Italy

Italy

Art attacks demean Rome's cultural heritage says city's curator

The dying of the Trevi fountain red by serial shock artist Graziano Cecchini does nothing for the city's image claims cultural curator.

27/10/2017

Italy

Greenpeace protest in Rome after finding dangerous citywide air pollution

Greenpeace target diesel users in the Italian capital after finding Nitrogen Dioxide levels above WHO safety guidelines

26/10/2017

Economy

US private equity group Cerberus shows interest in troubled airline, Alitalia

US private equity group Cerberus Capital Management has approached Alitalia with a proposal that could allow the carrier to remain independent

25/10/2017

Italy

Lazio promises action after fans' Anne Franck 'insult'

Italian football fanatics are known for their connections to the far-right. When SS Lazio supporters used an image of Anne Frank as an insult, it created a national scandal.

25/10/2017

Earth News

Sicily in a bag

Rural life and fashion work together in the name of sustainable luxury

24/10/2017

Italy

Lombards shrug, but Venetians embrace the possibility of more autonomy from Rome

Reactions differ in the wake of referenda on more autonomy in two northern Italian regions.

23/10/2017

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Homes evacuated as wildfires rage in Italy

Residents were moved from their homes as firefighters battled to extinguish a wildfire around Val di Susa.

23/10/2017

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How to avoid putting water in your wine

One of the agricultural products most affected by counterfeiting is wine. So we need new methods for find out what we are really drinking.

23/10/2017

Italy

Leaders get lost during Venice marathon, local takes advantage

Local runner wins after motorcycle blunder.

23/10/2017

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Takeaway: Wine fraud

How do you know the wine you drink is actually the one you think you bought?

23/10/2017

Italy

Italian regions push for financial autonomy

Voters in Lombardy and Veneto back greater autonomy from Rome but deny being like Catalonia

23/10/2017

Italy

Italy: Lombardy and Veneto regions vote on autonomy

The two northern regions have been staging non-binding referendums on Sunday.

22/10/2017

Italy

Italian regions flex muscles in autonomy refrerenda

Lombardy and Veneto are asking for a bigger share of the tax take and spending powers in twin votes on autonomy from Rome.

20/10/2017

Italy

Who needs Rome? Italian regions vote on autonomy

First Scotland, then Catalonia. Now the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto are voting this Sunday on whether to demand more autonomy from the central government.

20/10/2017

Italy

10 things you need to know about Italy's Lombardy and Veneto autonomy referendums

Voters in the wealthy Italian regions will head to the polls on October 22

18/10/2017

Italy

Protests against citizenship for migrant children in Italy

Around 1,000 people have protested in Rome against giving citizenship to the children of migrants

14/10/2017

Italy

One of Japan's most famous artists, Katsushika Hokusai, gets a major exhibition in Rome

The complete works of Katsushika Hokusai are on show in Rome until mid-January 2018.

13/10/2017

Italy

Iconic Colosseum to reopen 'pleb tier'

Colosseum to reopen fifth and top tier to public.

10/10/2017

Italy

Marseille attacker's brother arrested

An Italian anti-terrorism squad arrested 25-year-old Anis Hannachi in Ferrara, Italy

09/10/2017

Earth News

24 hours in Trieste

First task: to discard any expectations that the city will fall neatly into your folder of Italian stereotypes.

06/10/2017

Italy

Italy's heritage under threat

Some of the world's most celebrated sites are at risk from a combination of manmade and natural threats.

04/10/2017

Italy

Courthouse café serves up a whole latte help to reform criminals

04/10/2017

Italy

The very short guide to why gravitational waves matter

The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded for research into gravitational waves.

03/10/2017

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Underwater robots monitor Venice lagoon

An international team of scientists has launched an unprecedented exploration project in the waterways beneath Venice with swarms of autonomous underwater…

02/10/2017

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Takeaway: The underwater swarm

Cute robot, isn´t it?

02/10/2017

Ecotech

The £2m hypercar

McLaren hybrid hypercar worth £2 millions.

02/10/2017