Italy

Italy

Two dead in Sicily as heavy rain causes flash floods

"The situation in Catania and its province is very critical," Regional President Nello Musumeci said.

27/10/2021

Ecotech

Which country is paying people to eco-proof their holiday homes?

Italy is offering to cover 110 per cent of the costs for residents to make their homes eco-friendly and energy efficient.

25/10/2021

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Heavy rains leave widespread devastation on Sicily

The body of a 67-year-old man who was carried away by a flooded river was found in an orange grove in Sicily on Monday. Rescuers are still searching for the man's wife.

25/10/2021

Italy

Man asks police to jail him because life at home is 'unbearable'

The carabinieri in Tivoli said the 30-year-old Albanian national, who was under house arrest, "could no longer cope with the forced cohabitation with his wife".

25/10/2021

Europe

How a COVID pass protest sparked a debate in Italy on its fascist past

Violence at the end of a COVID pass protest in Rome reminded some of Italy's fascist era. Others have rejected such comparisons, calling them an exaggerated conflation.

25/10/2021

Italy

Migrants 'must not be sent back' to danger, says Pope Francis

“How they suffer, those who are sent back” after rescue at sea, the pope said. Detention facilities in Libya, he said “are true concentration camps.”

24/10/2021

Italy

Italy's Salvini goes on trial for refusing migrant ship docking

Salvini is charged with kidnapping.

23/10/2021

Italy

Amnesty calls for inquiry into COVID deaths in Italian nursing homes

Amnesty International has called for an independent parliamentary inquiry into COVID-19 deaths in Italian nursing homes.

22/10/2021

Italy

Italy's Berlusconi acquitted in corruption trial

Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian premier, say he has been acquitted by a court in Siena of corruption on Thursday.

21/10/2021

Travel News

Flight attendants strip off clothes in protest against airline closure

Flight attendants belonging to bankrupt Italian airline Alitalia are stripping off their old uniforms in protest against the national carrier’s closure.

21/10/2021

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Demonstration in underwear for the former flight attendants of Alitalia

Dozens of former flight attendants of the defunct Italian airline Alitalia removed their uniforms during a demonstration, wearing only underwear.

20/10/2021

Culture news

Quentin Tarantino receives recognition at Rome Film Festival

Quentin Tarantino receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Rome Film Festival

20/10/2021

The Kitchen

Nino Mosca's five-Ps autumn pasta dish | The Kitchen

In the Neapolitan dialect, pumpkin is called Cocozza (from Latin Cucutia) and there is a variety called Zucca Lunga Napoletana (Cucozza Zuccarina, in dialect) which has a characteristic sweet and musky taste.

20/10/2021

Italy

Italian senator suspended without pay for refusing COVID health pass

Laura Granato, from L'alternativa c'è, had opposed the new measures despite warnings from officials.

19/10/2021

Ecotech

Meet the Italian architect behind the world’s first vertical forest

Green architect Stefano Boeri believes trees are just like humans, with their own personalities and ways of communicating.

19/10/2021

Italy

Afghan evacuees in Italy fear for relatives left behind under Taliban

Afghan refugees in Italy tell Euronews of their anxiety as they wait for news of family members they have left behind.

19/10/2021

Italy

Centre-left claims victory in Rome’s mayoral election

Partial results indicated that former finance minister Roberto Gualtieri had a wide advantage over his right-wing challenger.

18/10/2021

Italy

Tens of thousands demonstrate in Rome against neo-fascists

The protest comes a week after right-wing extremists forced their way into the headquarters of Italy's most powerful labour confederation.

16/10/2021

Residences

This restored Italian palace will be shared by more than 100 owners

Built in 1799, the historic Palazzo Ricci will soon be transformed into 14 luxury residences.

15/10/2021

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Protest against green pass in Italy

Protests erupted in Italy on Friday as a new anti-coronavirus measure went into effect requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get into their place of employment.

15/10/2021

Travel News

Italy's new airline ITA takes off, as Alitalia is permanently grounded

The new state-owned carrier, Italia Trasporto Aereo took its first flight this morning as 75 years of Alitalia came to an end.

15/10/2021

Italy

Protests across Italy as COVID pass becomes mandatory for workers

Thousands have demonstrated over COVID passes being made mandatory for employees to enter their workplaces.

15/10/2021

Italy

Italian judge halts Giulio Regeni trial, orders police to find accused

The judge said it was not clear that the police officers accused of killing Regeni knew that they were on trial.

15/10/2021

Italy

Italy ship captain convicted after sending migrants to Libya in 2018

The verdict is the first of its kind in Italy and has been welcomed by the human rights group, Amnesty International.

14/10/2021

Italy

Four Egyptian police officers on trial over murder of Giulio Regeni

Four high-ranking Egyptian security officers are being tried in absence of the 2016 murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo.

14/10/2021

Travel News

'Arrivederci': Final flight for Italy's troubled airline Alitalia

The final flight, from Rome to Cagliari, brings to an end the company's financially troubled history.

14/10/2021