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Takeaway: Robot rescue helpers

This team of robots could be the first to be deployed to a disaster scene in Europe.

10/04/2017

Italy

Genoa G8: police admits brutality, compensation agreed

Some 16 years after anti-globalisation protests broke out in Genoa, Italy has admitted its responsibility for police brutality and has agreed to pay 45,000 euros each to six people for moral and mater

07/04/2017

Italy

Archaeologists uncover ancient Rome aqueduct

Archaeologists have uncovered what could be Rome’s oldest aqueduct.

06/04/2017

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Hundreds rescued in the Mediterranean sea

Some 700 migrants were rescued at sea on Wednesday by humanitarian groups operating rescue ships off the coast of Libya, said Italy’s coast guard.

06/04/2017

Italy

Italian high court makes stinky cooking a crime

Italy's Court of Cassation this week upheld a ruling criminalising strong cooking odours and even branded the legal term: “olfactory molestation”

06/04/2017

World

Mafia expert Roberto Saviano: European Leaders won't admit to Mafia

Anti-mafia author and journalist Roberto Saviano explains why he believes the UK is the most corrupt country on earth and why politicians across Europe are not prepared to tackle money laundering and

04/04/2017

Italy

Police in Italy foil alleged plot to blow up Venice's Rialto Bridge

Police in Italy have arrested three Kosovan men and a child on suspicion of trying to blow up Venice’s iconic Rialto Bridge.

30/03/2017

Italy

"Celebrating peace is not enough...we need a multi-speed Europe": Romano Prodi

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the Italian European Movement hosted an event in the Eternal City to discuss proposals on the way forward for…

29/03/2017

Italy

Energy VS environment: Italians rally against TAP pipeline

Activists and police have clashed during a protest against the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline in the Puglia region of southern Italy.

28/03/2017

Sport

Leap of faith: Ragettli's historic jump

Swiss Skier Andri Ragettli just made history by landing the world’s first quad cork 1800 safety grab at the Nine Royals in Italy.

28/03/2017

Cult

Roberto Saviano: a mafia death sentence, the price of celebrity

Roberto Saviano continues writing despite death threats after his book on the Camorra. We meet him at the "Italissimo Festival"

28/03/2017

Italy

Unfinished Da Vinci masterpiece returned to Florence

Leonardo da Vinci’s unfinished masterpiece, ‘Adoration of the Magi’, has been returned to Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, where it will be on display until September…

27/03/2017

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The geological clock of volcanoes

The volcano is one of the most powerful representations of nature, it can change territories and subsequently the history of human kind.

27/03/2017

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Takeaway: the clock of volcanoes

27/03/2017

Italy

Rome divided by rival EU rallies as bloc leaders call for unity

Rome is divided by rival rallies as EU leaders call for unity in the bloc.

26/03/2017

Italy

Watch: whose signature is that? Confusion at the Declaration of Rome signing

Leaders of the European Union met in Rome on Saturday (March 25) to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the bloc’s founding treaty.

25/03/2017

Europe News

EU leaders mark 60th anniversary of founding treaty

EU leaders have joined together in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding treaty of the bloc.

25/03/2017

Italy

"More Europe, a better Europe"

Eu leaders have gathered in Rome to hail six decades of peace and prosperity and pledge to deepen a unity frayed by regional and global crises.

25/03/2017

Europe News

EU leaders sign Rome Declaration at milestone moment

Sixty years after the EU’s founding treaty, leaders have signed the Rome Declaration during anniversary events in the Italian city.

25/03/2017

Italy

EU leaders sign new declaration marking 60 years since the Treaty of Rome

The Union's 27 national leaders have gathered in the Campidoglio palace in the Italian capital where the six founding states signed the Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957.

25/03/2017

Italy

Italian capital prepares to celebrate Treaty of Rome

The Italian capital has been putting the finishing touches as the city prepares to mark 60 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome.

25/03/2017

Europe News

Italians lose love for EU

Rome may be at the heart of events marking the 60th anniversary of the EU’s founding treaty, but it is here that euroscepticism is growing.

24/03/2017

Business Planet

Business opportunities with the Dual-use trend

This episode of Business Planet comes from Sicily and looks at the Dual-use trend and the tremendous opportunities it can present.

24/03/2017

Europe News

Europe sets sights on supercomputer future

Ministers from seven European countries have signed a declaration in Rome, as they set their sights on seizing a share of the supercomputer future.

23/03/2017

Italy

Watch: Cheeky little girl snatches Pope's skullcap

A little girl got a laugh from the Pope and the nearby crowd in Rome on Wednesday (March 22) when she grabbed the skull cap from off his head as he bent down to kiss…

23/03/2017

Italy

Italy: how parliament is starting to deal with lobbyists

A look at the power of lobbying in Italy

21/03/2017