World news about “Venice” published by euronews.
Venice Carnival highlight – nocomment Thousands of masked revellers gathered in Venice’s Saint Mark’s Square for carnival highlight “The Flight of the Angel”. 04/02/2013
When Verdi went to Venice Venice and Verdi: the inseparable. The city where such famous operas as Rigoletto or La Traviata premiered, and the great Italian composer, whose bicentenary… 17/01/2013
Bonus interview: Sir John Eliot Gardiner Renowned British conductor tells us about the enriching experience of working with Italian soprano Desirée Rancatore, his love for La Fenice opera house… 17/01/2013
Santas flock to the Venice canalPeople dressed as Santa Claus row boats through the fog on the Venice canal. REUTERS 24/12/2012
Venice under Water – nocomment Heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds have flooded Venice and brought the lagoon city’s high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records… 13/11/2012
Venice’s San Marco Square under water – nocomment Parts of Venice, including the famous San Marco Square, were flooded on Wednesday. According to the Italian news agency ANSA, water levels were thought to… 02/11/2012
Mostra Di Venezia The Venice International Film Festival, or Mostra Di Venezia, celebrated its 80th anniversary this year. Holding its own throughout the years the festival… 30/08/2012
Architecture seeks Common Ground in Venice The latest edition of the Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition is assembling a major gathering of the world’s top architects over the next three months… 29/08/2012
Tornado-like wind swirls through Venice – nocomment Venice residents were amazed and frightened by a tornado-like spiral of wind that swept across their city on June 12. The whirlwind uprooted hundreds of trees… 13/06/2012
Costume contest in Venice – nocomment The last weekend of carnival in Venice included a gondola parade and colourful, creative costumes for the contest in St Mark’s Square. 20/02/2012
Venice: Flight of the Angel – nocomment Thousands gathered in Saint Mark’s Square in Venice on Sunday to watch one of the highlights of the Italian city’s carnival – ‘The Flight of the Angel’ in… 13/02/2012
High water in Venice – nocomment The high tide has touched a peak of 100 centimeters in Venice. No big news for its citizens, who are accustomed to high water, but for tourists it was… 07/11/2011
Digital scanning keeps Venice out of the water It is one of the most incredible cities in the world, but Venice’s beauty is in danger of being lost. The city is under a two-pronged attack; sinking… 18/10/2011
Clooney at Venice Film Festival – nocomment George Clooney and the cast of his latest movie, “The Ides of March,” arrive at the Lido in Venice for a press conference ahead of the film’s festival… 01/09/2011
The Venetian art of Burano and Murano Venice is renowned across the globe for the lace of Burano and the glass of Murano. Murano’s reputation as a centre for glassmaking was born when the… 29/08/2011
Venetian lace museum proudly reopens On Burano Island in the lagoon of Venice, famed for the splendour of its past, the Lace Museum is open once more, following lengthy restoration. ‘Vaporetti’… 02/08/2011
Art takes over Venice for the Biennale Every two years the Venice Biennale takes the pulse of international contemporary art. Every available space is handed over to art – some of it even takes… 14/06/2011
Venice Biennale starts… with a tank and a treadmill The Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest and perhaps most-talked-about festival of modern art, is getting underway. Every two years, more than 300,000… 03/06/2011
The Venice Carnival masks The Venice Carnival is one of the major the highlights of the Italian social calendar. This spectacular and colourful revival of traditional masked balls… 03/03/2011
Bonus interview: Michèle Roche, Laurent Martin and Alexandre Dratwicki Here are some bonus excerpts from our interviews with pianist Laurent Martin, Michèle Roche (Secretary General at the ‘Fondation Bru’) and Alexandre… 20/05/2010
Venice, more Romantic than ever You may wonder – what is the link between Venice and 19th century French music? Of course, French musicians and composers have always been passionate about… 19/05/2010
Carnival time in Venice with the ‘Flight of the Angel’Thousands of masked revellers converge on St Mark’s Square in Venice for one of the highlights Italian city’s annual carnival, the ‘Flight of the… 03/02/2013
Venice carnival means costumes and masksThe waterways of Venice have been overrun by fantasy creatures to mark the opening of the city’s annual carnival. Balls will be held in Venetian palaces… 27/01/2013
Italy drowns under downpourItaly’s Environment Minister, Corrado Clini called for more funding to shore up weather defences as the country was hit by a massive downpour. The heavy… 12/11/2012
Canals and streets look the same in Venicein Venice at the moment it is difficult to tell the difference between streets and canals. The italian city is languishing under 1.5 metres of flood water… 12/11/2012
Venice: South Korean film scoops Golden LionKim Ki-duk’s brutal South Korean story of love and revenge has scooped the Golden Lion award for best picture, at the Venice film festival. ‘Pieta’ was one… 08/09/2012
Venice in a flap over ‘pigeon art’Exciting art or cruelty to pigeons? Make your own mind up over the coloured plumage currently to be seen in St Mark’s Square in Venice. In a project… 28/08/2012
Activists protest over cruise ships in Venice lagoonEnvironmentalists in Italy are calling for a halt to big cruise liners entering the Venice lagoon because of damage to the local ecosystem. They claim the… 04/06/2012
Venice Carnival masks the winter weatherThere is a party atmosphere in a chilly Venice, where revellers have been defying the wintry weather at the start of the city’s carnival. Couples danced in… 05/02/2012
Armenian book anniversary marked in VeniceAn exhibition in Venice is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the publication there of the first-ever book printed in Armenian. Among those admiring the… 16/12/2011
International Architecture Exhibition opens in VeniceEntitled “People Meet in Architecture”, it is the first time the exhibition is curated by a woman, Japanese Kazuyo Sejima, a laureate of the Pritzker prize –… 01/09/2010
Venice attempts to tame the wavesVenice would not be Venice without its myriad of waterways but up to 60 times a year the sea takes over the city, flooding shops, cafes and piazzas. 14/06/2010
The Venice CommissionWhat is the role of the Venice Commission, at work for 20 years on electoral law, independence of judicial systems and respect for human rights in emerging… 09/02/2010
Venice holds mock funeralIt was the scene of Thomas Mann’s famous work, ‘Death in Venice’ but now Venetians have held a mock funeral to highlight the Italian city’s sinking… 14/11/2009
Social turmoil hangs over latest Venice screeningsActor Michele Placido has donned his other hat at the Venice Film Festival – that of Director. Along with two of his young stars Riccardo Scamarcio and… 10/09/2009
Venice Biennale and Esquizos de MadridThe Venice Biennale opened its doors on June 7th. This contemporary art fair is the oldest-established, largest and most influential in Europe. The theme… 09/06/2009
