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Italy's Renzi vows to push on with reforms despite disappointing election results

It was business as usual for Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on an official visit to Afghanistan, a day after voters delivered a blow to his

01/06/2015

Italy

Italy: Renzi's Democratic Party loses ground in regional elections

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has suffered a setback in regional elections. Although his centre-left Democratic Party has won five of seven

01/06/2015

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Rescued migrants and more than a dozen dead arrive in Sicily

01/06/2015

Italy

PM Renzi 's Democratic Party remains top in Italian local poll

Exit polls in Italy’s local elections are indicating that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s Democratic Party will remain the largest in a vote widely

01/06/2015

Italy

Italian aerobatic pilots involved in deadly collision before show

A collision between two Italian planes belonging to the country’s air force aerobatic team has left one pilot dead. The incident took place during a

01/06/2015

Sport

Contador clinches second Giro d'Italia title

Spain’s Alberto Contador finished safely to clinch his second Giro d’Italia title in Milan on Sunday. The 32-year-old, bidding to become the first

31/05/2015

Italy

Operations intensify to rescue 'biggest wave' of Mediterranean migrants

Thousands more migrants rescued from the Mediterranean have continued to arrive in Italian ports. Over 450 were taken to Augusta in Sicily on board

31/05/2015

Italy

Italy votes in local elections, a test for Renzi's ruling party

Renzi is hoping to get a strong result to solidify support for his labour and education reforms.

31/05/2015

Italy

Italy: Local polls represent key test for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

Italians vote on Sunday in local elections widely seen as a key test for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. His centre-left Democratic Party triumphed in

31/05/2015

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Aru clinches stage 20, Contador retains pink jersey

Spain’s Alberto Contador is poised to win the Giro d’Italia after surviving a loss of form on stage 20, a punishing 199-km trek from Saint-Vincent to

30/05/2015

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Expo exposed: corruption at Milan's global food event leaves a sour taste

It is meant to showcase Milan as a dynamic, vibrant hub on the world stage but Expo2015 has been tarnished by corruption scandals. The six-month long

29/05/2015

Culture news

Renaissance man Da Vinci celebrated in major Milan exhibition

The Palazzo Reale in Milan is celebrating the archetypal Renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci with the largest ever exhibition of his works organised in Italy.

27/05/2015

Italy

Italian police arrest 39 alleged Mafia members in Sicily

Police in Sicily have arrested 39 individuals and seized assets worth some €10m as part of crackdown on three Palermo Mafia gangs on suspicion of

26/05/2015

Italy

Thousands of air passengers grounded during Alitalia strike

Thousands of people were suffering the consequences on Monday of a 24-hour strike of pilots and cabin crews at Italy’s flagship carrier Alitalia

25/05/2015

Italy

Venice crowd protests against Matteo Salvini's Liga Nord party

Left-wing protesters in the Italian city of Mestre, near Venice, chanted “we are all anti fascists” and used rubber dinghies for protection during a

25/05/2015

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Landa clinches stage 15 as Contador stretches lead

Spain’s Mikel Landa produced a superb display to clinch the 15th Stage of the Giro d’Italia while fellow countryman Alberto Contador extended his

24/05/2015

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Kiryienka clinches stage 14, Contador back in pink

Spain’s Alberto Contador produced a superb display to reclaim the overall lead of the Giro d’Italia in Valdobbiadene on Saturday. The Tinkoff-Saxo

23/05/2015

Italy

"Moments of Life": memoirs of a WW1 Italian General

22/05/2015

Italy

Italian navy carries 900 illegal migrants to Sicily

An Italian navy ship carried a dead body among the 900 illegal migrants brought to shore on Thursday in the Sicilian port of Augusta. The men, women

21/05/2015

Italy

Rome: Same sex couples celebrate first civil unions

Rome’s new civil unions registry has started work. Fourteen same sex couples were among the first to seal their commitment to each other during a

21/05/2015

Sport

Coppa Italia: Juventus seal extra-time win

Newly crowned champions Juventus produced a superb display to down rivals Lazio 2-1 in the final of the Coppa Italia in Rome on Wednesday. Stefano

20/05/2015

Italy

Moroccan man arrested over deadly Bardo museum attack

Italian police say they have arrested a 22-year-old Moroccan man in connection with the Bardo museum attack in Tunis, which left 20 tourists dead. It

20/05/2015

Culture news

Intoxicating climate change opera 'CO2' at La Scala Milan

Opera is on the move the themes of love, war, heroism and death are out and climate change is in. The opera ‘CO2’ at Milan La Scala Milan stages the

20/05/2015

Sport

Coppa Italia: Juventus aiming high

Juventus will be looking to complete a domestic double when they lock horns with Lazio in the final of the Coppa Italia in Rome on Wednesday

19/05/2015

Sport

More than 50 arrested in football match-fixing probe

Italian police have arrested more than 50 people as part of a widespread match-fixing inquiry led by anti-Mafia prosecutors in the southern town of

19/05/2015

Italy

Alleged migrant ship disaster captain and deputy to remain behind bars

19/05/2015