Italy

Italy

50 migrants from the Diciotti ship 'disappear' in Italy

Italy's hardline interior minister, Matteo Salvini, says 50 of the 144 migrants that were stranded on the Diciotti ship in August have 'disappeared' from Italian reception centres.

06/09/2018

Cinema

Cronenberg awarded Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

The 75 year old Canadian director was recognised for a lifetime of achivement.

06/09/2018

Italy

Autostrade chiefs put under investigation over Genoa bridge collapse

06/09/2018

Italy

Children can bring packed lunches to school, Italian top court rules

After one city in Italy tried to ban children from bringing their own packed lunches to school, the country's top administrative court overruled the measure.

05/09/2018

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The procession of the Machine of Santa Rosa returns to Viterbo

The Machine of Santa Rosa, designed by the architect Raffaele Ascenzi, has marched this year on September 3 for the fourth time in Viterbo.

05/09/2018

Italy

Exhibition of Russian-French modernist painter Marc Chagall opens in Italy

The Ragione Palace in the Italian city of Mantua has put on an unusual display of the work of Russian-French modernist painter Marc Chagall.

05/09/2018

Cinema

Orson Welles' unfinished movie presented at Venice Film Festival

Orson Welles shot "The Other Side of the Wind" in the early 1970s but gave up on it, leaving behind 100 hours of footage when he died in 1985.

04/09/2018

Italy

Italian convicted for driving migrants across border with BlaBlaCar

An Italian man was given a suspended nine-month jail sentence and a suspended hefty fine for unknowingly driving undocumented migrants over the border through the car-sharing service BlaBlaCar.

04/09/2018

Cinema

Uruguay's humble president featured at Venice Film Festival

As the president of Uruguay Jose Mujica gave most of his salary to charity and lived an austere lifestyle whilst in office.

04/09/2018

Italy

Biopic looks at Van Gogh's creative process

Biopic looks at Van Gogh's creative process

04/09/2018

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Thousands gather in Venice to watch traditional regatta

Thousands of boating enthusiasts gathered in Venice on Sunday to watch the Regata Storica, a historical boat race held every year since the thirteenth century in the city's lagoon and Grand Canal.

03/09/2018

Cult

2018 Venice Film Festival: Day 2

2018 Venice Film Festival: Day 2

30/08/2018

Italy

Renzo Piano offers new bridge design for hometown Genoa after tragedy

Renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano has offered to help design a new Genoa bridge to replace the one that collapsed, killing 43 people.

30/08/2018

Cult

"First Man" opens 75th Venice Film Festival

"First Man" opens 75th Venice Film Festival

29/08/2018

Cult

Lack of gender equality at 75th Venice Film Festival

Lack of gender equality at 75th Venice Film Festival

29/08/2018

Italy

Netflix has six films in this year's Venice Film Festival

Netflix, which snubbed Cannes due to French rules that ban simultaneous streaming of films shown in cinemas, brings six films to Venice, some of them frontrunners for prizes.

28/08/2018

Italy

Ryanair reaches first collective labour agreement

Strike-hit Ryanair has reportedly reached an agreement with the Italian union ANPAC and the company hopes to reach similar deals with flight crew in other countries

28/08/2018

Italy

Watch: Etna 're-awakens' with eruptions of ash plumes and lava

On August 23, the volcano shot lava bombs as high as 150 metres in the air while burning lava continues to spew from the crater.

27/08/2018

Italy

Migrants detained onboard rescue ship in Sicily allowed to disembark

The migrants, mainly from Eritrea, had been stranded in the port of Catania since Monday.

26/08/2018

Italy

Italy disembarks stranded migrants, Salvini under investigation

Migrants trapped on a ship in a Sicilian port for six days have been allowed to disembark.

26/08/2018

Italy

Sick migrants disembark Diciotti

Thirteen sick migrants on Saturday left the Italian rescue ship docked for five days in a Sicilian port and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he was working on a “positive solution” for the remaining 137 people on board.

26/08/2018

Italy

Lindsay Kemp dies aged 80 in Italy

The English dancer, mime artist and choreographer passed away whilst working in Livorno

25/08/2018

Italy

British dancer Lindsay Kemp dies

Lindsay Kemp, the dancer, mime artist and choreographer who inspired David Bowie and Kate Bush, has passed away at the age of 80

25/08/2018

Italy

8 laws Italy may be violating over Diciotti migrant standoff

Migrants onboard the Diciotti have been denied permission to disembark from the Italian port of Catania by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. According to Italian lawyers and judicial members — the move breaks eight international laws.

24/08/2018

Business

Trump offers to fund Italian debt

An Italian newspaper reported on Friday that Donald Trump offered to help fund Italy's public debt next year

24/08/2018

Italy

Italy threat to pull EU funding

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio says his country could refuse to pay EU contributions if Brussels does not change it's attitude on the migrant issue

24/08/2018