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Italy upset with France over Mont Blanc protection zone

Italy has voiced its “strong disappointment” to France, claiming that a new protection zone for Mont Blanc affects Italian territory.

22/10/2020

World News

Nearly 70% of Italians say Europe's climate response is insufficient

Around two-thirds of respondents in France (64%), Germany (67%) and Italy (68%) agreed not sufficient action was being taken in Europe. UK respondents agreed but in lower numbers (57%).

21/10/2020

Travel News

Truffle season is underway in Northern Italy and its a lot of fungus

Hunting for truffles takes great skill and teamwork as humans can only find these elusive tubers with the help of a 'digging animal' with a great sense of smell.

20/10/2020

Travel News

Ireland announces new lockdown as Europe battles COVID-19 second wave

Ireland will lockdown again for six weeks, as more European countries roll out restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus.

17/10/2020

World News

Only around 1/3 of French respondents 'would take COVID-19 vaccine'

Vaccine scepticism, even when it comes to COVID-19, appears high in France.

16/10/2020

Europe News

Legal action in Italy after mothers' names marked on foetuses' graves

An investigation in Italy is trying to establish why the names of the mothers who had their foetuses aborted were engraved on crosses without their consent.

14/10/2020

Italy

COVID-19 photo exhibition in Rome is a moving tribute to Italians

Press photographers' images of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy have been put on display at an exhibition in Rome dedicated to Italian people

10/10/2020

Italy

Italy makes masks mandatory outdoors as it extends state of emergency

Italy has one of the lowest per capita infection rate of coronavirus in Europe, but as one of the earliest countries hit hard by the pandemic, the government is keen to avoid a further rise in cases.

08/10/2020

France

France-Italy floods: Macron warns villagers rebuilding may take months

The French president has visited several areas worst-affected by recent flooding in the Alpine region, warning the recovery process may take months.

08/10/2020

France

France-Italy floods: Graves unearthed by floodwaters in France

The Italian authorities say they are not sure if some of the bodies are of those reported dead in the storms.

07/10/2020

Destinations

Tuscany castle offers tourists place to shelter from coronavirus

The British owner of Torre Palazonne is now calling for authorities to create legislation to allow for tourists to travel around Europe safely for holidays in social bubbles.

07/10/2020

France

Floods death toll rises to 12 in France and Italy, dozens missing

French authorities are still seeking to locate 20 people, including two firefighters whose car fell into a river after a road collapsed.

05/10/2020

Italy

Juventus take to the pitch in Turin as Napoli forced to stay home

By all accounts, Juventus' match against Napoli on Sunday was a normal Serie A fixture - except only one team actually made it to the stadium.

03/10/2020

Italy

The Truffle Hunters: new film laments Italy's disappearing way of life

“They don’t tell their wives, their children, they never admit they found a truffle, they just go wandering out for ten hours a night. They’re in their late 80s, they’re with their dog, in the dark and cold, looking for these little morsels of goodness."

02/10/2020

Europe News

EU's new migrant returns policy could cause problems: legal expert

A Senior Legal Advisor to the International Commission of Jurists says that the Commission's new migration pact and the returns policy within it, is at risk of creating more problems because of Member States' international law commitments.

02/10/2020

Europe News

Migrants in Italy 'left to sleep in streets' during asylum process

Migrants in the Italian capital Rome are being ignored by the authorities and left to sleep on the streets while they await results of their asylum applications, it's been claimed.

30/09/2020

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Alan Kurdi migrant rescue ship docks in Sardinia

The Alan Kurdi ship of the German aid group Sea-Eye docked Friday in the Sardinia port of Olbia to disembark 125 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea.

25/09/2020

Vatican

Vatican cardinal denies wrongdoing after resigning over money scandal

Cardinal Angelo Becciu told reporters his conscience was clear and that he was ready to speak to prosecutors, a day after being asked by Pope Francis to step down

25/09/2020

People

The Italian artist who invented ‘anti-fascist paint’

CIBO uses illustrations of food from pizza to risotto to cupcakes to clean public spaces in Italy from hate graffiti.

24/09/2020

Travel News

The Italian cheese that's so valuable it’s stored in a bank

In northern Italy, Parmesan producers rent the ‘cheese bank’ to protect their treasure from thieves and age it in climate-controlled safes armed with security systems.

23/09/2020