who woke up from a coma after listening to a video messages sent by the…

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21 year old student arrested in connection with murder of Italian referee

21 year old nursing student Antonio de Marco has been arrested in conjunction with the recent cold-blooded murder of referee Daniele De Santis and his partner Eleonora in their home…

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Scenes from Italian film about Caravaggio to be shot in Malta

The shooting of the film "L'Ombra di Caravaggio" written, directed and starring Michele Placido has begun on the 21 September in Naples, after four years of work on the project.…

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Wave of bad weather hits Italy

Several parts of Italy were hit by bad weather on Sunday with the capital Rome experiencing flooding after a violent thunderstorm. The Civil Protection of Lazio said in a note…

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Photo Story – Rainbow of hope in Caposele, Italy

is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. The town was seriously damaged by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. It borders with Calabritto, Bagnoli Irpino, Lioni, Teora, Conza della Campania, Castelnuovo di Conza, Laviano and Valva. Photo : Gerardo Viscido

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Armani to shift catwalk to prime-time TV

Forty-five years after founding his fashion group, Giorgio Armani came up with a new way of showing his latest catwalk creations on Saturday - a prime-time TV show. The show…

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Atalanta confirms strength with 4-2 win against Torino

Atalanta, Serie A’s leading scorers last season with 98 goals, began their new campaign in the same carefree, entertaining style as they came from behind to win 4-2 at Torino.…

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Photo story: Scenes from the exhibition “Alberto Sordi 1920 – 2020” in Rome

An important exhibition has just opened for the public in the Italian capital dedicated to Alberto Sordi, one of the iconic Italian actors. The exhibition is being held to celebrate…

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Italy launches fund to help virus-hit hospitality industry

Italy's state lender CDP said on Friday it had created a National Tourism Fund to invest up to 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) in the hotel sector, ravaged by the…

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Berlusconi tests positive once more for coronavirus

Tests on former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi showed he is still positive for Covid almost a month after he was admitted to hospital because of it. The latest checks…

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Italy registers highest number of cases since lockdown

The health ministry said Friday that Italy has registered 1,912 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. That is the highest daily tally since the end of the lockdown…

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Italy deemed as ‘low-risk’ country by ECDC

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in an update report on COVID-19 on Thursday that Italy was currently among a group of nations where the risk…

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Over 400 schools had Covid19 cases in Italy, 75 forced to close

Over 400 schools have been hit by at least one COVID-19 case since Italy's schools reopened this month and 75 have had to close, Il Sole 24 Ore reported on…

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Business, ItalyItaly

Italy business and consumer morale rise in Sept to highest since start of coronavirus

Morale among Italian businesses and consumers rose in September to the highest level since the start of the country's coronavirus outbreak in February, data showed on Friday. National statistics institute…

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Italy pledges to strengthen national security in 5G networks

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and his most senior ministers agreed on Thursday to take stronger measures to ensure national security in the country's 5G networks, Conte's office said after…

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Photo Story: Alan Kurdi rescue ship docks in Sardinia

The ship Alan Kurdi with 125 rescued migrants on board arrives at the industrial port of Olbia, Sardinia Island, Italy, 25 September 2020. The 125 migrants on board the boat…

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Italy’s watchdog investigates airlines over cancelled flights

Italy's antitrust regulator said on Friday it was opening an enquiry into airlines Easyjet , Ryanair, Blue Panorama and Vueling for offering vouchers and not refunds to passengers whose flights…

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Facemasks made obligatory outside too in Campania region in Italy as cases increase

Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca signed an order making it obligatory to wear facemasks in open-air public places in the southern region due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no longer…

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Relic of Pope John Paul II’s blood stolen from cathedral in Spoleto, Italy

A gold and crystal casing holding drops of the blood of Saint Pope John Paul II was stolen from the cathedral of the central Italian city of Spoleto, its bishop…

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AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic tests positive for coronavirus

