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Italy

Italy arrests four on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack

Police in Italy have arrested four people suspected of plotting a terrorist attack in the country.

28/04/2016

Italy

Italy commemorates its 71st Liberation Day

President Mattarella lays a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Rome

25/04/2016

Italy

Rome celebrates its 2,769th birthday

Rome has reached the grand old age of 2,769. To celebrate the foundation of the Italian capital, a parade was held to portray key moments from its

24/04/2016

Sport

Sky's Mikel Landa holds on for agonising Trentino win

Sky's Mikel Landa withstood a determined Astana effort to wrest the leaders jersey off his back in the final stage of Giro del Trentino.

22/04/2016

Italy

Up to 500 migrants may have drowned in Mediterranean - UNHCR

More than two hundred migrants arriving into the Sicilian port of Augusta on Thursday. They were picked up at sea by a joint Italian and Greek

21/04/2016

Italy

More evidence points to 500 deaths off Libyan coast

More light has been thrown on a still-unconfirmed migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean, but survivors picked up by a merchant ship just landed in

20/04/2016

Italy

A win for Renzi: Italy drilling vote fails to attract required voter turnout

A regional referendum aiming to curb Italy’s offshore oil and gas industry has failed to gain the voter turnout needed to make it valid. Initial data

18/04/2016

Italy

Italian coastguards make big rescue at sea, but many feared dead in sinking

Italian coastguards intervened overnight in the Mediterranean to save the lives of 108 migrants trapped on a semi-submerged rubber boat who were

18/04/2016

Italy

Italy goes to the polls over oil and gas drilling

Prime MInister Matteo Renzi urges voters to stay at home

17/04/2016

Cinema

'Fire at Sea' award winning documentary on a contemporary reality

Gianfranco Rosi has been in Greece for the premiere of his latest documentary, 'Fuocoammare' (Fire at sea), which won the Golden Bear at this year's 66th Berlinale. The production won also the Prize o

15/04/2016

My Europe Series

Italy leads way on prison reform but system in crisis

Italy is showing the world how to reform prisons, and has passed into law an impressive and widely-praised reform package. But the money to implement it is sorely lacking, and in the meantime most of

14/04/2016

Economy

Fast fashion Italian mode moves quickly to get foothold in post-sanctions Iran

Italy has moved quickly in order for its fashion houses to get a foothold in Iran, following the lifting of Western sanctions. Italian Prime Minister

14/04/2016

Italy

Egypt's Sisi says blame for death of Italian student Giulio Regeni based on rumours

Egypt’s president has hit out at reports that murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni was killed by the country’s security service. Abdel Fattah

13/04/2016

Economy

Italy sets up safety net for financially fragile banks

Italy’s strongest financial institutions have agreed to set up a $5.7bn banking fund in order to provide a safety net to shore up the more

12/04/2016

Sport

AC Milan sack coach Mihajlovic

AC Milan announced on Tuesday they have sacked head coach Sinisa Mihajlovic. The decision from the club’s board comes following a poor run of

12/04/2016

Italy

Italian referendum on drilling for oil could shape the country's energy policy for decades to come

A referendum to be held next Sunday in Italy could shape the country’s energy policy for decades to come. The ballot was triggered by a request from

12/04/2016

Next Series

A greener road ahead?

Electric vehicles are a reality, and scientists are now looking ahead. They are exploring new frontiers to make them safer, more reliable, more

11/04/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: the electric restaurant car

11/04/2016

Italy

Italy recalls ambassador to Egypt over Giulio Regeni murder

“We want the truth about what happened to Giulio Regeni”. Tweets from Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni come

08/04/2016

My Europe Series

Misery for migrants amid Italian reception swindle

It’s called the Orange Tree village. Set in the Sicilian plain, near the town of Mineo, it once hosted American soldiers. Circled with barbed wire

08/04/2016

Italy

Italy wants full collaboration from Egypt on student murder investigation

The murder of Giulio Regeni has created diplomatic rifts between Cairo and Rome. Investigators will arrive in Italy to discuss the case on Thursday. New allegations published in La Repubblica point th

06/04/2016

Culture news

Rome museum offers unique, immersive Caravaggio Experience

Prepare for a whole new kind of cultural experience: a Caravaggio exhibition in Rome that doesn’t feature a single canvas of the fiery Baroque

06/04/2016

Italy

Italy: Industry Minister Guidi quits over conflict of interest claims

Italy’s Industry Minister Federica Guidi has quit over allegations of a conflict of interest after her partner was put under investigation for

31/03/2016

Italy

Italian nurse held on suspicion of 13 murders

An Italian nurse has been arrested on suspicion of killing 13 elderly patients. The nurse in her 50s worked at a hospital in Piombino in Tuscany

31/03/2016

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Italy: tribute for Brussels

The Italian land-artist Dario Gambarin has drew a giant Brussels’ Atomium by using a tractor in a field of northern Italy, near Verona, to honor the

27/03/2016

Italy

Italy calls on Egypt to do more to find student's killers

Italy has rejected Egypt’s claims to have tracked down the killers of an Italian graduate student whose body was found last month. On Thursday

25/03/2016