Italy

Italy

The Tour de France winner who helped save hundreds of Jews

Gino Bartali was not only Italy's champion cyclist. He also saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War II.

27/07/2018

Italy

Maker of Nutella, Ferrero Rocher in search of tasters

The popular Italian confectionary company says no prior experience is necessary for the role.

27/07/2018

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Italian National Hero made into an animation

Cyclist Gino Bartali helped around 800 Jews escape the holocaust because he smuggled fake documents in the frame of his bike. He pretended to be training but was carrying messages and photographs for passports to the Italian Resistance

27/07/2018

Cinema

75th Venice Film Festival announces line-up

75th Venice Film Festival announces line-up

25/07/2018

Italy

Italy bus employees donate holiday days to colleague with sick child

Employees of a bus company in Italy donated their paid leave days to a colleague so he could spend more time with his disabled child.

25/07/2018

Italy

Former Fiat Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne has died

The 66-year-old had fallen gravely ill after what the company had described as shoulder surgery in a Zurich hospital

25/07/2018

Italy

Holidaymakers and locals help rescue 56 migrants arriving by boat

Holidaymakers and locals at Cape Rizzuto in the Italian region of Calabria assisted 56 migrants that arrived on the beach on a sailboat.

24/07/2018

Italy

Italian landscape stuns as thousands of flowers bloom

Thousands of flowers bloom in the valley of Castelluccio in the province of Umbria, Italy.

24/07/2018

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Majestic Roman villa to reopen to the public after restoration

A wonderful ancient Roman villa in Positano (Salerno), buried like Pompeii in 79 AD by the eruption of Vesuvio volcano, will reopen to the public on August 1st after a long restoration

24/07/2018

Italy

Pope calls on international community to help migrants

Pope Francis has offered prayers to the migrants who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea and called on the international community to prevent more deaths

22/07/2018

Italy

Marchionne replaced as head of carmaker Fiat Chrysler

The chief of the company's jeep division Mike Manley will take over

21/07/2018

Italy

Marijuana worth millions seized in Italy

Marijuana worth millions seized in Italy

21/07/2018

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#AskSpace: What's the latest on rocket re-usability and are there alternatives to combustion?

In partnership with ESA - The European Space Agency

#AskSpace: Is Europe introducing the concept of re-usability in its space rockets? What alternatives are there to combustion? We get the answers from ESA expert Giorgio Tumino.

20/07/2018

Cinema

Ryan Gosling in 'First Man' opens this years Venice Film Festival

Damien Chazelle is the Director of the biopic of the pioneering astronaut Neil Armstrong. "First Man" follows Armstrong from 1961 to 1969 as NASA worked to land a man on the moon

20/07/2018

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Love and rockets: Inside Italy's Vega launcher factory

In partnership with ESA - The European Space Agency

Euronews was granted a rare chance to film inside the Vega rocket factory in Italy where the next generation of ESA launchers, like the Vega C, are crafted with love from carbon fibre.

20/07/2018

Italy

Italian police seize vintage cars from suspected tax evader

The police took away Fiats, BMWs, Mini Coopers, Porsches, Range Rovers and Harley Davidson motobikes.

18/07/2018

Sport

Juventus move 'not a difficult decision' for Ronaldo

Ronaldo said players of his age usually settle for a move to less competetive leagues in Qatar or China.

16/07/2018

Living

Growing herbs and vegetables under the sea

An Italian research team has created the world's first underwater farm.

16/07/2018

Italy

EU Prize: Italian family wins European Citizen's award for migrants hosting model

In the small town of Camalò, near Treviso in northeastern Italy, Antonio Calò and his wife Nicoletta three years ago decided to host six African migrants and help them start a new life in their country.The experience turned into a hosting model that this year won the European Citizen’s prize.

13/07/2018

Italy

Rome residents paint potholes to alert cyclists and shame authorities

Residents in Rome have been covering the city's infamous potholes with spray paint in response to an appeal from a woman whose daughter died in an accident reportedly linked to the 'terrible' condition of Rome's roads.

12/07/2018

Italy

Polish and Italian far-right groups join forces for ‘first European security operation’

The landmark meeting of the two groups in Italy has sparked concerns from anti-fascists. But was it just a publicity stunt?

12/07/2018

Italy

Italy 'turns blind eye' to more than 10,000 hours of illegal fishing

20 Italian bottom-trawling vessels were caught fishing within closed areas of the Strait of Sicily designed to protect young hake — the most overfished species in the Mediterranean.

12/07/2018

Italy

Family hosting migrants wins Eu prize

Antonio Calò and his wife Nicoletta opened the doors of their home in Veneto to host six migrants of African origins. Their model has been so successful that it was awarded the European Citizen's prize 2018

12/07/2018

Italy

Italy's anti-immigrant interior minister visits migrant camp

Matteo Salvini vowed to enforce only "limited, controlled and qualified"immigration

10/07/2018

Italy

Italian coast guard intervenes in migrant rescue 'to save crew'

The vessel says that when it moved to meet the Libyan coast guard, migrants threatened the crew, pushing them and making "cut your throat" gestures.

10/07/2018

Italy

George Clooney injured in scooter accident in Italy

The US actor suffered a minor knee injury in the crash, according to reports.

10/07/2018