Italy

Cult

Roberto Saviano: a mafia death sentence, the price of celebrity

Roberto Saviano continues writing despite death threats after his book on the Camorra. We meet him at the "Italissimo Festival"

28/03/2017

Italy

Unfinished Da Vinci masterpiece returned to Florence

Leonardo da Vinci’s unfinished masterpiece, ‘Adoration of the Magi’, has been returned to Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, where it will be on display until September…

27/03/2017

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The geological clock of volcanoes

The volcano is one of the most powerful representations of nature, it can change territories and subsequently the history of human kind.

27/03/2017

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Takeaway: the clock of volcanoes

27/03/2017

Italy

Rome divided by rival EU rallies as bloc leaders call for unity

Rome is divided by rival rallies as EU leaders call for unity in the bloc.

26/03/2017

Italy

Watch: whose signature is that? Confusion at the Declaration of Rome signing

Leaders of the European Union met in Rome on Saturday (March 25) to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the bloc’s founding treaty.

25/03/2017

Europe News

EU leaders mark 60th anniversary of founding treaty

EU leaders have joined together in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding treaty of the bloc.

25/03/2017

Italy

"More Europe, a better Europe"

Eu leaders have gathered in Rome to hail six decades of peace and prosperity and pledge to deepen a unity frayed by regional and global crises.

25/03/2017

Europe News

EU leaders sign Rome Declaration at milestone moment

Sixty years after the EU’s founding treaty, leaders have signed the Rome Declaration during anniversary events in the Italian city.

25/03/2017

Italy

EU leaders sign new declaration marking 60 years since the Treaty of Rome

The Union's 27 national leaders have gathered in the Campidoglio palace in the Italian capital where the six founding states signed the Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957.

25/03/2017

Italy

Italian capital prepares to celebrate Treaty of Rome

The Italian capital has been putting the finishing touches as the city prepares to mark 60 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome.

25/03/2017

Europe News

Italians lose love for EU

Rome may be at the heart of events marking the 60th anniversary of the EU’s founding treaty, but it is here that euroscepticism is growing.

24/03/2017

Business Planet

Business opportunities with the Dual-use trend

This episode of Business Planet comes from Sicily and looks at the Dual-use trend and the tremendous opportunities it can present.

24/03/2017

Europe News

Europe sets sights on supercomputer future

Ministers from seven European countries have signed a declaration in Rome, as they set their sights on seizing a share of the supercomputer future.

23/03/2017

Italy

Watch: Cheeky little girl snatches Pope's skullcap

A little girl got a laugh from the Pope and the nearby crowd in Rome on Wednesday (March 22) when she grabbed the skull cap from off his head as he bent down to kiss…

23/03/2017

Italy

Italy: how parliament is starting to deal with lobbyists

A look at the power of lobbying in Italy

21/03/2017

Italy

The Armenian Island of Venice

The Armenian presence in Europe stretches from London to Larnaca, Lisbon to Lviv; the Armenian Catholic Mkhitarian Congregation is among the most impactful examples of that legacy and this year marks

21/03/2017

Italy

Libya is promised money and equipment to help fight the people smugglers

Italy has hosted a meeting of interior ministers from eight European Union countries, including Germany and France, to strengthen support for last month's agreement to help Libya fight human trafficki

20/03/2017

Italy

Strike by Italian air traffic controllers set to disrupt flights

A strike by air traffic controllers across Italy is set to disrupt travel plans today.

20/03/2017

Italy

Mount Etna volcano blast injures 10 people

Friday morning and one of Mother Nature’s most spectacular sights.

17/03/2017

Italy

Mount Etna explodes showering BBC crew with rocks and magma

Etna explodes injuring ten

17/03/2017

Italy

BBC team among ten hurt in Mount Etna explosion

Ten people have been injured by a volcano blast at Mount Etna, as magma flowing into snow caused a violent eruption, sending rocks flying through the air.

16/03/2017

Italy

What if migrants were the first, actual European citizens? It’s a fantasy, experts say

“What if we granted European citizenship to refugees?

14/03/2017

Italy

Return of Renzi - Italy's ex-PM launches comeback

Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi is attempting a political comeback by launching a bid to recapture the leadership of the centre-left Democratic party…

13/03/2017

Italy

Naples protests against campaign visit by Northern League leader

Once the Northen League criticised southern Italians in language as fierce as they now use against immigrants, but now it wants southern Italian votes it has come to campaign in Naples. No thanks, say

11/03/2017

Italy

Bridge collapses onto motorway in Italy killing two

Two people have died and two others injured when a bridge collapsed onto a busy motorway near Ancona, Italy.

09/03/2017