Italy

Italy

Death toll from Italy quake rises to 295

Rescuers have found the body of the last person reported missing after the deadly Aug. 24 earthquake in Italy, according to local media.

06/09/2016

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Pope Francis offers pizza lunch to 1,500 homeless people

Some 1,500 homeless people from across Italy were brought into Rome to be given seats of honour at Mother Teresa’s canonisation Mass, before being treated to a pizza…

05/09/2016

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Italy quake: Romeo the dog rescued from the rubble

Fire fighters in Italy rescued a golden retriever named Romeo on Friday after pulling him alive from a pile of rubble more than a week after an earthquake in the centre of the…

03/09/2016

Economy

Italian economy stagnated in Q2

It has been confirmed Italy's economy stagnated in the period from April to June not growing at all from the first three months of the year.

02/09/2016

Italy

Fertility Day? "Go Forth and Multiply!" say Italians

A government campaign to boost the slowing fertility rate in Italy has met with a chorus of criticism from those who say it is offensive and ignorant of the problems it is trying to…

02/09/2016

Italy

Migrant arrivals in Italy surge

At least 13,000 migrants have arrived in Italy in just four days as numbers being rescued in the Mediterranean surge.

01/09/2016

Cinema

'La La Land' the Venice Film Festival rolls out the red carpet

The 73rd Venice Film Festival is up and running with the world premiere of the musical 'La La Land', directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

01/09/2016

Italy

Migrants in the Med: Weather window sees crossing boom

A period of good weather has led to an increase in the number of migrants attempting make the journey to Europe from the north-African coast

01/09/2016

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Italy: migrants arrive at the ports of Cagliari and Messina

A Norwegian ship arrives at the Italian port of Cagliari, carrying 1,100 rescued migrants.

31/08/2016

Italy

Venice Film Festival - launch pad for award season

There is much excitement in the air ahead of this year’s Venice Film Festival which is once again being seen as the launch pad for the industry’s award season.

31/08/2016

Italy

Drone video of Italian town damaged by earthquake

Italian firefighters have released a video, filmed by a drone, showing the town of Accumoli, severely devastated by the earthquake of August the 24th.

30/08/2016

Italy

Thousands of migrants are rescued at sea in the biggest operation so far

An estimated 6,500 migrants are rescued at sea, some 20km off the Libyan town of Sabratha. Forty operations took place in 24 hours.

30/08/2016

Italy

Death toll from Italy's earthquake tops 290

Almost a week after a devastating earthquake hit central Italy, emergency workers continue to recover the dead.

29/08/2016

Italy

Italian museums donate ticket proceeds to quake-rebuilding

After last week’s devastating earthquake, Italian authorities are looking at how to pay for the rebuilding work.

28/08/2016

Italy

Italy quake: restaurants launch pasta campaign for devastated areas

In a move aimed at showing solidarity with the victims of Wednesday’s devastating earthquake, chefs in Italy are serving up more pasta all’Amatriciana.

28/08/2016

Italy

Grieving relatives attend state funeral for victims of Italian quake

Weeping relatives hugged each other and reached out to touch the varnished coffins of victims of an earthquake at a state funeral held on Saturday (August 27) for some of the 290 people who died in th

27/08/2016

Italy

Italy holds state funeral for victims of earthquake

Mourners gathered in the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno on Saturday for a state funeral for some of the victims of Wednesday’s (August 24)powerful earthquake.

27/08/2016

Italy

Accumoli, inside the town near the quake's epicentre

Accumoli was near the epicentre, when the earthquake struck, taking the lives of 11 people in the hilltop village.

27/08/2016

Italy

State funeral for Italy quake victims

A state funeral on Saturday will lay to rest some of the 278 victims of Italy’s earthquake, among them many children.

26/08/2016

Italy

Italy quake: hopes fade of finding more survivors

More than 48-hours after the 6.

26/08/2016

Italy

Italy quake: state of emergency declared as rescue operation continues

The number of people killed in Wednesday’s earthquake in central Italy now stands at a least 278.

26/08/2016

Italy

Italy quake: Renzi calls for new homes initiative

Italy’s Prime Minister has declared a state of emergency and authorised an initial 50 million euros in crisis funding following the earthquake which left at least 267…

26/08/2016

Italy

Italy declares state of emergency in quake-affected areas

Rescue teams work tirelessly scouring the rubble to find survivors in Italy.

26/08/2016

Italy

'We escaped in the dark', Amatrice quake survivor

Luigi Botti considers himself lucky to be alive.

26/08/2016

World

Disaster rescue: "You need to have quite a lot of emotional strength"

Search and rescue teams are battling to save lives in the rubble of the Italian earthquake.

25/08/2016

World

Amatrice, Italy: 'people don't want to abandon homes' after quake

Euronews correspondent Raquel Alvarez has reached Amatrice in central Italy, where at least 190 people died and rescue efforts have been in full swing following Wednesday morning’s…

25/08/2016