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Grandfather, 68, among New Year's Day divers into Rome's River Tiber

After it was lunch with the grandchildren and then a nap.

Italy

Pope Francis Christmas message: God loves 'even the worst of us'

Pope Francis is ringing in the new year in Rome.

Italy

King Kong, ET and the Alien on display at Carlo Rambaldi exhibition

Special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi was awarded Oscars for all three creatures, after learning how to make his first mechanised dummies at his father's bicycle repair shop.

World News

Watch: Chefs team up with archaeologists to cook up Roman-era delights

Lamb stew with oxygarum; wild boar and venison stuffing; and cibarium bread. These were some of the Roman-era delights cooked up at a special banquet in Spain.

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Italy

Lazio fans filmed making Nazi salutes on streets of Glasgow

Football surporters were also heard chanting far right slogans.

Living

The young artist turning Rome’s trees into astonishing sculptures

Andrea Gandini is saving dead and decaying trees in Rome by making them into works of art.

Vatican

Pope Francis: Don't sell weapons and turn away refugees fleeing wars

The pope criticised countries that sell weapons but do not accept refugees from conflicts where arms are used.

World

Last ditch effort: Italy's Conte hopes for populist-left wing alliance

Populist 5-Star supporters are voting today on whether to hook up with their long-time foe, the centre-left Democratic Party.

World

How far will parties compromise for a new Italian government?

Francesco Daveri, a professor at the Bocconi School of Management, spoke to Euronews about the potential pitfalls, and points of consensus in any future Italian government.

World

Forcing Salvini to the opposition benches could change his behaviour, says pollster

Italy's firebrand interior minister could be pushed out of government

World

“It’s not going to be easy” - Italian MPs debate potential coalition

Michele Sodano and Lia Quartapelle

Italy

Fragments of Boeing 787 fall near Fiumicino airport after take-off

Engine fragments from a Norwegian Airlines Boeing 787 fell on roofs and cars in the area near Rome Fiumicino airport, causing damage but no casualties.

Italy

US teen implicated in policeman murder 'didn't know friend was armed'

The father of a US teen arrested for the murder of an Italian policeman murder said his son didn't know his friend was armed.

Green News

Rome is offering credit on public transport in return for plastic

Return plastic bottles for recycling at designated points around the city.

Italy

Italy shaken as policeman stabbed to death in Rome

A policeman who had just returned from his honeymoon was stabbed to death in Rome while trying to make an arrest, reports AFP.

Italy

Italian PM stands by League over Russia funding scandal

Italy's prime minister Giuseppe Conte has stood by Matteo Salvini's League party amid accusations it sought illicit funds from Russia.

Vatican

Bones exhumed in the Vatican in renewed search for girl missing since 1983

Emanuela Orlandi disappeared after she left her family's flat in the Vatican City and headed to a music lesson.

Italy

Watch: Protester dressed as ancient Roman jumps into Trevi fountain

A protester who jumped into the Trevi fountain dressed as an ancient Roman senator has been slapped with a €550 fine.

Italy

Trafficking kingpin or mistaken identity? Verdict expected in Rome

An Eritrean national was arrested and extradited from Sudan in 2016 by Italian authorities after he was suspected of being a notorious kingpin in the human trafficking world. Watch the full explanation of this complicated story by clicking on the player.

Cult

Fendi stages ethereal tribute to fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld

Italian luxury fashion house Fendi has paid tribute to its former creative director Karl Lagerfeld at its haute couture show in Rome.