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Raw Politics in full: EU summit fallout and Belgian political divide

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Economy

Salvini calls for EU to scrap fiscal rules after election triumph

Salvini, the country's deputy prime minister, said the EU's fiscal rules had failed and that they should be rewritten to focus on cutting unemployment.

Italy

Italy's 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio seeks confidence vote

Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Italy's 5-Star Movement, is seeking a confidence vote on his party's online platform after a poor result in Euro elections

Business

Fiat Chrysler puts merger offer to Renault board

Fiat Chrysler puts merger offer to Renault board

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World

What does it feel like to go to space?

On July 20, Luca Parmitano is scheduled to leave Earth on his second mission, becoming the first Italian to take up the role of International Space Station Commander.

Italy

Watch: Alpine pass linking Italy and France reopens after winter

The road, 2,188 metres above sea level, was cleared of 7 metres of snow using turbine blades.

Italy

Italians say Salvini 'copied' #Salvini'sfault campaign from ex-mayor

You might recognise the slogan Italy's Deputy PM Matteo Salvini is using for a recent social media campaign #ColpadiSalvini (#Salvini'sfault) — it's been used before by supporters of the former Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia.

Italy

Man clings to outer shelf as flames rage from his Rome room

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome on Wednesday.

World

'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti

'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti

Syria

Italian man freed after three years of imprisonment in Syria

Alessandro Sandrini, 32, has been freed after almost three years as a prisoner in Syria.

Italy

Italian unions refuse to load Saudi ship carrying weapons to Yemen

The ship was previously prevented by protestors from being loaded in a French port.

Italy

Salvini and Le Pen rally to unite European nationalists in Milan

Headlining the event was Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen of France's National Rally (RN). The two populists are eager for their Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group to become the third largest party in Brussels.

World

Raw politics in full: EU spitzenkandidat debate and Huawei ban

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Italy

Watch: Sphinx room accidentally unearthed at Nero's Golden House

The Sphinx Room features lavish frescoes of panthers, centaurs and, of course, a sphinx. Experts chanced upon it while doing restoration work on the vault of a neighbouring part of the building.

Italy

‘Think ahead’: Italy MPs get incontinence warning over tampon tax

How one MP tried to convince others to back lowering Italy's tampon tax: "This does not only concern your wives and children. You will realise when you'll get to 60, I'm speaking to my male colleagues, you'll realise you'll need panty liners for incontinence or prostate problems, think ahead!"

Italy

Watch: Spot the artist in Milan exhibition by the Invisible Man

Photographs by an artist renowned for disappearing into his artworks have gone on display. Chinese performance artist Liu Bolin, known as the Invisible Man, began this series in 2005.

Italy

Watch: Alpine festival shines a light on climate change

Mountain water melting from glaciers is crucial to the areas's ecosytem but is now in jeopardy.

Italy

Pope Francis aide 'climbs down manhole to restore power for homeless'

Pope Francis' aide restored electricity for hundreds of people by crawling down a manhole in Rome.

Spain

Police in Spain seize 2.7 tonnes of hashish

A three-year joint operation by Spanish and Italian police has resulted in the seizure of 2.7 tonnes of hashish in the Spanish region of Andalusia.

Cult

Venice Biennale 2019: Art show reflects on our 'precarious existence'

The 58th International Biennale Arte in Venice opened this weekend under the title "May You Live In Interesting Times"

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