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Rome's poor suburbs get a street art face-lift

Tor Marancia is the last of several poorer Roman suburbs to get a much needed face-lift thanks to the work of a group of international street

07/04/2015

Europe News

Italy criticised for G8 protest 'torture'

Italy has been slammed by European judges who have ruled that police carried out acts of ‘torture’ during protests for the 2001 G8 summit. In a case

07/04/2015

Italy

Italian ships rescue 1500 migrants in 24 hours

Italian navy and coast guard ships have rescued around 1500 migrants on board five boats in the Mediterranean in less than 24 hours

06/04/2015

Sport

Fastest man in the world

03/04/2015

Italy

Pope Francis washes Rome prisoners' feet on Holy Thursday

Pope Francis spent part of Holy Thursday in a prison in Rome. The Pontiff washed the feet of twelve male and female inmates and a baby as he marked

03/04/2015

Italy

The Vatican and Italy agree new deal to end banking secrecy

The Vatican and Italy signed a financial information sharing agreement on Wednesday in which the Holy See pledged full cooperation and transparency

02/04/2015

Italy

Sicily harbouring record migrants forced into long wait for asylum

Sicily has become a major new weigh station for migrants from Africa and the Middle East desperate to start new lives in Europe. Since the alarming

31/03/2015

Italy

Amanda Knox: 'Joy' as murder conviction overturned

Amanda Knox describes joy as her conviction for the 2007 murder of Leeds University student Meredith Kercher.

28/03/2015

Italy

Italy: Knox and Sollecito await court ruling over Meredith Kercher murder

After years of legal twists and turns, Italy’s highest appeals court is set to rule on Friday on whether to uphold the conviction of American Amanda

27/03/2015

Italy

Italian police bust fuel smuggling operation

Italian investigators have uncovered a diesel smuggling network involving six European countries, authorities announced in Rome on Thursday. The

27/03/2015

Cinema

Winterbottom's new film examines media role in Amanda Knox murder trial

The murder of British student Meredith Kercher and the trial of her roomate, American Amanda Knox, is the subject of “The Face of an Angel” – a new

26/03/2015

Sport

Calciopoli charges dropped

Nearly nine years after Italy’s biggest football scandal, former Juventus executives Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo both saw charges against them

24/03/2015

Italy

Pizza for the Pope as he's handed a drive-by delivery in Naples

A pizza delivery with a difference…. Pope Francis was handed the drive-by delicacy while on a visit to Naples. He’s recently complained of not being

23/03/2015

Italy

Pope Francis has meal with prisoners during Naples visit

Pope Francis has been visiting inmates at a jail near Naples, during a one-day trip to the area. He shared a meal with around 120 male and female

22/03/2015

Italy

Pope visits Scampia, urges Camorra criminals 'return to honesty'

Pope Francis has visited one of Italy’s most dangerous neighbourhoods in the city of Naples. Scampia has been described as a forgotten, crumbling

21/03/2015

Italy

No longer a mystery: Pompeii's 'crown jewel' restored

After a two-year restoration project, Pompeii’s crown jewel, the Villa of Mysteries, has been unveiled. Plans to restore the ancient Italian city

21/03/2015

Italy

Italy: Transport minister resigns amid major corruption scandal

Maurizio Lupi has resigned as Italy’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister in the wake of the biggest corruption scandal of its kind since the early

20/03/2015

Sport

Parma owner Giampietro Manenti arrested

Parma chairman Giampietro Manenti has been arrested in Italy on money laundering charges. Manenti, who took over as the club’s new owner and

18/03/2015

Italy

Italy celebrates 154 years of unity

Italy has been marking the 154th anniversary of its unification as a single state. Events in Rome included tributes paid at the Tomb of the Unknown

17/03/2015

Italy

Italian tourist guides protest over government reforms

Thousands of Italian tourist guides have been protesting in Rome. They are angry about government changes to the examination and registration

15/03/2015

Italy

Sepulveda succumbs to pneumonia and is hospitalised

Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda has been taken to a hospital in Italy’s north-eastern city of Pordenone, where he was taking part in a festival. On

14/03/2015

Italy

Italian police seize Rome restaurants in anti-mafia raid

Italian police have seized two restaurants in Rome as part of a major anti-mafia raid in the city. The owner of both establishments was arrested on

12/03/2015

Italy

Silvio Berlusconi has his acquittal in the Rubygate affair upheld

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has had his acquittal in the so-called “Rubygate affair”, upheld by the country’s highest court. The

11/03/2015

Italy

Italy: 40 arrests in anti-mafia sting against Naples Camorra

A nationwide operation organised from Naples has targeted alleged members of the Casalesi clan in the Camorra - including two sons of jailed crime boss Francesco Schiavone.

10/03/2015

Italy

Rome: US tourists accused of 'tagging' Colosseum

Two unnamed Americans are facing fines for allegedly scratching their initials into the walls of the historic Colosseum.

09/03/2015

Italy

Italy: Berlusconi completes community service

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has finished his community service. The 78-year-old has been helping on an Alzheimer’s ward near

06/03/2015