Italy

Italy

Up to 300 migrants feared dead after Mediterranean shipwrecks

11/02/2015

Italy

Costa Concordia captain's actions

On the night of 13th January, at around nine o’clock, the Costa Concordia approached Giglio, sounding its horn in a salute to the Tuscan island’s 800

10/02/2015

Italy

Costa Concordia captain asks to be acquitted of abandoning ship charge

As the verdict looms in the Costa Concordia trial, lawyers plead or the captain to be acquitted of abandoning ship and say he should be found innocent of manslaughter.

10/02/2015

Italy

Dozens of migrants die from exposure on Italian coast guard boats

The mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa, Giusi Nicolini, has blamed the death of 29 migrants on the closure of the country’s sea

09/02/2015

Italy

Italian police seized cocaine worth 36 million euros

Police in Italy have seized nearly 200 kilos of pure cocaine worth an estimated 36 million euros. Customs officials in the southern Calabria region

09/02/2015

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Pope Francis make surprise shantytown visit

09/02/2015

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Strong winds sweep people off their feet in Trieste, Italy

06/02/2015

Italy

Tsipras gets support from Italy on the road to Brussels

Greece’s new prime minister is on a tour and today he arrives in Brussels, bringing his ideas on Greece’s economic plight to the heart of the EU, but

04/02/2015

Italy

Italian President Sergio Mattarella in call to fight mafia and corruption

Sergio Mattarella was greeted with warm applause ahead of his swearing in as the new Italian President. The election of the 73-year-old is seen as

03/02/2015

Italy

Mattarella to be sworn in as Italy's new president

Incoming Italian President Sergio Mattarella has already said thank you to the outgoing Giorgio Napolitano for his seven years of sterling service

02/02/2015

Italy

New Italian President hailed as a "great connoisseur" of the constitution

From the Constitutional Court to the Presidential Palace, Sergio Mattarella is a man of experience

02/02/2015

Italy

Carnival of Venice underway in Italy

One of the world’s oldest festivals, the Carnival of Venice, has begun. Thousands of tourists have crowded the city’s canals, bridges and squares to

01/02/2015

Italy

Interview: Italy's new president lost his brother to the Mafia

Euronews reporter Alfredo Ravanolo spoke to Paolo Mazzanti, editor of Ask@News, a news agency based in Rome. He briefly described the new president

31/01/2015

Italy

73-year-old Sicilian Sergio Mattarella is Italy's new president

Italy’s parliament has elected Sergio Mattarella of the Democratic Party as the new president of the Republic. The constitutional court judge and

31/01/2015

Italy

Italy's new president is Sergio Mattarella

Italy’s new president is Sergio Mattarella. The Constitutional Court justice and former minister was elected in the fourth round of voting for a new

31/01/2015

Sport

Ferrari unveil 2015 car

Ferrari officially unveiled its new car for the 2015 Formula 1 season in Maranello on Friday. The team, which last won a world title in 2008 and

30/01/2015

Italy

Italian lawmakers fail to elect new president in first round

Italian lawmakers have begun voting to elect a new president. Though the post is largely ceremonial it is being seen as a test for Prime Minister

29/01/2015

Italy

Italy police arrest 160 alleged mafia members in dawn raids

Italian police have arrested more than 160 alleged members of the Ndragheta mafia gang in raids across the country. Police also confiscated assets

28/01/2015

Italy

Prosecutors demand 26 years in jail for Concordia's 'Captain Coward'

26/01/2015

Next Series

Picture this: a safe way to transport priceless paintings

At Rome’s National Gallery of Ancient Art crate up “Narcissus”, a masterpiece by Caravaggio, in preparation for a long journey. Like many fine art

26/01/2015

Italy

Police and protesters clash during anti far-right march in Italian town

Police have used tear gas to disperse protesters marching against far-right groups in the northern Italian town of Cremona. Some of the

25/01/2015

Italy

Italian police uncover new haul of looted ancient artefacts

More 2.5 million euros worth of ancient artefacts have been recovered in Italy. The 1,500 items are said to have been stolen from sites in the

24/01/2015

Business Planet

What is social innovation and why is it good for business?

Social innovation is one of the fastest growing trends in Europe. Its founded on the idea that social needs can be met while creating competitiveness

23/01/2015

Italy

Police in Italy reveal recovered antiquities worth a record 50 million euros

A record haul of stolen archaeological treasures worth up to 50 million euros has been put on display by police in Rome. The 5,361 vases, bronze

21/01/2015

Italy

Italian police break up mafia drug ring in Rome

Police in Rome have broken up a mafia drug ring arresting 26 people and seizing more than 600kg of cocaine and hashish. Those arrested were members

21/01/2015

Culture news

Androgyny, art and asymmetrical lines dominate Men's Fashion Week in Milan

Gucci Gucci's androgynous collection at Milan's Men's Fashion Week appeared to be a tribute to French artists, intellectuals and revolutionaries. The

20/01/2015