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More than 2,000 boat migrants are brought to Sicily during a weekend of rescues

Around 700 migrants who were rescued near the Libyan coast on Saturday have been brought to Sicily by Italian coastguards, They were just some of at

16/02/2015

Italy

Confectionery king and Nutella billionaire Michele Ferrero dies at 89

Michele Ferrero, Italy’s richest man and the owner of a global chocolate and confectionery empire, has died aged 89. He dreamt up a host of tasty

15/02/2015

Italy

Michele Ferrero, owner of Nutella empire, dies at 89

15/02/2015

Italy

Italy stunned by baby's death in ambulance after 'hospitals turned her away'

Italy is in shock. A young mother is in mourning. And public health services are under scrutiny after a newborn baby with breathing difficulties

14/02/2015

Italy

Migrants reach Lampedusa after rescue operation saves 700

Thousands have died crossing the sea from North Africa. Early on Saturday morning, one group of migrants made it to shore in Europe and the tiny

14/02/2015

World News

Data 'mocks' claims migrants try for Europe 'expecting' sea rescue

13/02/2015

Italy

Police dispute brings much of Rome to a stop

Striking police officers brought much of the Italian capital Rome to a standstill as part of protests about working conditions and cutbacks.

12/02/2015

Italy

Costa Concordia cruiser captain's punishment criticised

The morning after Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino was sentenced to 16 years in prison, some Italians have reacted saying this is fair

12/02/2015

Italy

Costa Concordia captain sentenced to 16 years for deadly shipwreck

11/02/2015

World News

Migrant deaths in Mediterranean show Triton inadequate

Each disaster involving desperate immigrants fuels the debate over measures to prevent people from dying at sea, and each time the measures come up

11/02/2015

Italy

Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterannean

The perilous sea journey across the Mediterannean has reportedly claimed the lives of hundreds of migrants. The United Nations Refugee agency, which

11/02/2015

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

Sport

Six Nations 2015: France edge out Scotland

France opened their Six Nations campaign with a hard-fought 15-8 victory over Scotland at the Stade France on Saturday. Clermont’s fly-half Camille

07/02/2015

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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