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Italy's Conte promises to reduce deficit target to avoid EU sanctions

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has met with European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker for the latest round of budget talks. Initially rumoured to be have been called off – the results of the meeting gave new optimism to a topic that had put Italy at loggerheads with Brussels.

13/12/2018

Italy

Black acrid smoke spreads across Rome after a fire in a rubbish dump

As twelve teams of firefighters battle to put out the blaze, critics have slammed the capital's beleaguered waste manager and warned of a growing garbage ‘crisis’ in the capital.

11/12/2018

Italy

Italian churches offer shelter to migrants

Italian priests say migrants will have shelter at the church after the country announced a new bill that abolishes humanitarian protection.

10/12/2018

Italy

Milan building towards a brighter, greener future

Architect Stefano Boeri has created a small island of greenery in the heart of Milan.

10/12/2018

Italy

Salvini blames austerity for French unrest

Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini says EU needs to adopt policies to stimulate growth.

09/12/2018

Italy

Italy fines Facebook €10m over data misuse

An Italian watchdog fines Facebook €10million for misleading users of its data practices. In addition, the authority demanded the company state how it uses data on its website and app.

08/12/2018

Italy

Verdi's "Attila" opens La Scala season

Triumph for Chailly and Abdrazakov as audience warms to tale of fall of Rome.

08/12/2018

Italy

Italy: Six dead and dozens injured in nightclub stampede

Six people have died and dozens were injured after a stampede broke out in a small town on Italy's Adriatic coast.

08/12/2018

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Nativity figures of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un popular in Italy

Italian families are displaying figurines of Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un and Cristiano Ronaldo next to Jesus' crib in nativity scenes this Christmas. There's even space for Silvio Berlusconi

07/12/2018

Destinations

Back to Stonehenge: Italy's luxury cave fad

It's like being a privileged castaway.

07/12/2018

Italy

Vehicle tax drives budget fallout among Italy's ruling populists

The ruling Five Star Movement and its coalition partner, the League party, look to have had a falling out over the budget.

06/12/2018

Italy

Scores arrested in massive EU crackdown on organised crime network

Members of the 'Ndranghatea Italian mafia group have been arrested in a massive swoop.

05/12/2018

Italy

Is Rome on course for 'ugliest Christmas tree' for second year?

Romans are not pleased with this year's Christmas tree, which arrived in the city on Monday, as locals say they are experiencing de ja vu of the 'ugliest Christmas tree' of yesteryear

05/12/2018

Italy

New mafia boss Settimo Mineo arrested in raid

The new 'godfather' of the Sicilian mafia, Settimo Mineo, was arrested on Tuesday along with 45 other suspected mobsters.

04/12/2018

Italy

Pope renews call for Syrian peace after talks fail in Astana

Appeal comes after no progress is made in 11th round of Russian-sponsored talks in Kazakh capital.

02/12/2018

Italy

'Old age' to begin at 75 for Italians

Thanks to the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG) in Rome, citizens in Italy will now only be considered 'elderly’ after the age of 75.

30/11/2018

Earth News

Mozzarella with Mozart

An Italian farmer believes his buffalo herds make the best cheese of all - thanks to an organic diet, on-demand grooming and a love of Mozart.

30/11/2018

Italy

What you need to know about Italy's new security decree

After the Italian parliament approved Matteo Salvini's new immigration-security decree, what can we expect to change for asylum seekers in Italy?

29/11/2018

Musica

Revival of Chéreau's legendary "Elektra" at La Scala

The opera house revived the famous production to mark the fifth anniversary of the director's death.

29/11/2018

Italy

Italy's Senate finance committee stick to high-spending budget plans

However, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has suggested the government might be willing to reduce the deficit target to end the stand-off with the EU.

27/11/2018

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Italian Interior Minister Salvini launches destruction of Mafia villa

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday personally launched the demolition of a luxury villa illegally built in Rome by its most infamous and entrenched Mafia clan, the Casamonica.

26/11/2018

Next Series

How augmented reality will make surgery safer

In partnership with The European Commission

New technology will push surgery forward by using augmented reality.

26/11/2018

Sci-tech

Augmented Reality to Change Surgery Techniques

Mounting an augmented reality device to a surgeon’s head - pioneering new research promises to save thousands of lives by merging classic techniques with modern technology.

26/11/2018

Italy

Mafia villas in Rome demolished in effort to rout organised crime from city

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is behind a crackdown on "illegal" villas inhabited by members of the Casamonica mafia clan - an organised crime group with Romani roots.

26/11/2018

Italy

Big Brother Bologna? City set to test surveillance drones

Is the dystopian nightmare of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four about to become a reality in Bologna or is the Italian city just making innovative use of the latest technology?

26/11/2018

Italy

Sicily seizes one and half billion euros of mafia-linked property

The houses were seized from the heirs of a businessman alleged to have had links to the mafia

24/11/2018