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Italy defends Israeli participation at Venice Biennale amid protest

Notable signatories of the open letter calling to exclude the Israeli national pavilion include 2023 Turner Prize winner Jesse Darling and Faisal Saleh, the director of the Palestine Museum US.

28/02/2024

Business

Vodafone in discussions to sell Italian arm to Swisscom

Mobile phone giant Vodafone is in negotiations to sell its Italian business, a deal it values at €8 billion.

28/02/2024

Art

Pre-Raphaelite works inspired by the Old Masters on show in Italy

The exhibition is the first to display works by the likes of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, alongside those of Michelangelo, Botticelli and Bellini.

28/02/2024

Lifestyle

Milan Fashion Week: Prada, Armani, and Chiara Boni hit the runway

As the curtains close on Milan Fashion Week here are some of the latest highlights - from Prada reinventing classics, Armani merging nature and Asian motifs to Chiara Boni channeling 1960s London.

26/02/2024

Tech News

Smartphones to be banned in Italian classrooms

Phones and tablets can lead to aggression against staff and create tensions in schools, Italy's education minister Giuseppe Valditara claimed.

23/02/2024

Lifestyle

Milan Fashion Week: N°21 and ICEBERG present their latest collections

At Milan Fashion Week, Italian luxury brand ICEBERG presented their playful collection while N°21's Alessandro Dell’Acqua redefined bon ton with rebellious glamour and practicality.

22/02/2024

Earth News

Heating and cars: Milan introduces emergency pollution-busting rules

Dry weather and warm temperatures have worsened the Italian city’s smog problem.

22/02/2024

Italy

Waiting for 8 years: Will there finally be justice for Giulio Regeni?

Eight years after his death, no arrest has been made for the killing of Italian graduate Giulio Regeni. But the murdered student has hardly been forgotten in his home country, where a new trial has just begun.

20/02/2024

Markets

Lower oil and gas prices hit Eni's earnings in the fourth quarter

Shares in Italy's Eni SpA fell on Friday after the company published its latest financial results.

16/02/2024

Italy

Italian farmers hold three rallies in Rome to protest EU rules

This latest demonstration comes as EU-wide protests from the sector paralyse the bloc.

16/02/2024

Destinations

Is Italy building the world’s first airport with a vineyard on top?

Novel plans have been revealed for Florence’s new airport.

14/02/2024

Business

Italian watchdog turns heat up on BAT and Amazon over tobacco ads

Italy's competition watchdog, AGCM, fines BAT and Amazon €7 million for deceptive advertising on heated tobacco products.

14/02/2024

Culture news

Protests in Italy after "stop genocide" Sanremo comments

The rapper used Italy's Eurovision Song Contest search programme to demand Israel "stop genocide".

14/02/2024

Markets

Airbnb reports mixed financial results following €576m tax settlement

Airbnb reported mixed fourth quarter (Q4) results on Wednesday but highlighted a rise in bookings due to demand remaining strong.

14/02/2024

Italy

Euroviews. The Italy-Albania migration deal is cruel and counterproductive

Deals with non-EU countries simply exacerbate the dangers and suffering that people in need of international protection face by pushing them into the hands of smugglers or traffickers, and onto ever more perilous routes, Harlem Désir and Susanna Zanfrini write.

14/02/2024

Culture news

Violins made from battered migrant boats feature at La Scala concert

Inmates at Milan's largest prison have given new life to the remnants of Europe's deadly migrant crisis.

14/02/2024

Destinations

Italy, Croatia: The cities set to see an influx of cruise ships

Here are the historical cities where cruise passengers may find themselves instead of Venice this year.

14/02/2024

Culture news

Sanremo winning song celebrates life's rollercoaster of emotions

Angelina Mango won the 74th edition of the Sanremo Festival with her song 'Noia (Boredom)', while Geolier finished runner-up and Annalisa third. Euronews Culture takes a look at the fifth and final night of the contest.

11/02/2024

Destinations

How a child-centred resort restored my faith in family holidays

Feuerstein Nature Family Resort on the Italy-Austria border was exactly what we all needed.

11/02/2024

Culture news

AI helps decode scrolls destroyed during the Vesuvius eruption

A supergroup of techno-archaeologists have been the first to decode text from a set of scrolls found in the ruins of the Vesuvius eruption that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum 2,000 years ago.

10/02/2024

Culture news

Saint Agata: The woman who "said no" to patriarchal power, even in death

Every year, during the first week of February, the Italian city of Catania in Sicily marks the Feast of Saint, the third-largest religious celebration in the world. This year is different however from all the others because the saint has become the symbol of the fight against gender-based violence.

10/02/2024

Art

How scientists recreated this huge statue of Constantine the Great

The ancient 11-metre structure was recreated using high tech software to scan a handful of surviving fragments.

10/02/2024

Culture news

Sanremo 2024: Crowe mocks Travolta, Ramazzotti calls for peace

On the third evening of the Sanremo festival, the second half of the competing artists performed. Special guests were Ramazzotti and Morandi but there was also room for another Hollywood legend at the Ariston: Russell Crowe performed and poked fun at John Travolta.

09/02/2024

Earth News

Italy’s culling of ‘dangerous’ Alpine bear sparks anger

Brown bear populations rebounded thanks to an EU-funded project, but they are now being culled by local authorities.

07/02/2024

Italy

Farmers in Italy expected to protest on streets of Rome in coming days

More than 2,000 farm trucks will descend on Italy's capital by the end of the week to protest against the lack of regulation of imports from outside the EU.

07/02/2024

Italy

At least 3 killed in car crashes in northern Italy due to thick fog

At least three people were killed and dozens injured in a string of crashes caused by thick fog and low visibility on Monday morning in northern Italy.

06/02/2024