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Italian police seek 11 people over social media threats to President

Italian police are searching for eleven suspects who posted threatening messages towards President Sergio Mattarella on social media. The offence carries a punishment of between one and five years in prison.

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Italian woman mistakenly given six doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

A 23-year-old woman in Tuscany remains under observation after she was mistakenly given an entire vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - equivalent to six doses.

Italy

More than 2,100 migrants arrive on Italian island at weekend

Italian media reported boats carrying hundreds of people arrived at the small island of Lampedusa, while an NGO warned hundreds more were in trouble in Maltese waters.

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Heaven or sacrilege? Italy's pizza vending machine stirs controversy

Italy's national dish is now available via a vending machine in Rome but what's the verdict on the street?

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Cinema

The Italian TV series that hopes to break down racial stereotypes

‘Zero’ hopes to break new ground in Italy, a country where racist language and imagery are not uncommon

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Italy set to spend €260bn to rescue battered economy after pandemic

Rome will receive €191.5bn in European funds as part of its plan, making it the largest recipient of EU money from the bloc's so-called Recovery and Resilience Facility.

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Americans given life sentences for murder of police officer in Rome

Finnegan Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth were jailed for life for the 2019 murder of Italian police officer Mario Cerciello Rega.

Destinations

What to expect from the rewilding of Italy’s largest mountain range

Italy's Apennines region hopes to bolster its endangered bear population through the planting of nature corridors.

World News

Italy, Malta & Libya slow to react to deadly shipwreck, analysis finds

An analysis of logs and emails show that Italian, Maltese and Libyan authorities responded slowly, insufficiently, or not at all to migrants' pleas for help at sea in a deadly April shipwreck.

Sport

Italian doctor sentenced for manslaughter over death of Davide Astori

The Fiorentina captain was found dead in March 2018 after suffering an undetected heart defect.

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Italy arrests two anti-vaxxers for Brescia vaccine centre arson attack

The two men allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at the facility last month, causing fire damage.

Sport

Inter Milan become Serie A champions ending a nine-year reign by Juve

It was Inter's first Scudetto since Jose Mourinho won the Serie A and Champions League 11 years ago.

Italy

Emperor Constantine's hand reunited with finger after 500 years

A missing finger from a giant statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine has been reunited with his hand after being missing for over 500 years.

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Italian cruises set sail for the first time in four months

The flagship Costa Smeralda set off from the port of Savona after being landbound since December when the Italian government banned cruises due to the coronavirus crisis.

World News

Lockdown restrictions loosened in several European countries

A relaxation of some of the regulations surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have been introduced in several European countries.

Italy

Hundreds of migrants headed for Italy after being rescued at sea

SOS Mediterranee said some passengers told rescuers they were beaten by smugglers based in Libya and forced to embark despite high waves.

France

Two former Italian left-wing terrorists surrender to French police

On Wednesday, French authorities arrested seven former members of the Italian Red Brigades, who were wanted on domestic terrorism charges in the 1970s and 1980s.

Italy

Fugitive Italian leftist militants attend first extradition hearing

The nine former members and supporters of the Red Brigades have been convicted of terror offences in Italy dating back to the 1970s and 80s.

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Many of Italy's cinemas, theatres and concert halls have reopened

Many of Italy's cinemas, theatres and concert halls have reopened after weeks of strict coronavirus lockdowns

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Italian court upholds €3.7m Viagogo fine for ticket touting

The Regional Administrative Court of Lazio has upheld a 2020 ruling brought by Italian Communications Regulatory Authority AGCOM fining Viagogo for listing tickets above face value.

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