Italy

Italy

Matera, Capital of Culture 2019: watch the opening ceremony

In partnership with Matera 2019

Matera kicked of its year as the European Capital of Culture 2019 with an impressive opening ceremony that showed off everything the city has to offer.

19/01/2019

Italy

170 migrants missing in Mediterranean: UNHCR

Only four people have been rescued in two seperate shipwrecks.

19/01/2019

Italy

What's behind the newly approved Italian welfare reforms?

The Italian government has approved welfare and pension reforms that were the main pledge of the Five Star Movement campaign.

18/01/2019

Italy

The long-lost riches of Herculaneum now on display

Treasures from Herculaneum destroyed by Mount Versuvius are being displayed in the ancient town

16/01/2019

Italy

Trevi fountain coins diverted from charity to city hall coffers

Rome city hall takes Trevi Fountain coins away from charity

14/01/2019

Italy

More than three coins in this fountain: but where's the money going?

An unholy row is unfolding in Rome over the millions of euros thrown into the Trevi Fountain each year for good luck. Traditionally, the money has gone to a Catholic charity for the poor and homeless- now, city council is trying to change that.

14/01/2019

Italy

Running on a prayer: Vatican launches track team

The Vatican has launched its official track team composed of priests, nuns and Swiss guards.

11/01/2019

Smart Regions

In Naples, students look to the future in the world’s oldest public university

In partnership with the European Commission

The Federico II University in Naples is the world’s oldest public university. It also hosts the Developer Academy where students learn to develop apps for iphones.

10/01/2019

The Cube

Five Star Movement founder signs 'pact for science' in complete u-turn

Beppe Grillo has fueled conspiracy theories and pseudoscience claims for years. Now, he's signing a pro-vaccination pact for science

10/01/2019

Italy

Italy's government is in the eye of the storm due to a bank bailout

While at the opposition, the Five Star Movement has always strongly condemned the italian government's tendencies to bail out banks using public money. But now that they're ruling, they might have to do that themselves.

09/01/2019

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Italian band performs in igloo with instruments made of ice

The Ice Music festival began on Saturday evening in Italy's Val di Sole ski resort.

08/01/2019

Italy

Italian populist leader di Maio shows support for Yellow Vest movement

"Yellow vests, don't give up!", wrote Five Star Movement leader and Italian vice-PM Di Maio in an open letter to the French grassroots movement.

07/01/2019

Italy

Schools could shut over Rome's garbage crisis

Schools may stay closed as waste piles up.

06/01/2019

Italy

North Korean diplomat reportedly goes into hiding, sparking defection rumours

A top North Korean diplomat has sparked defection rumours after it was revealed that he's gone into hiding with family by South Korea's intelligence agency

03/01/2019

Italy

Ciao, textbooks! How robots are helping teach at one school in Italy

Ciao, textbooks! How robots are helping teach at one school in Italy

02/01/2019

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Was joining a circus in the Pope’s New Year’s resolutions?

Pope Francis impressed everyone on Wednesday (January 2) with his footballball twirling skills, helped by a group of Cuban circus performers who joined him at his weekly general audience in the Vatican.

02/01/2019

Italy

Italy's Uffizi Gallery demands Germany return painting stolen by Nazis

The painting, stolen by Nazi troops in 1943, is now in the hands of a German family who demands payment for its return.

02/01/2019

Italy

Italian ban on plastic cotton buds comes into effect

At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, Italy said goodbye to cotton buds, as the New Year ushered in the country's latest push to eliminate single-use plastic products.

01/01/2019

Italy

Paying to enter Venice

Daytrippers as well as overnight guests will soon have to pay to visit the Italian city of Venice

30/12/2018

Italy

Italian government gets 2019 budget through parliament

The budget fixes the deficit at 2%, but lacks innovation and runs scared of EU spending limits, while some say despite the government's claims of reforms, it is business as usual.

30/12/2018

Economy

Italian government easily defeats vote of no-confidence

Shrugs off criticisms to pass 2019 budget that bows to Brussels and does not go nearly as far with public spending increases as first planned.

29/12/2018

Italy

Italy's parliament approves 2019 budget in confidence vote

The Italian parliament passed the government's 2019 budget following last week's deal with the European Union, averting sanctions and fines on Rome.

29/12/2018

Italy

Watch: Budget battle as scuffles erupt in Italian parliament

A session in the Italian parliament's lower house was marred by scuffles between MPs over the 2019 budget bill.

28/12/2018

Focus

Solving the planet's plastic problem by closing the recycling loop

The 2018 Innovation Radar Prize has been won by an Italian startup project that seeks to recycle a much greater proportion of plastic waste

28/12/2018

Italy

Rome zoo's drive to pick up Penguin populations

18 African penguins get a new home at Rome zoo

28/12/2018

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Aerials of Mount Etna erupting and damaged village

A huge plume of smoke continued to rise from Mount Etna on Wednesday (December 26) after an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 hit an area north of Catania, damaging buildings and injuring about 30 people.

27/12/2018