Italy

Italy

Roads closed amid warnings Mont Blanc glacier could collapse

Roads have been closed near Mont Blanc — Western Europe's highest mountain — amid fears that part of a glacier could collapse.

25/09/2019

Italy

Italy's top court rules assisted suicide not always a crime

The constitutional court was asked to examine the case of Fabiano Antoniani, aka DJ Fabo, a music producer, left tetraplegic and blind by a traffic accident five years ago.

25/09/2019

Italy

Matera 2019: dancing in the streets as locals embrace cultural collaboration

In partnership with Matera 2019

Matera’s year as European Capital of Culture is drawing to a close. But its legacy will remain thanks to the enthusiastic involvement of local residents.

20/09/2019

Italy

Watch: Fun in the Alpine sun, until the cows come home

It's back to work for northern Italy's cows, who are returning from their Alpine summer holidays. The cows spend summer eating mountain grass before returning to their stables for winter.

19/09/2019

Italy

Emmanuel Macron and Giuseppe Conte talk migration policy in Rome

French President Emmanuel Macron met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Rome on Wednesday.

18/09/2019

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Giant portrait of Greta Thunberg made in Italian field

An Italian artist has created a giant portrait of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee.

18/09/2019

Italy

Italy's Renzi ready to form breakaway party

Former prime minister Matteo Renzi is poised to break away from the ruling Democratic Party (PD) and set up a new centrist force in an effort to claim the middle ground of Italian politics, two allies said on Sunday.

17/09/2019

Italy

Sea change as Italy allows Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship to dock

Italy's new government may be poised to end Matteo Salvini's hardline stance on migrants.

14/09/2019

Italy

Clinton warns of 'Russian interference' on email leak art show visit

The exhibition features print-outs of the leaked private messages sent and received by Clinton which became the subject of an FBI investigation in 2016.

13/09/2019

Italy

Hand-holding skeletons dubbed Lovers of Modena 'were both male'

Researchers from the University of Bologna used a new technique which found a male-only protein present in their teeth enamel

12/09/2019

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Car chases and stunts as James Bond crew settles into Matera

Eyewitness footage captured in August, show scenes of a dramatic car chase being filmed in Matera, Italy, for the new James Bond film "No Time to Die".

12/09/2019

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Materadio brings radio broadcasting to the stage

Partner content presented by Matera 2019

As part of its ongoing celebrations as European Capital of Culture, the Italian city of Matera is to host three days of live programming from state radio channel Rai Radio 3 between 11 and 15 September.

11/09/2019

Europe Decoded

Facebook closes accounts of Italian neo-fascist groups | #TheCube

"Political parties and candidates, like all individuals and organizations on Facebook and Instagram, must adhere to our rules, regardless of their ideology."

10/09/2019

Italy

Italy's new government can get to work after getting senators' backing

Senators backed Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte's new government with 169 in favour and 133 against.

10/09/2019

Italy

Climate change protesters occupy the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival

They got the support of aging rocker Mick Jagger and veteran actor Donald Sutherland who were due to walk the red carpet later to present their thriller "The Burnt Orange Heresy".

07/09/2019

Cult

Johnny Depp promotes "Waiting for the Barbarians" at Venice Film Festival

In it Depp plays a cold and cruel officer which his director says may be set in a faraway desert outpost but is relevant to today's world.

07/09/2019

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Ferrari celebrates 90th anniversary in Milan

After the first seasonal win at Spa-Francorchamps, the Ferrari team celebrated the Scuderia's 90 years in Milan and is confident in a possible encore at Monza.

06/09/2019

Italy

Space agencies in mission to deflect dangerous Earth-bound asteroids

NASA and ESA team up for mission to deflect dangerous Earth-bound asteroids

05/09/2019

Italy

Conte PM & Di Maio foreign minister as new Italian government sworn in

It relegates Matteo Salvini's far-right League movement to the opposition.

05/09/2019

World

Italy's new coalition government to be sworn in on Thursday

A new ruling coalition is being prepared in Italy after the 5 Star Movement approved a pact with their former political foes, the Democratic Party. In an online poll yesterday, nearly 80 per cent of the 5 Star's grassroots members voted in favour of forming a new coalition with their leftist rivals.

04/09/2019

Italy

Members of Italy's Five-Star Movement approve coalition with PD

Members of Italy's Five Star Movement vote 79% in favour of coalition with Democratic Party

03/09/2019

World

Last ditch effort: Italy's Conte hopes for populist-left wing alliance

Populist 5-Star supporters are voting today on whether to hook up with their long-time foe, the centre-left Democratic Party.

03/09/2019

Italy

Migrants disembark from German rescue ship seized in Italy

Migrants disembark from German rescue ship seized in Italy

02/09/2019

Italy

Italian PM appeals to 5-Star members to back new government

Members of 5-Star will hold a ballot on the party's internet platform on Tuesday to decide whether the group should join forces with the Democratic Party, its traditional foe.

02/09/2019

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Aid ship enters Italian waters without permission

A video released by Markus Rinderspacher, the Bavarian state parliament vice-president, shows the tense exchange between the mission-Lifeline captain and the port authorities in Pozzallo.

02/09/2019

Next Series

Robots, drones and the future of farming

In partnership with The European Commission

On this week's episode of Futuris, Euronews visits a hazelnut orchard in Italy to see how the new generation of robots can help farmers and agronomists make agriculture cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

02/09/2019