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I-React is an app that could save lives during natural disasters

In partnership with The European Commission

With an increase in danger from natural disasters over the last decade - and indications that this will only get worse - a team of developers have created an app that gathers huge amounts of data in emergency situations.

03/06/2019

Italy

Venice cruise boat crash revives calls to ban big ships

Venetians have been arguing for years about the pros and cons of allowing massive cruise ship in the city's channels. Now, a crash that harmed 5 people is reigniting the debate.

03/06/2019

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Cruise ship collides with Venice tourist boat, injuring four people

A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning

02/06/2019

Italy

At least 5 injured after cruise ship hits tour boat and dock in Venice

The MSC Opera rammed into a dock and a tourist boat on a busy Venice canal, reportedly injuring five people.

02/06/2019

Italy

Italy vs Switzerland: Who sends home more irregular migrants?

Far-right Lega Nord leader Matteo Salvini promised to “fill planes and send immigrants home” but the number of repatriations as actually fallen.

31/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Sicily's Mount Etna bursts into life

Europe's highest and most active volcano burst into life at 3am (CET).

31/05/2019

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Spectacular eruptions from Mount Etna light up night sky

Italy's Mount Etna lit up the night sky with bursts of sweltering hot lava on Friday (May 31) as the Sicilian volcano lurched into activity.

31/05/2019

Italy

Italy's 5-Star leader and deputy PM Luigi Di Maio wins confidence vote

Supporters of Italy's 5-Star Movement took part in a confidence vote over the leadership of Luigi Di Maio, after a bruising defeat in the European elections.

30/05/2019

Italy

5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio easily wins party confidence vote

Supporters of Italy's 5-Star Movement have resoundingly backed its leader Luigi Di Maio to carry on following a bruising defeat in European elections

30/05/2019

Economy

Salvini calls for EU to scrap fiscal rules after election triumph

Salvini, the country's deputy prime minister, said the EU's fiscal rules had failed and that they should be rewritten to focus on cutting unemployment.

29/05/2019

Italy

Italy's 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio seeks confidence vote

Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Italy's 5-Star Movement, is seeking a confidence vote on his party's online platform after a poor result in Euro elections

29/05/2019

World

What does it feel like to go to space?

On July 20, Luca Parmitano is scheduled to leave Earth on his second mission, becoming the first Italian to take up the role of International Space Station Commander.

24/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Alpine pass linking Italy and France reopens after winter

The road, 2,188 metres above sea level, was cleared of 7 metres of snow using turbine blades.

24/05/2019

Italy

Italians say Salvini 'copied' #Salvini'sfault campaign from ex-mayor

You might recognise the slogan Italy's Deputy PM Matteo Salvini is using for a recent social media campaign #ColpadiSalvini (#Salvini'sfault) — it's been used before by supporters of the former Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia.

23/05/2019

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Man clings onto ledge as building burns in Rome

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome.

23/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Guerrilla artist 'Banksy' sets up stall outside Venice Biennale

"Banksy" sets up oil paintings creating an image of a giant cruise ship in the city's canal with a sign reading "Venice in oil".

23/05/2019

Italy

Man clings to outer shelf as flames rage from his Rome room

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome on Wednesday.

23/05/2019

World

'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti

'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti

23/05/2019

Italy

Italian unions refuse to load Saudi ship carrying weapons to Yemen

The ship was previously prevented by protestors from being loaded in a French port.

21/05/2019

Italy

Salvini and Le Pen rally to unite European nationalists in Milan

Headlining the event was Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen of France's National Rally (RN). The two populists are eager for their Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group to become the third largest party in Brussels.

18/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Sphinx room accidentally unearthed at Nero's Golden House

The Sphinx Room features lavish frescoes of panthers, centaurs and, of course, a sphinx. Experts chanced upon it while doing restoration work on the vault of a neighbouring part of the building.

16/05/2019

Cult

Shock, intrigue and controversy at Venice Biennale, as theme asks artists to reflect on politics

There is plenty to see at the 58th Venice Biennale. From dismembered objects, a film from Chernobyl's "twin sister", and the wreck of a boat on which more than 600 migrants were killed.

15/05/2019

Italy

‘Think ahead’: Italy MPs get incontinence warning over tampon tax

How one MP tried to convince others to back lowering Italy's tampon tax: "This does not only concern your wives and children. You will realise when you'll get to 60, I'm speaking to my male colleagues, you'll realise you'll need panty liners for incontinence or prostate problems, think ahead!"

15/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Spot the artist in Milan exhibition by the Invisible Man

Photographs by an artist renowned for disappearing into his artworks have gone on display. Chinese performance artist Liu Bolin, known as the Invisible Man, began this series in 2005.

15/05/2019

The Cube

'Win Salvini': Italy's Deputy PM launches social media game show

#TheCube | Salvini, who has a significant profile on social media, is urging his followers to increase their engagement across his platforms.

14/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Alpine festival shines a light on climate change

Mountain water melting from glaciers is crucial to the areas's ecosytem but is now in jeopardy.

13/05/2019