Italy

Italy

More than a dozen dead after migrant boat sinks in the Mediterranean

More than a dozen people have died after a crowded boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean late on Sunday.

07/10/2019

Italy

Italian politicians condemn hanged effigy of Greta Thunberg

Pictures posted on social media show the effigy sporting two blond braids. It also reportedly had a sign saying "Greta is your God."

07/10/2019

World

Dispatch from the field: Climate change and glacier fears in Italy

Correspondent Giorgia Orlandi and Field Producer Lindsay Rempel went to the Italian Alps to see the Planpincieux glacier, which is in danger of collapse.

07/10/2019

Italy

Watch: Giant dictionary highlights Italian words at risk of disappeari

Words people have declared they would save include 'caspita' (golly) and 'perdinci' (by jingo).

03/10/2019

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Rome metro offers trash-for-tickets to tackle plastic pollution

Italy's capital is offering travellers a way to exchange their waste plastic bottles for tickets on the eternal city's public transport system.

03/10/2019

Italy

Make America Grate Again: Pompeo given parmesan in US tariffs stunt

'Give it to Trump,' the woman said.

01/10/2019

Italy

Watch: First section of new replacement Genoa bridge is installed

The first section of a new bridge in Genoa was installed on Tuesday to replace a viaduct that collapsed last year, killing 43 people.

01/10/2019

Italy

Experts sound alarm over rising microplastics in Mediterranean

Experts sound alarm over rising microplastics in Mediterranean Sea

29/09/2019

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Dani Arnold sets new climbing record up north face of Cima Grande

In near-perfect weather conditions, the 35-year-old Swiss national completed the 550-metre-long, partly overhanging, mountain face in 46 minutes and 30 seconds

28/09/2019

Taste

Oysters and sake - a perfect match

In partnership with JFOODO

Sake is a great alternative to wine to accompany seafood dishes

27/09/2019

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Evacuation in Italy as Mont Blanc glacier could collapse at any moment

Italian authorities in the northwest region of Courmayeur, Aosta closed roads and evacuated mountain huts on Wednesday after experts warned that part of a glacier on Mont Blanc could collapse.

25/09/2019

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.

19/09/2019

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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

Partner content

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

The Cube

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."

11/09/2019

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