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for coronavirus. The club confirmed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for Covid-19 and will be taking in a period of quarantine…

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Photo Story: Students return to school in Naples

Teachers and janitors wearing face masks wait for students at the entrance of the Carlo Poerio middle school in Naples, southern Italy, 24 September 2020. The bell rang in Naples…

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Italian PM says Italy may adopt targeted closures against coronavirus

Italy may apply well-targeted closures where necessary to contain the spread of the new coronavirus while another general lockdown is unlikely, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told la Stampa daily in…

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Photo Story: Bad Weather in Rome

Lightning in the sky behind Saint Peter church during a storm in Rome, Italy. Via EPA-EFE/MASSIMO PERCOSSI

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Italian referendum, regional vote makes early election unlikely

Italian lawmakers cheered a crushing referendum victory that will cut their numbers - safe in the knowledge that their parliamentary life will probably be extended by the reform. This week…

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Italian football referee and his partner murdered in Lecce

A 33-year-old football referee, Daniele De Santis, and his partner, Eleonora Manta, were stabbed to death at their home in the city of Lecce, in Puglia. Both victims were stabbed…

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Sport Dispatch, SportsItaly

Roma handed 3-0 defeat after fielding ineligible player against Verona

Roma's Serie A Season took a blow on its first day after the Serie A Sporting Judge handed the team a 3-0 defeat in ther match to Verona following a…

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Football, NewsAc Milan, Coronavirus, Ibrahimovic, Italy, Serie A

Ibrahimovic strikes twice as Milan beats Bologna

AC Milan’s veteran forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice and also missed an open goal to give his side a 2-0 win over Bologna and get their Serie A campaign off…

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Djokovic wins his fifth Italian Open

World number one Novak Djokovic overcame a sluggish start to lift his fifth Italian Open title on Monday, defeating Argentine Diego Schwartzman 7-5 6-3 for a record 36th ATP Masters…

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CD eNews, ItalyItaly, Lampedusa, Migration

26 migrant-boat landings in 24 hours in Lampedusa

The southern Italian island of Lampedusa registered 26-migrant boats landings in 24 hours on Sunday. Twelve of those boats, carrying 263 asylum seekers, arrived in the evening. As a result,…

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Business, ItalyItaly

Sources predict Italy to see GDP down 9% this year, rising more than 5% in 2021

Italy expects its coronavirus-hit economy to grow by more than 5% next year after shrinking 9% in 2020, two government sources told Reuters. In April, the government of the anti-establishment…

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Italians vote to reduce number of MPs – ExitPoll

The Italian public is set to approve a cut in the number of parliamentarians, according to a projection released after the vote count for the Constitutional referendum started on Monday.…

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EU in early talks with Italy’s ReiThera over potential vaccine supply deal

Italian biotech ReiThera is in early talks with the European Union about supplying the bloc with its potential COVID-19 vaccine, a source close to the company said, the latest attempt…

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No 10 denies reports Boris Johnson went on secret Italy trip

Britain denied on Monday a newspaper report that Prime Minister Boris Johnson went to Italy last weekend, saying he had not travelled to the country in recent months. Italian newspaper…

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Italy, MigrationItaly, Migration, Sea-Watch

Sea-Watch calls Italy’s blockade of rescue ship ‘political’

The German humanitarian group Sea-Watch condemned as politically motivated the blockade of its ship in the Sicilian port of Palermo by Italian authorities after an 11-hour inspection. Philipp Hahn, head…

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Football, NewsFootball, Italy, Serie A

Napoli beat Parma in their opening match of the Serie A season

Napoli pounced on two defensive mistakes to win 2-0 at Parma in their opening match of the season on Sunday as spectators returned to Serie A for the first time…

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Big wedding in Sicily fuels coronavirus spread

The Sicilian town of Corleone has ordered schools closed and a limited lockdown after a spate of coronavirus infections were tied to a big wedding there last week. The city…

