Venice

Venice imposes alcohol limitations over New Year

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro signed a order restricting alcohol sales on New Year's Eve in a measure designed to protect people's safety and ensure the events planned in the city…

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Venice to double number of days tourists must pay entry fee

Venice is to double the number of days it charges tourists an entrance fee in 2025, following a "successful" trial last year, the city's mayor said. Luigi Brugnaro said the…

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New tourist limits get warm welcome in Venice

Venetians and visitors alike welcomed new rules introduced on Thursday to limit the size of tourist groups in the latest effort to reduce overcrowding. Tourist parties will be capped at…

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Venice to limit tourist groups to maximum of 25 people

Venice will limit the size of tourist parties to 25 people from Thursday in the latest attempt to reduce the impact of crowds on the lagoon city. Local authorities will…

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Pope makes first visit out of Rome for seven months after health scares

Pope Francis made his first trip out of Rome for seven months on Sunday with a packed visit to Venice that took in an art exhibition, a prison and a…

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Venice begins charging day-trippers for access

Venice became the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce a payment system for tourists in an effort to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the…

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Venice starts trial of 5-euro entry ticket

Venice on Thursday began a trial of a 5-euro entry ticket as part of efforts to limit the tourist flows that risk suffocating the Lagoon city.The trial will be done…

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Venice to experiment with entry fee, visitor cap from April 2024

By Federico Maccioni MILAN, (Reuters) - Venice will start testing a daily admission fee and cap on visitor access to its famous canals from next April, in what the Italian…

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Venice bus crash investigation focuses on possibility driver may have fallen ill

By Claudia Greco VENICE, Italy, (Reuters) - Italian authorities were investigating the cause of the horrific crash of a bus carrying foreign tourists on the outskirts of Venice which killed…

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UPDATED: Shock in Italy after bus carrying tourists falls from Venice overpass killing 21

VENICE, Italy, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Italian authorities on Wednesday were investigating what caused a horrific bus crash near Venice a day earlier, in which 21 people died including several…

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An entry fee may not be enough to save Venice from 20 million tourists

Venice’s history, art and architecture attract an estimated 20 million visitors every year. The city, a Unesco World Heritage site, is often crammed with tourists in search of special memories.…

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Venice to start charging visitors €5 entry fee next year

VENICE, Italy, (Reuters) - Venice plans to experiment with an admission fee of 5 euros($5.35) for day trippers next year to try to manage the flow of tourists drawn to…

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UNESCO recommends adding Venice to list of world heritage sites in danger

(Reuters) - UNESCO experts have recommended that Venice and its lagoon be added to its list of World Heritage in Danger as Italy is not doing enough to protect the…

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Venice canal patch mysteriously turns fluorescent green near Rialto Bridge

(Reuters) - The waters in Venice's main canal turned fluorescent green on Sunday in the area near the Rialto bridge and authorities are seeking to trace the cause, Italy's fire…

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Venice faces mystery fish die-off

Venice is facing a mysterious die-off of fish in its canals. For days now Venetians have been seeing countless fish on their canal beds and are unable to explain the…

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Documentary on activist photographer wins rare top film prize at Venice

VENICE, Sept 10 (Reuters) - "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed", a documentary about U.S. photographer Nan Goldin and her fight against the wealthy Sackler family, won the top Golden Lion award…

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Venice population falls below 50,000 for first time

The population of Venice's historic centre has fallen below 50,000 for the first time, the city council said Thursday. As of yesterday, August 10, the number of residents in the…

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Venice to charge tourists €10 to enter the city; Crackdown on ‘out-of-control’ holiday rentals

Venice is to become the first city in the world to introduce a booking system whereby tourists will have to pay up to 10 euros each to enter. The controversial…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Venice, Italy

A handout photo shows French-Swiss artist Saype from the Beyond Walls project on 15 April 2022 on a floating barge in Venice, Italy. Extending over an area of 8 by…

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Tourists to Venice will have to book their visits starting this summer

Venice tourists will have to book their visits to the historic centre of the lagoon city starting this summer, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said after a packed Easter weekend.Reservations will be…

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Venice dodges demotion on world heritage list after large cruise ships banned

Venice avoided being named a world heritage site in danger by UNESCO on Thursday, just weeks after Italy moved to ban large cruise ships from sailing into the city centre.…

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Exclusive – Italy bans cruise liners from Venice, after years of hesitation

ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Tuesday banned cruise liners from Venice lagoon to defend its ecosystem and heritage, moving to end years of hesitation and putting the demands of residents…

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Cruise stops in Venice centre banned indefinitely

Cruise ships have been stopped from berthing in the centre of the city after a new decree enacted by the Italian Government. Instead, new plans for a berth outside the…

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Venice commemorates the 1,600th anniversary of its founding

