no comment Protests in Italy as coronavirus curfews come into force New measures imposed to curb coronavirus cases in Italy have led to outcry from business owners and demonstrations on the streets. 24/10/2020
no comment 'Mission: Impossible 7': US star Tom Cruise spotted at filming in Rome The Hollywood star and castmate Hayley Atwell were filming on the city's famous Fori Imperiali boulevard, which lies between Piazza Venezia and the Colosseum. 12/10/2020
Italy Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church Carlo Acutis who died of leukemia in 2006 was described as the "patron saint of the internet". 10/10/2020
Italy COVID-19 photo exhibition in Rome is a moving tribute to Italians Press photographers' images of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy have been put on display at an exhibition in Rome dedicated to Italian people 10/10/2020
Italy Pope Francis says COVID-19 has proved capitalism does not work Francis said the grave loss of millions of jobs as a result of the virus as evidence of the need for politicians to listen to popular movements, unions and marginalised groups. 04/10/2020
Italy Venetian flood barriers deployed for first time against tide Controversial and long-delayed underwater barriers to protect Venice from its notorious high tides were being deployed for the first time Saturday, against a forecast 130-centimetre flood. 03/10/2020
Italy Italy: Far-right leader Salvini in court over migrant detention claims Salvini is accused of abusing his powers as then-interior minister to block 116 migrants from disembarking from a coastguard boat last year, under his so-called "closed ports" policy. 03/10/2020
no comment Alan Kurdi migrant rescue ship docks in Sardinia The Alan Kurdi ship of the German aid group Sea-Eye docked Friday in the Sardinia port of Olbia to disembark 125 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea. 25/09/2020
Italy Cartoon contest bids to highlight perils of political satire in Europe The international contest brought cartoonists from 44 countries together in a celebration of the freedom of expression. 24/09/2020
Italy Bataclan: Film based on surviving terror attack surprise hit of Venice Ismaël El Iraki's first feature film deals with the themes of trauma, survival and healing. 22/09/2020
Italy Luis Suarez' Italian exam scam comes back to bite star striker According to the investigators, it's university chiefs that are the subject of the probe rather than the 33-year-old forward himself. 22/09/2020
Italy NGO blasts Italy's blockade of its migrant rescue ship as 'political' The vessel was detained in the port of Palermo for 11 hours for an inspection the NGO Seawatch International called "arbitrary." 20/09/2020
Italy Italian referendum on parliament size heading towards 'yes' Exit polls suggested a fairly resounding 'yes' vote won the day in the referendum with a projected share between 60-64%. 20/09/2020
