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Salvini tries to put focus on migration ahead of Italy's snap election

"Lampedusa is the gateway to Europe, it cannot be the refugee camp of Europe," said Salvini.

Italy

'Tragic situation': Rice paddies dry up in Italy amid record drought

The future of Italian risotto in the Po Valley is in peril as paddy fields dry up and turn salty amid a historic drought.

My Europe Series

Is getting an abortion in Italy about to get much tougher?

Abortion is legal in Italy, but gynaecologists can refuse to carry them out, meaning that access is patchy. If Italy turns to a right-wing government next month, some fear that could make things even more complicated.

Climate

Extreme drought: Some Europeans now only have 4 hours of water a day

People across Europe are feeling the consequences of record breaking temperatures and unusually low levels of rainfall.

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Economy

Tourism staff shortages affect 1.2 million jobs in the EU, says study

New report by the World Travel and Tourism Council shows over one million tourism sector jobs remain unfilled in the EU

Experiences

Sleep, eat and train your way to Italy and Spain on these new trips

Flight-free travel in Europe just got easier with a first of its kind train and tour package from Byways and Intrepid Travel.

Culture news

Flames destroy sets at Cinecittà Studios but cause no victims

A fire broke out on Monday afternoon at Rome’s legendary Cinecittà Studios, the third fire since 2007 for the cinema complex looking to recapture former prestige

Italy

Italy shocked by graphic video of African migrant beaten to death

Macerata, the town where the attack took place, was the site of a shooting spree targeting African immigrants in 2018, that wounded six people.

Food and Drink

What are the stories behind Europe's iconic summer drinks?

From the alcohol that predates Aperol to the original Pimm's recipe, here's our handy and historic guide to mastering how to mix some of Europe's most iconic summer drinks.

World News

Hundreds of migrants arrive at Italian port after days at sea

The has been a sharp increase this year in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe.

Euronews Witness

Feeling the heat: the cost of Italy's worst drought in decades

A lack of rain linked to climate change has led to Italy's worst drought in 70 years. Euronews' Julian Gomez visited three of north Italy's most badly affected regions to see for himself both the economic and environmental cost.

Europe Decoded

Analysis from Italy: A political crisis that nobody wanted

Euronews' Rome Correspondent Giorgia Orlandi discusses Italy's unexpected government crisis.

Green News

A melting glacier is moving the Italian-Swiss border

The location of one Italian mountain lodge is uncertain with two-thirds of the building now technically in Switzerland.

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Italian climate activists glue their hands to a Botticelli painting

Italian environmental activists stuck their hands on the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli's painting "Spring" in Florence.

Italy

Woman in IC following rare man-of-war sting off Sicily coast

The marine creature is known as one of the most dangerous species in the Mediterranean Sea, but its stings are rarely deadly, although excruciatingly painful.

Europe Decoded

Fact check: Ukrainian protesters were not dragged off a road in Italy

A misleading video has falsely claimed that Italian citizens were physically removing Ukrainian refugees from blocked roads, "frustrated" with anti-war protests.

Italy

Italy's Mattarella dissolves parliament, election set for 25 September

The decision came after PM Mario Draghi handed in his resignation as a result of key right-wing coalition allies, the Five-Star Movement, boycotting a confidence vote.

Art

Italy thwarts illegal auction abroad of Baroque painting

Carabinieri police said that art merchants had allegedly described the work as being painted by a follower of Gentileschi, and not the artist herself, to fraudulently obtain export permission from Italian authorities.

Italy

'No rights' for some 10,000 migrant workers in Italy, says ANCI

Around 10,000 migrant farm workers in Italy live in "informal settlements" where they lack rights and are exploited, report the National Association of Italian Ministries (ANCI).

Italy

Italian PM Mario Draghi resigns after his government collapses

A new general election is expected to take place between end of September and beginning of October this year after Draghi handed his resignation to Italy's president.

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