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Italy: Berlusconi completes community service

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has finished his community service. The 78-year-old has been helping on an Alzheimer’s ward near

06/03/2015

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Latest migrant tragedy claims at least 10 lives off Italian coastline

06/03/2015

Italy

Rescuers end cable car drama safely

Two hundred skiers had a narrow escape after becoming stranded in cable cars buffeted by 130km per hour-strong winds in the Italian Dolomites. All

06/03/2015

Italy

Police arrest suspect in latest migrant tragedy in Italy

Italian police have arrested one of two men suspected of involvement in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean which killed 10 people. The

05/03/2015

Italy

Italy: Parmesan producers decry soaring sales of 'fake' cheese

It is one of the world’s most copied cheeses – and those behind the original are not happy. Hence a gathering in Italy’s northern city of Bologna on

05/03/2015

Italy

Severe weather kills at least 2 in Italy

Strong winds and heavy rain have resulted in the deaths of at least two people in Italy. The central region of Tuscany has been one of the worst

05/03/2015

Italy

Mediterranean migrants 'forced to take to sea'

There are claims that people traffickers have been forcing migrants onto boats despite bad weather, after more dramatic rescue missions.

04/03/2015

Italy

Scandal in Pompeii: Former site commissioner has assets seized

Financial police seize nearly 6 million euros in assets from Marcello Fiori. The former commissioner of the Pompeii archaeological site is implicated in a tendering scandal.

04/03/2015

Italy

Italy: Coastguard rescues almost 1,000 migrants in 24 hours

Dramatic footage from Italy’s coastguard has captured migrants’ desperate attempts to reach the safety of a rescue vessel after their own boat

04/03/2015

Italy

World class coma recovery centre threatened by Italy's healthcare cuts

As Italy reins in spending on healthcare, a world-class coma recovery centre in Crotone is threatened by the cuts. Over the last two decades Sant

03/03/2015

Culture news

Armani and Dsquared2 bring Milan Fashion Week to a close

Milan Women’s Fashion Week has drawn to a close with Dsquared2 presenting their new collection for the upcoming Autumn-Winter season. Dean and Dan

03/03/2015

Culture news

Mum's the word for Dolce and Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week

Italian design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana found inspiration close to home for their Autumn-Winter collection presented at Milan Fashion

02/03/2015

Italy

Right-wing Northern League holds rally in centre of Rome

Thousands have turned out in Rome for an anti-government demonstration

28/02/2015

Italy

Italy urges recognition of Palestinian state

Italian MPs have backed a non-binding resolution that urges the government to recognise Palestine as a state. Italy’s Chamber of Deputies voted by

27/02/2015

Culture news

Alberta Ferretti's Renaissance-inspired collection wows at Milan Fashion Week

To see and be seen: that’s the name of the game at Milan Fashion Week. The Gucci show drew both anonymous and famous fashion fans alike, as crowds

27/02/2015

Italy

Hundreds evacuated from homes as huge sinkhole appears in Naples

A ten-metre wide sinkhole has appeared in a street in suburban Naples after heavy rains and a burst underground water pipe caused the ground to give

23/02/2015

Italy

Italy: Prominent theatre director Luca Ronconi dies aged 81

Luca Ronconi, one of Italy and Europe’s most influential theatre and opera directors, died in hospital in Milan on Saturday night at the age of 81

22/02/2015

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Feyenoord supporters wreak havoc in Rome

20/02/2015

Italy

Football violence in Rome prompts outcry over damage to historical monuments

Hundreds of drunk fans of Dutch club Feyenoord clashed with riot police near the Spanish Steps in Rome ahead of Thursday’s evening Europa League game

20/02/2015

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EU extends Mediterranean rescue mission until 2015

Faced with an influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, the EU has extended its rescue mission off the Italian coast until the end of 2015

19/02/2015

Italy

Feyenoord fans riot in Rome ahead of Europa League clash

At least 22 Feyenoord fans have been arrested in Rome and eight charged after trouble flared before the Dutch side’s Europa League clash with

19/02/2015

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Hundreds of rescued migrants arrive in Sicily

18/02/2015

Italy

Meet the crowdfunding rescuers who save migrants in peril at sea

18/02/2015

Italy

Google Doodle powers tributes to battery pioneer Alessandro Volta

18/02/2015

Italy

Venice carnival to end with stylish and spectacular paegent

Nearly three weeks of fun, frolicking and festivities will come to and end tonight as Venice says arrivederci to another year’s Carnival. From

17/02/2015

Italy

3,800 migrants flee Libya's rising danger since Friday

More than 600 migrants have been rescued at sea over the last few days and taken to Porto Empedocle in Sicily. Most arrivals have risked their lives

17/02/2015