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1,638 new coronavirus cases and 24 deaths in Italy

Italian health authorities reported 1,638 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday with deaths from the virus increasing by 24. This is the highest amount of deaths since the 7th of…

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UPDATED: Italy votes on cutting number of MPs

On Sunday and Monday Italians will vote in a referendum on whether to approve a constitutional law that amends the Italian Constitution to reduce the number of MPs in parliament,…

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Italy’s situation is gradually deteriorating – Higher Health Institute

The Higher Health Institute said Friday that it has observed "a slow, gradual deterioration in the SARS-Cov-2 epidemic" in Italy in its weekly monitoring report on the coronavirus. It added,…

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Italy to allow 1,000 spectators in open-air sports events

Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said Friday that Italy is to allow spectators to return to open-air sports events, in a limited way, for the first time since the start of…

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1,900 new cases, 10 deaths registered in Italy

The health ministry said Friday that Italy has registered 1,907 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. That is a sharp rise on the 1,585 new cases reported on…

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Milan and Bergamo ready to host 2021 Global Health Summit

The mayors of the Lombardy cities of Milan and Bergamo said Friday that they are ready to host the 2021 Global Health Summit that will take place in Italy. Earlier…

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CD eNews, ItalyItaly

Salvini eyes electoral coup in Italy’s Tuscany

Italy's far-right League leader Matteo Salvini staged rallies across Tuscany on Friday, looking to pull off a potentially stunning electoral victory against the left in the picturesque region. Seven regions…

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ItalyCalabria, Earthquake, Italy

3.4 magnitude earthquake recorded off Calabria coast

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 3:16 am off the southeastern coast of Calabria. According to the findings of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Ingv), the earthquake…

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Conte welcomes von der Leyen’s announcement on Dublin Regulation overhaul

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Thursday welcomed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's announcement that the Dublin Regulation, whereby migrants must register in the EU country they arrive,…

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Business, ItalyItaly

Italy posts 9.7 billion euro trade surplus in July

Italy posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of 9.694 billion euros ($11.43 billion) in July, well above the 7.617 billion euro surplus in the same month…

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Business, ItalyItaly

EU okays 44 billion euro Italian recapitalisation scheme for virus-hit companies

EU competition regulators on Thursday gave the green light to a 44-billion-euro ($51.9 billion) Italian recapitalisation scheme for virus-hit large companies, saying this would support the Italian economy and labour…

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Pope Francis pays tribute to Italian priest killed in Como

Pope Francis on Wednesday paid tribute to an Italian priest killed by an immigrant suffering from mental illness, while far-right politician Matteo Salvini called for a "vendetta". Father Roberto Malgesini,…

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Italy with highest amount of positive cases since June

The health ministry said Wednesday that Italy has registered 1,452 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.That was up from 1,229 new cases on Tuesday although Wednesday's result stemmed…

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Italy could have AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by end November

Italy could have its first shots of British drugmaker AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine by the end of November, the managing director of IRBM told Reuters. Biotech firm IRBM, whose lab…

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Reports Macquarie to table bid for Enel stake in Italy’s Open Fiber by Thursday

Macquarie is set to submit a binding offer for all or part of the 50% stake held by utility Enel in Italian broadband network operator Open Fiber, a source familiar…

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ECB’s Visco says efficient public administration in Italy more important than state lender

European Central Bank governing council member Ignazio Visco said on Wednesday Italy would benefit more from reforms to its public administration than from the creation of a large public lender…

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Covid free flights between Rome and Milan

Passengers flying between Rome and Milan will from Wednesday have to present negative results for coronavirus as part of an experiment by the Lazio region that could be rolled out…

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UPDATED: Large fire in Italian city of Ancona

A large fire broke out near the port area of the Ancona, on Italy’s Adriatic coast in the early hours of Wednesday morning, sending a huge column of flame and…

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