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Authorities wrestle with online abuse laws after sex tape leads to suicide

Italy has been rocked by the suicide of Tiziana Cantone.

Business Series

New chief executive faces huge task to rescue Italian bank Monte dei Paschi

New chief executive Marco Morelli has taken over at struggling Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena which has to raise five billion euros to survive.

Italy

Fears online sex tape shame prompted suicide

An Italian woman who was subjected to online abuse after an explicit video of her went viral has killed herself.

Italy

Venetians march to take back their city

Residents of Venice have banded together to fight against mass tourism.

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Children of quake-hit Italian town go back to school - in prefabs

It's back to school for the children of Amatrice, the Italian town hardest hit by last month's deadly earthquake.

Italy

Clashes in Naples over Italian PM visit

Clashes broke out on Monday night (Sept 12) in Naples between police and protesters demonstrating against a visit by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

Italy

'Offended' Italians sue Charlie Hebdo for Amatrice pasta cartoons

The Italian town of Amatrice is suing French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for depicting earthquake victims as pasta dishes.

Italy

No longer Charlie: Amatrice to sue Charlie Hebdo over cartoon

Amatrice Town Council has filed a petition against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo for ‘aggravated defamation’ after it published a cartoon showing the victims of last month’s earthquake in I

World News

Greek PM calls on EU to do more to resettle refugees

Some 3,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean over the weekend.

Italy

Two cats make the most of their nine lives by surviving the earthquake in central Italy

Georgiana and Pietro have been rescued from the rubble of their respective homes more than two weeks after the tremor struck.

Italy

Mayhem mounts for Rome's new mayor after losing another top aide

She is the first woman to run Rome, but Virginia Raggi’s political problems – just like the city’s rubbish – appear to be mounting by the day.

Cinema

Natalie Portman is Jackie Kennedy in Venice

Natalie Portman’s latest movie ‘Jackie’ is among 20 competing for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

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Robots plot quake damage in Amatrice

Italian firefighters are using drones and robots in quake-destroyed buildings in central Italy, to avoid the need for emergency crews to go into unstable…

Cult

Meet the creators of 21st-century cathedrals

Modern-day Sagrada Familia It is a modern-day Sagrada Familia that has been taking shape for more than half a century in the small town of Mejorada del Campo, on the outskirts of…

Italy

Fewer migrants crossing the Med to Europe but more dying - IOM

New figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) show that fewer people are crossing the Mediterranean Sea, but more are perishing on the crossing to…

Italy

Police smash network 'smuggling Syrians to Western Europe'

Italian police said on Tuesday that they had smashed a criminal network that smuggled hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees across the Balkans to Western Europe.

Cinema

Jude Law stars as an American pope in new HBO series

British actor Jude Law stars as the Pope in HBO's new miniseries 'The Young Pope' by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino.

Italy

Death toll from Italy quake rises to 295

Rescuers have found the body of the last person reported missing after the deadly Aug. 24 earthquake in Italy, according to local media.

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Pope Francis offers pizza lunch to 1,500 homeless people

Some 1,500 homeless people from across Italy were brought into Rome to be given seats of honour at Mother Teresa’s canonisation Mass, before being treated to a pizza…

France

Charlie Hebdo cartoon sparks fury in Italy

The French satirical magazine has likened the scores of victims of the country's recent earthquake to dishes of pasta.

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