Italy

Italy

Venice film festival 2015

The world’s oldest surviving film festival is getting underway in Venice – the 72nd edition of what’s locally called La Mostra brings with it 11

02/09/2015

Italy

Suspected people traffickers accused of murder - a first in Italian legal history

Ten suspected people traffickers have been arrested in Sicily. They are accused of cramming dozens of migrants into the airless hold of a boat where

28/08/2015

Italy

1,500 people rescued amid latest migrant tragedy in Mediterranean Sea

Nearly 1,500 people were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard and European Navy ships on Thursday. Two rubber dinghies packed with 269 people were

28/08/2015

Italy

Italy: More than 1,500 migrants arrive in Sicily and Sardinia

More than 1,500 migrants landed on Italian shores on Monday, as the influx of desperate people fleeing conflict and poverty continues. Some 550

24/08/2015

Italy

Migrants: scuffles with police as hundreds march in Milan

Hundreds of migrants marched down the main Fulvio Testi road, one of the major arteries leading into Italy’s financial capital, Milan. #news

24/08/2015

Italy

Major Italian rescue mission for 3,000 migrants adrift off Libya

Some 3,000 migrants were on Saturday rescued off the coast of Libya, according to the Italian coast guard. The coastguard received SOS calls from 18

22/08/2015

Italy

Vittorio Casamonica's mafia-style funeral raises eyebrows in Rome

Questions are bring asked about why a lavish funeral for Vittorio Casamonica, a purported Italian crime boss, was allowed through the streets of Rome

22/08/2015

Italy

Rome becomes like 'Godfather' set for 'crime boss' showbiz funeral

A brass band played music from “The Godfather” movie at the funeral of purported Italian crime boss Vittorio Casamonica on Thursday (August 21). His

21/08/2015

Italy

The price, and profits, of the people trade

A UN container recently brought a deadly cargo to Catania in Italy. It contained 49 bodies salvaged from an overloaded fishing boat boat where they

19/08/2015

Italy

Italy: 8 suspected human traffickers arrested following 49 migrant deaths

Italian authorities arrest eight suspected human traffickers after 49 migrants were found dead on a boat in the Mediterranean.

18/08/2015

Italy

Migrants mourned by Sicilian locals after more bodies are recovered

Forty-nine balloons are released to honour the 49 migrants who suffocated in the hold of a ship as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea.. Sicilian locals used their annual feast day to mourn

18/08/2015

Italy

Sicily receives hundreds of migrants rescued from Mediterranean

Sicily has received some of the 719 people rescued from the Mediterranean on Saturday (August 15). Three operations were carried out, coordinated by

16/08/2015

Italy

'Immersed in water, fuel and human excrement': 40 dead on migrant boat

At least 40 migrants have been found dead in the hold of a waterlogged boat crossing the Mediterranean. The Italian Navy says it discovered the

15/08/2015

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Heavy floods hit Italian coastal region

13/08/2015

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International rescue of Sub-Saharan and Palestinian migrants

13/08/2015

Sport

Man City's Dzeko moves to Roma in loan deal

Edin Dzeko has joined Serie A side Roma on a season-long loan from Manchester City. Only last summer the 29-year-old Bosnia-Hercegovina international

12/08/2015

Italy

Italy: 800 rescued migrants brought ashore

Around eight-hundred migrants have been brought to the Italian port of Reggio Calabria. They were picked up from boats in the Mediterranean during

08/08/2015

Italy

Migrants from capsized boat arrive in Palermo

Irish navy vessel arrives in Italian port of Palermo carrying some 370 survivors and 25 bodies of those caught up in the latest Mediterranean tragedy.

06/08/2015

Italy

Landslide kills three near Venice after heavy rain

At least three people have been killed in Italy in a landslide in the Alps. One of the victims was a 14-year-old girl. The landslide came after

05/08/2015

Italy

More than 2,000 migrants die attempting to cross Mediterranean this year

More than 2,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe this year, according to the International Organisation for Migrants

04/08/2015

Italy

Italy arrests Mafia suspects after cracking Cosa Nostra's secret code words

Italian police have arrested 11 suspects linked to the fugitive mafia boss of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra, after cracking a secret sheep-farming code for

03/08/2015

Italy

Culture ministers promote heritage and dialogue at Milan Expo

Culture ministers have gathered in Milan to highlight the importance of cultural heritage and dialogue. The officials from more than eighty countries

01/08/2015

Culture news

Skyhigh 'Skyway' a thrilling mountain experience

A new architectural wonder offers visitors breathtaking views of the majestic Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak. Courmayeur (Ao), immagine in

31/07/2015

Cinema

Venice announces starry Lido line-up

Running from September 2-12, Hollywood names dominate the bill with the festival quickly becoming a key primer for Oscar season.

30/07/2015

Italy

Italy: Rome's Fuimicino airport recovers after another forest fire

Rome’s Fiumicino airport resumed full operations on Wednesday after fire-fighting planes brought a blaze in a nearby pine forest under control. The

29/07/2015

Italy

What's gone wrong with Rome?

‘Rubbish’ is not a word you might associate with Rome but the Eternal City is looking decidedly dirty nowadays, with piles of trash stacking up on

29/07/2015