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Italy

Italy disembarks stranded migrants, Salvini under investigation

Migrants trapped on a ship in a Sicilian port for six days have been allowed to disembark.

26/08/2018

Italy

Sick migrants disembark Diciotti

Thirteen sick migrants on Saturday left the Italian rescue ship docked for five days in a Sicilian port and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he was working on a “positive solution” for the remaining 137 people on board.

26/08/2018

Italy

Lindsay Kemp dies aged 80 in Italy

The English dancer, mime artist and choreographer passed away whilst working in Livorno

25/08/2018

Italy

British dancer Lindsay Kemp dies

Lindsay Kemp, the dancer, mime artist and choreographer who inspired David Bowie and Kate Bush, has passed away at the age of 80

25/08/2018

Italy

8 laws Italy may be violating over Diciotti migrant standoff

Migrants onboard the Diciotti have been denied permission to disembark from the Italian port of Catania by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. According to Italian lawyers and judicial members — the move breaks eight international laws.

24/08/2018

Business

Trump offers to fund Italian debt

An Italian newspaper reported on Friday that Donald Trump offered to help fund Italy's public debt next year

24/08/2018

Italy

Italy threat to pull EU funding

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio says his country could refuse to pay EU contributions if Brussels does not change it's attitude on the migrant issue

24/08/2018

Italy

Italians show support for stranded migrants with Italian soul food

Italian protesters showed up with arancini — a local snack — to not only protest the government's handling of a ship carrying migrants, but to also extend their hospitality.

23/08/2018

Italy

Europe briefing: 7 stories to know about today

Here are the latest news and updates as they happened this morning.

23/08/2018

Italy

Italy allows 29 young people aboard the Diciotti to disembark

The fate of the remaining 148 asylum seekers is still uncertain. Prosecutors say “they require urgent medical assistance.... the situation onboard is critical.”

23/08/2018

Italy

Italy lets in all child migrants from coastguard ship

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has allowed all child migrants on a coastguard ship that docked in the port of Catania on Monday into Italy.

22/08/2018

Italy

Police hunt 'offensive' tourists who frolicked in underpants in Rome

Photos posted on social media of two male tourists frolicking and flashing their crotch near a war memorial in Rome has sparked a man hunt by Italian police seeking their arrest.

22/08/2018

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Watch: Rescuers in Italy search for survivors of flash flood

Watch: The waters of the flash flood reached a height of 2.5 metres and filled the Raganello gorge in Pollino National Park, sweeping tourists along the rush of water.

22/08/2018

Italy

Rome: Baths of Caracalla open to public

The demand for guided tours at the 1,800 historic site, has been so great that the site is once again open for night tours

22/08/2018

Italy

Italy says it doesn't trust some EU states to resolve migrant standoff: Exclusive

Italy's transport minister says some EU states who promised to take in some asylum seekers from July have still not done so.

21/08/2018

Italy

Rome refuses to let migrants rescued by its own coastguard onto Italian soil

Many are believed to be bona fide refugees from Eritrea and Somalia, which were once Italian colonies.

21/08/2018

Italy

At least three still missing after Italian flash flood

Emergency services in southern Italy are continuing their search of a gorge in Calabria that flooded on Monday killing at least ten people

21/08/2018

Italy

Hikers killed after a gorge flood in southern Italy

23 people were rescued and about a dozen others were hospitalised after surviving the rush of water in the narrow, 1km high gorge in the Calabria region. The 11th victim died in hospital. The 1km high Raganello Gorge

21/08/2018

Italy

Passengers not allowed to disembark after Diciotti docks in Sicily

The Italian interior minister, Matteo Salvini said on Italian TV: “The ship may land in Italy, as long as the 177 migrants are distributed, in a spirit of solidarity by the EU.”

21/08/2018

Italy

Families evacuated after Genoa bridge collapse move into new flats

The regional governor of Liguria handed keys to some of the families who have still been unable to retrieve their belongings from their damaged houses.

20/08/2018

Italy

Italian coastguard ship with rescued migrants to dock in Sicily

But Rome says it will not let the migrants enter Italy.

20/08/2018

Italy

Meet Sammy: The 22-year-old who looks like an old man

What's it like to be one of 100 people in the world who suffer from a rare rapid-ageing condition? Sammy Basso shares his experiences with Euronews.

20/08/2018

Italy

CCTV shows moment of Genoa bridge collapse

When the Morandi Bridge collapsed in Genoa, the moment was caught on various CCTV cameras.

20/08/2018

Italy

Initial findings over collapsed bridge

Engineers investigating the Genoa bridge collapse say a combination of factors could have caused the fall including a huge increase in traffic

20/08/2018

Italy

Italy's threat to Malta over immigrants | Euronews Answers

Anelise Borges explains why Rome and Valletta are at loggerheads of migrant rescues.

20/08/2018

Italy

Italy demands sanctions on Malta in a growing row over migrant boats

Italian interior Minister Matteo Salvini says that unless other European countries take in their fare share of the 177 migrants stranded on an Italian coast guard ship, they'll be returned to Libya.

20/08/2018