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Italy's top museums are put under new management

Italy’s top 20 museums have been put under new management with seven foreigners, including a Briton, appointed to lead some of the country’s most

Italy

Night of surprises in Venice as debut film from Venezuela grabs Golden Lion

An unknown first-time director has won one of world cinema’s most prestigious prizes, Venice’s Golden Lion. Lorenzo Vigas, for his film “From Afar”

Italy

Rome march calls for more rights for refugees and asylum seekers

Demanding more rights for refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. Around two thousand barefoot migrants and volunteers have taken to the streets of

Sport

Lorenzo sets record lap in practice for San Marino GP

Jorge Lorenzo set a lap record en route to the topping the timesheets in the second practice for the San Marino Grand Prix. The Spanish Yamaha rider

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Cinema

'Mediterranea': poignant drama about African migrants

This week in Cinema Box, we were deeply moved by Italian director Jonas Carpignano’s ‘Mediterranea’, a tragically topical drama about African

World

New life, new challenges: helping refugees adjust to unfamiliar surroundings

For refugees arriving at a new country it may be the end of a long and painful journey, but the transition to life in their new home, temporary or

Italy

Meltdown on Mont Blanc: mountain 'shrinks' 1.3 metres

Mont Blanc seems to be in a meltdown. The latest measurements of western Europe’s highest mountain appear to show it has shrunk a full 1.3 metres

My Europe Series

Refugees group urges EU to adopt common asylum policy

More than 365,000 asylum seekers have arrived on the shores of Italy and Greece since the start of the year, according to a new report. The European

Italy

Italy: bad weather hits the south

A cyclone has swept across Southern Italy, flooding villages and roads. Amateur video showed half-submerged cars on the outskirts of Taormina in

World News

MEP wears Merkel mask in apparent anti-migrants protest

Cinema

War in Afghanistan at Venice Film Festival

Danish director Tobias Lindholm is teaming up again with Pilou Asbaek of the hit tv series ‘Borgen’ for the drama ‘A War’ screened at the Horizons

Economy

Growth in eurozone economy revised upwards

Growth in the eurozone was higher than expected in the second quarter, mainly boosted by activity in Italy and Greece. The single currency’s economy

Health Series

Say cheese: the whey forward in renewable plastics

Whey from cheese production and other agricultural waste can be a valuable raw material for new biodegradable plastic. A European research project

World News

Activists storm Lyon-Turin railway construction site

Around 40 activists opposed to a high-speed railway between the Italian city of Turin and Lyon, in southeastern France, stormed the construction site

Business Planet

Worth its weight in gold: the transeuropean initiative boosting innovation

Boosting innovation and competitiveness through unprecedented transeuropean parternerships is the business of the Worth Project. Business Planet went

Italy

Sardinia: 781 migrants brought ashore

The media focus on migrants may have currently shifted to central Europe and Hungary. But the flow of arrivals continues on the shores of southern

Cinema

Everest cast and crew discuss taking on the world's highest mountain

As the film premiered out of competition in Venice, the cast of Everest talked of the difficulties of filming in gruelling conditions and the responsibility of depicting real-life events.

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“A Chiena” water festival

Italy

Venice film festival 2015

The world’s oldest surviving film festival is getting underway in Venice – the 72nd edition of what’s locally called La Mostra brings with it 11

Italy

Suspected people traffickers accused of murder - a first in Italian legal history

Ten suspected people traffickers have been arrested in Sicily. They are accused of cramming dozens of migrants into the airless hold of a boat where

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