Italy

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

Sport

Football for Friendship ready for fourth edition

The fourth edition of the Football for Friendship will take place in May it was confirmed this week. Kids from around the club will gather in Milan

25/03/2016

Italy

Funeral held for first Italian victim of Spanish coach crash

Thousands of people have attended the funeral of Francesca Bonello in Genoa. She was one of the seven Italian victims in Sunday’s coach crash in

24/03/2016

Sport

Demare bounces back from crash to win Milan-San Remo

Arnaud Demare won a crash-hit Milan-San Remo on Saturday ending France’s 21-year wait for a winner of the first Classic race of the season. The 300

19/03/2016

Business Series

Generali shares fall despite 22% profit increase

Shares of Italian insurance company Generali fell on Friday, even though it posted a 22 percent increase in full-year net profit.

18/03/2016

Italy

Visitors get to see more ancient homes at Pompeii

Five newly restored houses which were once buried under the volcanic ash of mount Vesuvius can now be seen in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of

17/03/2016

Italy

Celebrated Italian actor Riccardo Garrone dies aged 89

Italy is mourning the death of celebrated actor Riccardo Garrone. The 89-year-old was well known for cinema and television roles including in

14/03/2016

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Flower Parade in italy

Tens of thousands of people have attended the annual Flower Parade in the Italian Rivera resort of San Remo. More than 300 florally decorated floats

14/03/2016

Italy

'Six dead' in avalanche in Italian Alps, others missing

Six skiers are reported to have been killed in an avalanche in the Italian Alps – one of the deadliest to hit the area in many years. Several other

12/03/2016

Italy

The remains of two Italian hostages are flown back to Rome

The bodies of two Italian hostages held in Libya by ISIL militants since last July have been flown back to Rome. The pair

10/03/2016

Italy

Hollande and Renzi stand shoulder to shoulder on terror, Libya and migration

Europe’s migration crisis, the threat of terrorism and a new high-speed train link between their two countries were key talking points for Francois

08/03/2016

Italy

Protesters make a splash in Venice

Water was the battle zone on Tuesday in the lagoon city of Venice, as protesters in small boats confronted police. The aquatic activists object to

08/03/2016

Italy

Tens of thousands protest for gay adoption rights in Rome

Full equality was the demand of tens of thousands in Rome on Saturday, protesting that a bill to allow civil unions for gay and lesbian couples

05/03/2016

Economy

Italy's GDP growth remains feeble

It has been confirmed Italy's economy grew by just 0.1 percent in the final three months of last year from the previous quarter.

04/03/2016

Culture news

Milan Fashion Week ends with velvet and sparkles

Milan Fashion Week closed with Armani's autumn collection dedicated to luxurious black velvet, Missoni returning to knits and Dolce & Gabbana's fairtytale wardrobe.

01/03/2016

Business Series

Starbucks takes on Italy with 'great humility and respect'

Starbucks is to open in Italy where founder Howard Schultz says he got the idea to create the world's biggest chain of coffee shops.

29/02/2016

Italy

Italy's Senate votes to recognise same-sex civil unions

Italy’s Senate has voted to legally recognise civil unions, as the last holdout in Western Europe took a compromise step to give some rights to

26/02/2016