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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

22/05/2015

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

21/05/2015

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

Europe News

EU set to OK plan to destroy smugglers' boats

EU foreign and defence ministers met in Brussels on Monday to approve a mission aimed at destroying boats used by people smugglers in Libya. It forms

18/05/2015

Sport

Tiralongo claims tough stage 9 Contador still in pink at the Giro d'Italia

Astana rider 37-year-old Paolo Tiralongo stormed to an impressive victory in stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia to claim his third career stage win at the

18/05/2015

Italy

Migrant crisis: Hundreds more people flock to Italy

As the European Union debates the contentious issue of immigration, Italy continues to accept daily waves of people from north Africa. Italian media

17/05/2015

Sport

Contador under attack but still in pink at the Giro d'Italia

The champagne flowed for the young Basque rider Benat Intxausti after stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia the first real big mountain stage of the grand

16/05/2015

Sport

Champions League: Juventus hold on despite Real pressure

Italian champions Juventus have booked their place in the Champions League final with a tense 1-1 draw against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu

14/05/2015

Italy

Italy's second case of Ebola gets treatment in Rome

An Italian nurse who tested positive for Ebola after returning from Sierra Leone has been transferred to Rome for treatment, and three people who he

13/05/2015

Sport

Real Madrid or Juventus to meet Barcelona in Champions League final

Facing Barcelona in the Champions League final will be either their home rivals Real Madrid or the Italian champions Juventus. In the first round

12/05/2015

Culture news

Milan's Universal Expo looks at how we will feed ourselves in the future

The latest Universal Expo has brought 145 countries to Milan where they have erected pavilions to show off the best they can offer in modern design

12/05/2015

Italy

Wrecked Costa Concordia liner makes its final journey

The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner has made its final journey as it was towed to its last berth where it will be demolished. The vessel

12/05/2015

Italy

Sicilian Godfather's house to become police barracks

The seized house of a mafia chief in Sicily is to be used as a police barracks. The villa belonged to Toto Riina, the biggest boss in recent mafia

09/05/2015

Italy

[Watch] Underwater images of sunken migrant ship in Mediterranean

Underwater images have been released of a ship that sank off the coast of Libya last month, killing up to 900 migrants. Only 24 people survived the

09/05/2015

Italy

Italy and US break-up alleged drug trafficking network

Police say a major cocaine trafficking network, allegedly run from a pizza restaurant in New York, has been broken up. Italian and FBI agents

08/05/2015

Italy

Flights resume at Rome's Fuimicino airport after fire forces shutdown

Rome’s main Fiumicino airport has re-opened after being closed for 12 hours by a fire that badly damaged the main international terminal. Despite

07/05/2015

Italy

Italy's coastguard rescues 600 migrants in 24hrs

Set adrift for two days in the Mediterranean 98 migrants have been picked up by the Italian coastguard overnight on Tuesday. Italy has rescued at

06/05/2015

Italy

UN Security Council to discuss Mediterranean migrants crisis

The European Union is working on proposals to put to the Security Council early next week, as the EU seeks international backing for its plan to tackle human traffickers.

06/05/2015

Sport

Juventus stun holders Real Madrid in Champions League semi-final

Juventus stunned Champions League holders Real Madrid 2-1 in a pulsating semi-final first leg on Tuesday night. The home side started very brightly

06/05/2015