Italy

Italy

Rome promises a sustainable Olympics if chosen as 2024 host

17/07/2015

Italy

Italy: 2,700 migrants rescued in 24 hours

Some 2,700 migrants were plucked from the Mediterranean and brought to Italy in the space of 24 hours between July 15 and 16, 2015. The Italian coast

16/07/2015

Italy

Curbing 'globalisation of indifference': MOAS rescues 414 migrants

Migrants Offshore Aid Station has rescued 8,595 people from the Mediterranean since it began operations. Around 414 mainly sub-Saharan Africans were

15/07/2015

Italy

Italy: More than 1,600 migrants brought to shore in two days

More than 1,600 migrants were brought to shore on Friday and Saturday in a number of operations in the Mediterranean coordinated by the Italian

11/07/2015

My Europe Series

Toxic waste: An international business which benefits the Eco-Mafia

Many of these companies who are working illegaly in these areas are also working for famous Italian brand names

10/07/2015

Musica

The art of singing Rossini

Rossini’s famous masterpiece “Othello” is returning to La Scala in Milan after 145 years. The opera, which premiered in 1816 to huge success in

09/07/2015

Italy

Berlusconi sentenced in bribery case, unlikely to serve time

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to three years in prison for bribing a senator in 2006 in an effort to topple the

09/07/2015

Italy

Massive seizure of property by anti-mafia police in Sicily

Some 1.6 billion euros worth of assets have been seized from a Sicilian family suspected of links to the local Cosa Nostra mafia. Among the property

08/07/2015

Sport

Italy coach Conte could face match-fixing trial

Italy coach Antonio Conte has been called to face trial for his alleged involvement in match-fixing in 2011. Conte has already served a ban handed

08/07/2015

Italy

Italian police carry out anti-jihadi sweep in Pisa

Italian police are said to have carried out an anti-Islamist sweep in the central city of Pisa following the arrest of a Moroccan suspect. Jalal El

07/07/2015

Culture news

The Two Worlds Festival: Affordable art in Spoleto

The 58th edition of the Two Worlds Festival has got underway in Spoleto. Many people consider this event to be one of the cultural highlights of the

06/07/2015

Italy

Status approved, but nowhere to go: refugees form makeshift camp in Italy

Home is where you lay your head, or so it seems for a group of people in southern Italy. Dozens have set up camp near the Crotone railway station in

04/07/2015

Italy

Italian police find fake euros worth millions

Police in the southern Italian city of Naples have uncovered a factory used for making fake euro notes. The forgers had already make some nine

03/07/2015

Sport

Mihajlovic presented as AC Milan coach

Sinisa Mihajlovic was officially unveiled as the new coach of AC Milan on Friday as the club looks to turn the tides on a shocking slump in form. The

03/07/2015

My Europe Series

Battle for Italy's olive trees: deadly bacteria devastating groves in Apulia

The spectre of an agricultural catastrophe hangs over southern Italy with the spread of a bacteria that is devastating olive tree groves. Xylella

03/07/2015

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Heatwave in Europe: Zoo residents get frozen treats

03/07/2015

Sport

Catania supporters protest match-fixing

Some 3,000 supporters for the Sicily-based football club Catania have held street demonstrations amid allegations of match fixing. It is alleged the

28/06/2015

Italy

Italy: regional leaders refuse to take more migrants

Nearly 500 more migrants arrived in Sicily on Thursday after being picked up by a Swedish boat in the Mediterannean. One of them died on the journey

25/06/2015

Italy

Scaling new Lego heights: children build world's tallest tower in Milan

More than half a million bricks and five days of labour from thousands of children has resulted in a Guinness World Record for the tallest Lego tower

25/06/2015

Italy

Coastguards rescue 3,700 Mediterranean migrants in two days

More than 3,700 migrants were rescued on Monday and Tuesday in the Mediterranean as part of the EU’s coastguard operation. On Monday 2,741 were

24/06/2015

Sport

Goalkeeper Reina returns to Napoli

Spanish goalkeeper Pepe Reina has secured a move back to Napoli after signing a reported three-year contract with the Serie A club. After eight

23/06/2015

Sport

Catania president one of seven arrested over suspected match-fixing

Seven people have been arrested on charges of match-fixing involving Italian second division side Catania. Among the seven people accused of ‘fraud

23/06/2015

Italy

Laura Antonelli dies at the age of 73

Italian actress Laura Antonelli has died at the age of 73 at her home in the seaside town of Ladispoli, near Rome. She appeared in over 40 films in

23/06/2015

Culture news

East meets West in men's spring-summer fashion in Milan

Dolce & Gabbana remained rooted in their beloved Sicily but continued to find foreign influence in its rich heritage at Milan Men’s Fashion Week

22/06/2015

Italy

Pope prays before Shroud of Turin during northern Italy visit

The mistreatment of migrants escaping war and injustice “makes one cry.” The words of Pope Francis, as he visits the Italian city of Turin. He has

21/06/2015

Italy

Children’s drawings offer insights into the terror of Syria’s war

19/06/2015