Italy

Italy

Matteo Salvini sent to trial over alleged 'migrant kidnapping'

Italy's Senate votes to send ex-interior minister Salvini to trial over alleged 'migrant kidnapping'

12/02/2020

Italy

'Coronavirus and high-tide fears' impacts Venice Carnival tourism

Venice Carnival is off to an unusual start as 'coronavirus and high-tide fears' see tourism rate going down compared to previous years, according to the Italian press.

09/02/2020

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364 cross-country skiers enjoy Moonlight Classic

The Moonlight Classic is a unique event that sees hundreds of cross-country skiing enthusiasts gather in Alpe di Siusi. They are lured both by the idea of skiing under the moonlight and by the prestige that the contest has acquired over the years.

08/02/2020

Italy

Italy has 30 junior ministers with no official role

The second government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has nominated 42 deputy ministers and undersecretaries, yet 30 of them have no title.

08/02/2020

Italy

High-speed train derails in Italy killing 2 railway workers

A train derailed in Italy, killing two railway workers and injuring at least 27 people.

06/02/2020

Italy

Italy accepts 363 migrants and refugees rescued at sea

The Open Arms charity ship that rescued them had been repeatedly denied permission by both Italy and Malta to allow them to disembark.

01/02/2020

Italy

Coronavirus: Cruisers disembark but as European cases on the rise

W.H.O. have declared coronavirus a public health emergency

31/01/2020

Italy

Italian says coronavirus face mask she bought... came from Wuhan

Lots of people have been purchasing protective masks amid reports of the spread of coronavirus - but one Italian has noticed the one she brought is from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.

30/01/2020

Italy

Thousands stranded on cruise ship amid coronavirus scare

The Costa Smeralda cruise ship docked at Civitavecchia on Thursday, but passengers were prevented from getting off after one person - from Macao - came down with flu-like symptoms.

30/01/2020

World

Liliana Segre: Auschwitz survivor talks about her experience

Segre was deported from Italy to Auschwitz in 1944 when she was 13 years-old. She was one of 776 Italian children under the age of 14 who were sent to the Nazi concentration camp. Only 25 survived

29/01/2020

Italy

Italian bandits burn cars and scatter nails in failed highway robbery

A gang made off with €5m in a similar heist on the same stretch of highway in 2014.

29/01/2020

Italy

Salvini fails to win key Italian regional election

The Democratic Party was leading with 50% of the votes in Emilia-Romagna, against 45% for Salvini’s League, according to projections.

27/01/2020

Italy

Holocaust survivor: 'Silence was the best choice' after Auschwitz

Just 35 of the 776 Italian children sent to Auschwitz survived. Liliana Segre was one of them.

26/01/2020

Italy

Salvini, sardines & strongholds: Will one vote topple the government?

Sunday could see fatal cracks appear in Italy’s coalition government. Here’s how.

26/01/2020

Italy

Italy's right-wing leader Salvini targets leftist region in key vote

Matteo Salvini is trying to trigger a political earthquake in Italy this Sunday.

25/01/2020

Italy

In Foggia, Puglia, an upstart mafia wages war

Unlike the Cosa Nostra, mafiosos in Puglia aren't reluctant to attract attention.

22/01/2020

Italy

Di Maio steps down as leader of populist party Five-Star Movement

Italy foreign minister Luigi Di Maio steps down as leader of populist party Five-Star Movement

22/01/2020

Italy

All roads lead to Rome - and so does all traffic

All roads lead to Rome - and so does all traffic

21/01/2020

Italy

'Sardines' movement in Bologna, Italy hopes to block far-right

Thousands of protesters gathered in Bologna in northern Italy ahead of a regional vote on Jan 26 as Salvini hopes to topple the Five-Star Movement.

19/01/2020

Italy

One of art world's biggest mysteries solved as missing painting found

A gardener found the missing painting in the walls of the art gallery.

17/01/2020

Italy

Watch: NATO is 'united and adaptable' says Jens Stoltenberg

The NATO Secretary General was speaking in Italy.

17/01/2020

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Battered faces of female celebrities appear in Italian street art

The battered faces of Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel stare out of posters in Milan created by Italian artist Alexsandro Palombo to raise awareness of violence against women.

16/01/2020

Living

Versace stops using kangaroo skin as wildfires spread in Australia

The luxury fashion house has enforced a ban, but many other exotic animals are still hunted for their skin.

16/01/2020

Italy

This earthquake-hit city is testing 5G to protect from future tremors

L’Aquila suffered one of the worst earthquakes in Italy's history. Now it is testing to see how 5G technology can help protect it in the future.

15/01/2020

Italy

Russia and Turkey push for ceasefire in Libya

German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed the ceasefire effort and announced talks would take place in Berlin.

11/01/2020

Italy

Albanian father rescues son who had been kidnapped to live under IS

After 5 years of not knowing where his son is, an Albanian father manages to rescue his son out of Syria. His mother had taken him to live under the IS.

06/01/2020