Italy

Italy

World's longest pizza created in Naples measuring 1.8 km

19/05/2016

Italy

Italian political cause-fighter Marco Pannella dies

Firebrand former Italian Radical Party leader Marco Pannella has died at the age of 86.

19/05/2016

Italy

Italian region votes to scrap anti-Russian sanctions

A council in Italy’s northeastern Veneto region, is urging its national government to abandon EU international policy and recognise Crimea as being part of…

18/05/2016

Italy

Tough sentences demanded for suspected people smugglers

Prosecutors in Sicily have demanded an 18-year jail sentence for a man accused of captaining an overloaded migrant boat that sank in April. Up to 800

17/05/2016

Italy

Rome's newest metro station will incorporate newly discovered ruins

The Italian city of Rome is to open its first archaeological metro station. Ancient Roman ruins and mosaics have been discovered during work on the

16/05/2016

Sport

Chelsea-bound Conte cleared over match-fixing scandal

Incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has been cleared by an Italian court of any wrongdoing in a match fixing scandal dating back to 2011. The

16/05/2016

Next Series

The travelling greenhouse

Can a small greenhouse help to guarantee the sustainability of European forests? To find out, the Futuris team travelled to northern Italy. What

16/05/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: the traveling greenhouse

16/05/2016

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Brambilla solos into pink in stage eight victory

Home favourite Gianluca Brambilla has seized the Giro d’Italia leader’s jersey from a struggling Tom Dumoulin, after a stunning ride on stage eight

14/05/2016

Italy

Internet reimagined in Italian village

The rural Italian village of Civitacampomarano was largely bypassed by the technologies of the 21st century. Until artist Biancoshock arrived. Under

13/05/2016

Italy

More refugees now arriving in Italy than in Greece

A thousand people rescued at sea were set to land in Italy on Friday. For the first time in a year, more refugees and migrants are arriving there than in Greece.

13/05/2016

Italy

Italy: approving same-sex civil unions 'a huge step forward,' say right groups

Italy’s lower house of parliament has approved a bill allowing same-sex civil unions. Gay couples will now be given the same legal protections as

11/05/2016

Sport

Buffon and on as keeper signs contract to stay at Juve until 40

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has sigJned a three-year contract extension, which will keep him at the club until his 40th birthday.

11/05/2016

Italy

Italian parliament backs same-sex civil union bill

Italy’s lower house of parliament has backed Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in a confidence vote called by the leader to force into law a bill on

11/05/2016

Health Series

Planning against obesity in Italy

Six months ago Stefano De Santis sought help – he was overweight, had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The 41-year-old told Euronews how

11/05/2016

Italy

Italian police arrest Afghans and a Pakistani suspected of plotting attacks in Europe

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a militant cell believed to be planning attacks in Italy, France and England. Two Afghan

10/05/2016

Italy

Rome protesters march against planned EU-US free trade deal

Protesters took to the streets of Rome on Saturday to say ‘No’ to TTIP, the sweeping free trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and

08/05/2016

Italy

Italy: protest turns violent over Austria's border fence plans

A protest against Austria’s move to tighten border controls has turned violent, as scores of activists clashed with Italian police who blocked their

07/05/2016

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Kittel sprints to second stage win

Marcel Kittel timed his sprint perfectly to clinch the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 190-kilometre trek from Arnhem to the Dutch town of

07/05/2016

Sport

Dumoulin wins, Nibali struggles as Giro begins

Tom Dumoulin has won the first stage of the Giro d’Italia, the first of the season’s blue ribbon cycling events. The first stage was a time trial

06/05/2016

World

Action by European states to welcome refugees from Syria and Iraq

The tide of refugees from Syria and Iraq and the possible effect on European states was a subject examined by many television channels. Spanish

06/05/2016

Business Series

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena benefits from Q1 profit

Shares in Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena got a little bit of a boost on Friday from its better-than-expected first-quarter profit of 93 million euros.

06/05/2016

My Europe Series

Healing the traumas suffered by refugees at a centre in Milan

The psychosocial centre of the Niguarda hospital is in a quiet street in Milan. Its ethnopsychiatric service deals with around 300 refugees and

06/05/2016

Economy

Europe needs more reform and integration, says Italy's finance minister

Eurosceptic parties are continuing to score well across the EU.

05/05/2016

Italy

Hunger is no game as Italian court quashes homeless man's food theft conviction

Italy's highest court has delivered a verdict that is firmly rooted in reality.

04/05/2016

Culture news

Pompeii museum reopens after 36 years

Pompeii’s Antiquarium Museum has reopened after 36 years. Its new exhibition includes a vivid audio-visual recreation of the moment the ancient city

04/05/2016