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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

Italy

Rome remembers murdered student in May Day concert

Italy’s traditional Labour Day concert in Rome was this year dedicated to the murdered graduate student Giulio Regeni. His death continues to sour

02/05/2016

Italy

Dozens of migrants missing as Italy responds to shipwreck off Libya

Twenty-six migrants have been rescued by an Italian cargo ship off the coast of Libya, but dozens more are said to be missing. Video footage released

30/04/2016

Business Planet

Waste not, want not: boosting business with leftover food

Unleashing the power of the collaborative economy to fight food waste, while creating new business opportunities at the same time.

29/04/2016

Italy

Costa Concordia captain appeal begins

Francesco Schettino wants his conviction overturned

28/04/2016

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