Seagulls sit in front of the Rialto Bridge on the day Venice commemorates the 1,600th anniversary of its founding, in Venice, Italy. According to legend, Venice was founded with the…

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Venice under water as downpours and wind take city by surprise

Venice was under water on Tuesday as heavy rain and strong winds pushed into the lagoon city, catching the authorities off guard before they could activate the huge flood barriers…

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Mose flood barrier finally holds the waters back for fragile Venice

A long-delayed flood barrier successfully protected Venice from a high tide for the first time on Saturday, bringing relief and smiles to the lagoon city following years of repeated inundations.…

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From the frontline to the Venice Festival red-carpet and honoured – The Story of Alessia Bonari

Alessia Bonari's image with the face marked by the mask during grueling shifts in the Covid department in the Lombardia hospital, had made the rounds on the web, making her…

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Venice to shut down garbage collection centres due to coronavirus

A sanitation employee disinfects the historical Marciana area of Venice, Italy, 12 March 2020. Venice's waste management provider Veritas is set to close down all waste collection centers from…

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Show goes on … in Venice

A Pomeranian dog wears a costume in Venice, Italy, 24 February 2020. The number of visitors to the city has dropped significantly after the carnival in Venice was cancelled over…

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Venice carnival suspended after Coronavirus cases escalation in Italy

Italian authorities announced on Sunday that events related to the famous Venice carnival would be stopped as the country became the first one in Europe to have a national die…

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Glass plates to shield St Mark’s in Venice from acqua alta

Glass plates have been proposed to protect the facade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice from 'acqua alta' (high water) flood tides. The basilica was damaged in a 187-cm acqua…

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Venice canals in Italy almost run dry

Just weeks after serious flooding caused widespread damage, the famous canals of Venice have been left almost completely dry due to exceptionally low tides. Two months ago the high tide…

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Photo Story – Wet Christmas in Venice

A man disguised as Santa Claus poses in San Marco square flooded by high water, Venice, Italy, 23 December 2019. The high tide reached 144 cm. EPA-EFE/Andrea Merola

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‘Acqua Alta’ hits again Venice

Venice was hit by 'acqua alta' or high water flooding of 144cm on Monday. Some 60% of the ground in the lagoon city was under water. A potentially critical acqua…

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Tourist bookings to Venice down 40 %

Hotel bookings in Venice are down by 40 per cent as images of the city under water during last month’s record flooding dissuade tourists around the world from visiting. Tens of…

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Venice flooding damage valued at three million Euros

Exceptional high water levels in November caused over three million euros in damage to Venice's famous St Mark's Basilica. Another 841,000 euros of damage was caused by strong winds on…

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Venice floats autonomy vote as answer to city’s problems

This Sunday Venetians will vote in a consultative referendum on whether to give the lagoon city autonomy over its government — cutting Venice’s administrative ties to the Italian mainland. After…

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Venice still on high alert as St Mark’s Square re-opens

St Mark's Square began welcoming back tourists on Saturday, a day after exceptionally high tidal waters forced its closure. The city remains on high alert with fears that winds will…

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The week’s news in a cartoon

First published on POLITICO.eu, Belgium, November 16, 2019 | By Rytis Daukantas Via POLITICO

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New tide gives no respite to Venice residents

Flooded Venice has been hit by a new high tide of 154cm (5ft), giving residents no respite from a crisis costing Italy millions of euros. World-famous St Mark's Square, a…

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St Mark’s Square closed as fresh floods hit Venice

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro announced on Friday that he has decided to close St Mark's Square due to fresh flooding in the city. The city has been brought to its…

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State of emergency declared in Venice

The cabinet on Thursday approved the declaration of a state of emergency for flood-devastated Venice and other parts of Veneto, earmarking 20 million euros for the first intervention in the…

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Italy battered by bad weather

A wave of bad weather has brought many parts of Italy to a standstill. A tornado in Porto Cesareo, in Salento, severely damaged the local port and completely destroyed a…

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Venice swamped by ‘Aqua Alta’

Venice called a state of emergency after the second-highest tide recorded on Tuesday flooded its historic basilica and left many of its squares and alleyways inundated with water. Levels of…

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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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Three killed in boat crash in Venice

A motorboat crash on a Venice dam on Tuesday night has killed three people and left one person injured. Among the dead is legendary Italian motorboat designer and racer Fabio…

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Venice considering going smoke-free

Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro has mooted the idea of making the lagoon city smoke-free. For now, Brugnaro is thinking of smoke-free zones in the biggest tourist areas. The ban would…

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“Some People died for it” – Meryl Streep pays tribute to Daphne Caruana Galizia at the premiere of Panama Papers’ inspired movie ‘The Laundromat’ in Venice

Meryl Streep, the star of The Laundromat, Steven Soderbergh’s irreverent comedy about Mossack Fonseca, the law firm that masterminded offshore tax schemes for some of the world’s most rich and…

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