Italy

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Gucci's fairytale collection hits Milan catwalk

With its fashion-forward trends and supermodels like the Hadid sisters headlining their shows, Fendi is a true highlight of the Milan ready-to-wear collections.

23/09/2016

Italy

Unions ground Alitalia flights from Rome's Fiumicino airport

More than 150 flights to and from Rome’s international Fiumicino airport were cancelled on Thursday (September 22) because of strike action.

22/09/2016

Italy

Italy's baby blues not just a question of fertility

Italy is marking Fertility Day to promote family planning and parenthood.

21/09/2016

Sport

Rome to join Boston and Hamburg in withdrawing bid for 2024 Olympic Games

Rome’s mayor has begun formal steps to withdraw her city’s candidacy to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

21/09/2016

Italy

Rome to quit race to host 2024 Olympics

Rome’s mayor Virginia Raggi will withdraw the city’s backing for a bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games in the Italian capital, a city hall official said on…

21/09/2016

Italy

Woman of 61 becomes a mother for the first time

An Italian woman has given birth to a healthy baby boy at the age of 61.

21/09/2016

Next Series

An old technology revisited to save lives at sea

Monitoring the Mediterranean to save the lives of drifting refugees is currently a hit-and-miss affair, needing an expensive armada of vessels to ensure lives are saved. But there are never enough shi

19/09/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: Up in the air

This small zeppelin has been designed to save lives.

19/09/2016

Italy

Hundreds gather to honour Ciampi

The former president, prime minister and central bank governor of Italy played a key role in guiding the country into the European single currency. His funeral will be held on Monday.

17/09/2016

Italy

Renzi shatters illusion of unity in Bratislava

Matteo Renzi says he declined to share a podium with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande as he did not "share their conclusions".

17/09/2016

Italy

Rome hosts its first same-sex civil union

Rome has hosted its first ever same-sex civil union.

17/09/2016

Italy

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi: the man who served Italy with 'passion'

He will be remembered by many as a man who worked tirelessly for his country.

17/09/2016

Italy

Former Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi dies at the age of 95

Former Italian president, prime minister and central bank governor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died at the age of 95.

16/09/2016

Italy

Authorities wrestle with online abuse laws after sex tape leads to suicide

Italy has been rocked by the suicide of Tiziana Cantone.

15/09/2016

Business Series

New chief executive faces huge task to rescue Italian bank Monte dei Paschi

New chief executive Marco Morelli has taken over at struggling Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena which has to raise five billion euros to survive.

15/09/2016

Italy

Fears online sex tape shame prompted suicide

An Italian woman who was subjected to online abuse after an explicit video of her went viral has killed herself.

15/09/2016

Italy

Venetians march to take back their city

Residents of Venice have banded together to fight against mass tourism.

13/09/2016

Italy

Children of quake-hit Italian town go back to school - in prefabs

It's back to school for the children of Amatrice, the Italian town hardest hit by last month's deadly earthquake.

13/09/2016

Italy

Clashes in Naples over Italian PM visit

Clashes broke out on Monday night (Sept 12) in Naples between police and protesters demonstrating against a visit by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

13/09/2016

Italy

'Offended' Italians sue Charlie Hebdo for Amatrice pasta cartoons

The Italian town of Amatrice is suing French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for depicting earthquake victims as pasta dishes.

13/09/2016

Cinema

First Filipino win at Venice Film Festival

Filipino director Lav Diaz picks up the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for 'The Woman Who Left', while the runner-up Silver Lion is split between Andrei Konchalovsky for Holocaust drama 'Rai'

12/09/2016

Italy

No longer Charlie: Amatrice to sue Charlie Hebdo over cartoon

Amatrice Town Council has filed a petition against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo for ‘aggravated defamation’ after it published a cartoon showing the victims of last month’s earthquake in I

12/09/2016

Italy

'The Woman Who Left' wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

Lav Diaz’s ‘The Woman Who Left’ (‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’) has won the Golden Lion award for Best Film at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.

10/09/2016

Italy

Two cats make the most of their nine lives by surviving the earthquake in central Italy

Georgiana and Pietro have been rescued from the rubble of their respective homes more than two weeks after the tremor struck.

10/09/2016

Italy

Mayhem mounts for Rome's new mayor after losing another top aide

She is the first woman to run Rome, but Virginia Raggi’s political problems – just like the city’s rubbish – appear to be mounting by the day.

09/09/2016

Cinema

Natalie Portman is Jackie Kennedy in Venice

Natalie Portman’s latest movie ‘Jackie’ is among 20 competing for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

08/09/2016