Italy

Europe News

Overcrowding not a reason to detain migrant rescue ships, says ECJ

The German NGO Sea Watch hailed the ECJ decision as a "clear win for sea rescue".

01/08/2022

Italy

Italy shocked by graphic video of African migrant beaten to death

Macerata, the town where the attack took place, was the site of a shooting spree targeting African immigrants in 2018, that wounded six people.

31/07/2022

Euronews Witness

Feeling the heat: the cost of Italy's worst drought in decades

A lack of rain linked to climate change has led to Italy's worst drought in 70 years. Euronews' Julian Gomez visited three of north Italy's most badly affected regions to see for himself both the economic and environmental cost.

29/07/2022

Europe Decoded

Analysis from Italy: A political crisis that nobody wanted

Euronews' Rome Correspondent Giorgia Orlandi discusses Italy's unexpected government crisis.

29/07/2022

Tech News

This four-legged robot is on a mission to protect the environment

Equipped with sensors and a camera, the device is tasked with inspecting the health of plants and recording the impact of animals on their habitat.

28/07/2022

Culture news

The Venice Film Festival 2022 presents a politically charged line-up

The 79th Venice International Film Festival has unveiled the movies that will compete for this year’s Golden Lion, inlcuding new films by Luca Guadagnino, Darren Aranofsky and Joanna Hogg.

27/07/2022

No Comment

Italian climate activists glue their hands to a Botticelli painting

Italian environmental activists stuck their hands on the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli's painting "Spring" in Florence.

23/07/2022

Italy

Environmental activists stage protest, Botticelli masterpiece unharmed

The Carabinieri said that members of the Last Generation group -- all Italians -- glued themselves to a protective glass in front of the famous 15th-century painting, Primavera or Spring on Friday.

23/07/2022

Italy

Woman in IC following rare man-of-war sting off Sicily coast

The marine creature is known as one of the most dangerous species in the Mediterranean Sea, but its stings are rarely deadly, although excruciatingly painful.

22/07/2022

Travel News

Italy’s beaches at the centre of heated controversy

Beach club owners, politicians and environmental campaigners are fighting over the future of Italy’s coastline.

22/07/2022

The Cube

Fact check: Ukrainian protesters were not dragged off a road in Italy

A misleading video has falsely claimed that Italian citizens were physically removing Ukrainian refugees from blocked roads, "frustrated" with anti-war protests.

21/07/2022

Italy

Italy's Mattarella dissolves parliament, election set for 25 September

The decision came after PM Mario Draghi handed in his resignation as a result of key right-wing coalition allies, the Five-Star Movement, boycotting a confidence vote.

21/07/2022

Earth News

Venice asks tourists to refill water bottles, not buy new ones

At times, tourists generate up to 40 per cent of Venice’s waste.

21/07/2022

Italy

'No rights' for some 10,000 migrant workers in Italy, says ANCI

Around 10,000 migrant farm workers in Italy live in "informal settlements" where they lack rights and are exploited, report the National Association of Italian Ministries (ANCI).

21/07/2022

Italy

Italian PM Mario Draghi resigns after his government collapses

A new general election is expected to take place between end of September and beginning of October this year after Draghi handed his resignation to Italy's president.

20/07/2022

Earth News

Farmers in northern Italy could run out of water before end of July

Government officials warn that if it doesn’t rain soon there won’t be water for farmers to keep their crops alive.

20/07/2022

Mobility

Can Japanese tech make Italian public transport smarter?

No need to open several apps to plan your journey, nor to rummage through your bag to pay for your ride.

20/07/2022

Italy

Italy's Mario Draghi braced to step down again - how did we get here?

Despite winning another confidence vote, "Super Mario" has offered to resign. But how did we get here?

20/07/2022

Italy

Algeria becomes Italy's biggest gas supplier in new €4bn deal

With his government's fate in limbo, Italian PM Mario Draghi visted Algeria’s capital on Monday to finalise deals boosting Algerian gas supplies to Italy as Europeans brace for a possible cut-off of Russian gas.

18/07/2022

Italy

Italians ask PM Draghi to remain in office despite political crisis

Draghi tendered his resignation last week after the populist 5-Star Movement refused to back the government in a parliamentary confidence vote.

17/07/2022

Tech News

Can smart sensors on trees protect our forests from wildfires?

As Europe battles wildfires, Italy is deploying sensors on trees that can detect blazes and alert authorities before it’s too late.

16/07/2022

Destinations

I explored Sicily in Italy solo by train: Where to stay and what to do

Flight-free travel to Sicily is easy by ferry and the island is full of slow and mindful train routes.

16/07/2022

World

How is the EU addressing rising energy prices and record inflation?

How is the EU addressing rising energy prices and record inflation in the Eurozone? We spoke to the European Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, to find out.

15/07/2022

Italy

Italy faces political crisis as president rejects Draghi's resignation

President Mattarella has told the prime minister to go back to parliament after Mario Draghi offered to quit, arguing his national unity coalition "no longer exists".

14/07/2022

Europe News

Analysis: Climate crisis unfolds in Italy with melting ice and drought

Euronews correspondent Giorgia Orlandi breaks down how the climate crisis is already being felt in Italy.

14/07/2022

Italy

Italy PM Mario Draghi survives confidence vote but coalition in doubt

Populist coalition partners 5-Star Movement say they want Prime Minister Mario Draghi to do more to ease Italy's cost of living crisis.

14/07/2022