Italy

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Legumes see new life in flowerpots

From Italy to Slovenia, European bioplastics research is booming and blooming.

17/04/2017

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Takeaway: Zero waste from green waste

This flower pot is made with a new bioplastic Instead of oil, it is made with waste from the legume industry Vegetal proteins and fibers are extracted and mixed with biopolymer This eco-friendly mater

17/04/2017

Italy

World's Oldest Person dies aged 117

The world’s oldest person, Emma Morano has died at her home in Italy aged 117.

15/04/2017

Italy

Italy's comic actor Toto honoured 50 years after his death

Italy’s one-time favourite comic actor is being honoured on the 50th anniversary of his death.

15/04/2017

Italy

Good Friday: Pope leads 'Way of the Cross' service at Colosseum

Pope Francis raised the themes of shame and hope as he led the traditional ‘Way of the Cross’ service at Rome’s Colosseum, late on Good Friday.

15/04/2017

Sport

AC Milan seek rebirth with Chinese investment

Both clubs in the Italian city of Milan now belong to Chinese investors and mastermind of the AC Milan sale Yonghong Li has met the Italian press alongside CEO Marco Fassone.

14/04/2017

Sport

Sweet and sour Chinese consortium buys AC Milan

AC Milan goes the way of Inter after Far East buyout

13/04/2017

Italy

Syria: G7 rejects fresh sanction plan as Tillerson flies to Moscow

Turkey's health minister is quoted as saying traces of sarin gas have been found on the bodies of those who died in Khan Sheikhoun last week.

11/04/2017

Italy

Violent clashes at G7 in Italy

Police wielding batons managed to push the protesters back. Italian media are reporting that five or six police officers were slightly injured during the scuffles.

10/04/2017

Business Series

It is rocket science: Avio launches on Milan stock exchange

Italian rocket engine maker Avio launches its shares on the Milan exchange, raising money to better compete against rivals SpaceX and Blue Origin.

10/04/2017

Italy

Fugitive Mexican governor arrested in Italy

On the run Mexican governor held in Italy

10/04/2017

Italy

G7 ministers seek a united front on Syria and North Korea

Energy ministers have already failed to reach agreement on a joint statement on climate change at the meeting in Italy.

10/04/2017

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Robots to the rescue in post-disaster recovery

European research project TRADR has allowed scientists and firefighters to use ground robots and drones to assist in post-disaster rehabilitation.

10/04/2017

Italy

Berlusconi features in vegetarian video campaign and 'saves' five lambs

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has angered Italy’s meat industry by featuring in a campaign run by the Italian League in Defence of Animals, urging people to “choose a vegetarian…

10/04/2017

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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