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Dramatic scenes as dozens saved from migrant shipwrecks

A child and two pregnant women who had been stranded for nearly two days were among those rescued.

Culture news

Bloomsbury USA president dies in tragic boat accident in Italy

The 45-year-old woman was visiting Italy with her husband and two children when she fell overboard during a boat accident off the Amalfi coast.

Culture news

German tourists accused of destroying 150-year-old Italian statue

"Instead of influencers, call them stupids." A statue valued at €200,000 was broken by a group of German tourists, who “must pay a steep price," according to the councillor for culture of the Lombardy region.

Experiences

A new night train from Rome to the south of Italy is launching in 2024

Italy’s state railway operator has announced new vintage tourist trains and sleeper routes.

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Culture news

Why is Italian PM Giorgia Meloni suing Placebo's Brian Molko?

Italy has one of the highest rates of libel suits against the media in Europe, and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is proving journalist associations right.

Italy

Italy's government cuts benefits to thousands of families by SMS

Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government is putting an end to benefits for thousands of families and individuals deemed 'fit to work'.

Italy

Italy: Are arsonists to blame for the devastating wildfires in Sicily?

Twitter users have been sharing a video of a man purposefully setting fire to a forest, claiming it's arson - not climate change - that's to blame for the current wildfires in Sicily.

Culture news

Ancient Roman shipwreck found near Italian capital

A 2,000 year old ancient Roman cargo ship was found off the coast of Civitavecchia with many of its contents still intact.

Greece

Europe wildfires contained but Greece sounds alarm on climate threat

A drop in temperatures and calmer winds helped firefighters get a handle on the blazes in Greece and all major fires were contained by midday Friday, Greek Fire Service officials said.

Travel News

All the countries where wildfires are raging in Europe

Blazes have broken out in several areas that are popular tourist hotspots.

USA

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni meets US President Joe Biden in Washington

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Washington on Thursday to meet with US President Joe Biden. This trip marks her first visit to the United States since becoming head of state.

Europe Decoded

Catching a taxi in Italy is virtually impossible. Here's why

Taxi drivers' unions have fiercely opposed any move to increase the number of licences necessary to practice the profession.

Climate

Mediterranean Sea breaks new high temperature record

Extreme weather across Europe could extend into autumn spurred by record-high sea temperatures.

World News

Catastrophic wildfires kill scores across the Mediterranean

Read the Euronews live coverage of violent fires that have killed dozens of people, sparked mass evacuations and destroyed homes in several countries across the Mediterranean region.

World News

Teenage girl dies as violent storms hit northern Italy

Wildfires and violent storms take the life of a teenage girl in Italy as heatwaves continue to affect much of southern Europe.

New Zealand

Women's World Cup: Germany thrash Morocco as Italy shrug Argentina off

European sides Germany and Italy begin Women's World Cup campaigns with wins.

World News

Freed Egyptian human rights campaigner arrives in Italy to applause

A high-profile Egyptian activist who was recently released from prison landed Sunday in Italy, where the government championed his case.

Italy

Italy calls for more equal relationship with migration producing states

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has called for a new and more equal relationship between Europe and the developing countries that produce migrants.

Italy

From heatwaves to hailstorms: Italy is blowing hot and cold

An extraordinary hailstorm in Seregna, a town near Milan in northern Italy, injured more than a hundred people on Thursday.

Euronews Witness

Italy under Giorgia Meloni: no country for non-traditional families

On a crusade for the defence of traditional families, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants to make surrogacy carried out abroad by Italian couples a crime, after stepping up restrictions on homosexual couples' already limited rights to parenthood.

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