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Rare sighting for coastguards as orcas visit Italian coastal waters

The group – three adults and a calf – were seen swimming just a few hundred meters from the Ligurian shore

Italy

University condemns professor's 'shameful' pro-Nazi tweets

The university rector had said the tweets were expressed in a "personal capacity" before releasing a revised statement denouncing the tweets.

Economy

Italy's Di Maio says Rome must delay approval of ESM reform

The head of Italy's ruling 5-Star Movement said on Saturday the government should not sign off on a reform of the euro zone's bailout fund until plans for a wider banking union became clearer.

Italy

Mafia crook among 19 suspects in plot to form Italian Nazi party

Italian police carried out a number of raids on Thursday as part of a two-year investigation into far-right extremists suspected of planning a new Nazi party in Italy.

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Italy

Watch: Italian MP proposes marriage during debate in parliament

Romantic hotspots of Italy: Florence, Venice and... the parliament?

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Migrants tell of their 'Libyan hell' as they arrive in Europe

The testimony of the 79 people rescued by the Aita Mari match with those of human rights organisations working in Libya: detention centres are places for torture and extortion. "You get arrested just because you are black," Ismail explained.

Italy

Watch: Dramatic footage shows diver rescuing baby girl from frozen sea

Dramatic footage shows the coast guard rescuing a baby from the waves, after a shipwreck left dozens of migrants stranded in the open sea off Lampedusa

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Watch: Shocking footage shows girl rescued by divers off Italian coast

The coastguard saved 149 people, including 13 women and three children, from a ship that sank on Saturday.

Italy

Watch: Youth boxing at Naples church keeps boys from life of crime

In a neglected Naples neighbourhood, this church has been transformed into a boxing ring. There is 40% youth unemployment here and one of the few organisations with jobs on offer is the mafia.

Italy

Ischia: Italian island sitting on volcano with no evacuation plan

A 2017 earthquake highlighted just how difficult it can be to manage an emergency on the island. That night about 20,000 people — locals and tourists — came to the port to be evacuated but there were not enough ferries.

Italy

Venice mayor says flooded city is 'on its knees'

St. Mark's Square in Venice was awash with water and closed on Sunday as city authorities prepared for another exceptional high tide just days after devastating flooding.

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Venice flooded by third record-setting high tide in one week

Venice faced a new high tide on Sunday (November 17), a few days after the lagoon city suffered the worst flooding in more than 50 years.

Italy

Watch: Nearly three-quarters of Venice flooded after latest high tide

Venice has been hit with another round of flooding on Friday just days after it experienced its worst high tide in more than half a century.

Italy

Steel plant accused of thousands of deaths related to toxic emissions

The Tamburi site is at the centre of a huge legal case. Experts cited by prosecutors have said some 7,500 people were killed in the area over seven years by diseases linked to toxic emissions.

Italy

Racism in football: Are Italy's Ultras the problem or the solution?

Mario Balotelli's abuse by fans of Verona has brought racist chanting back into focus.

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Exhibition marks centenary of artist Modigliani's death

The exhibition has fourteen of Modigliani's paintings and twelve of his drawings which the museum says are rarely shown to the public.

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Massive waterspouts swirl over Italian city of Genoa

The freak weather has already caused the closure of a fireworks display.

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Are edible flowers a solution for the struggling floriculture sector?

In partnership with the European Commission

The ANTEA project studies 40 edible flowers in an initiative financed by the EU Cohesion Policy

Italy

Watch: Gondoliers don scuba gear to clean Venice canals

The team are retrieving rubbish from the bottom of Venice's canals. Items dredged up included a stove, a computer and an audio cassette player.

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German rescue ship docks in Italy with 88 asylum-seekers

"We are extremely relieved to finally bring the remaining 88 exhausted and traumatised rescued persons to a safe port soon," said German NGO Sea-Eye.

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