Italy

Italy

Schools could shut over Rome's garbage crisis

Schools may stay closed as waste piles up.

06/01/2019

Italy

North Korean diplomat reportedly goes into hiding, sparking defection rumours

A top North Korean diplomat has sparked defection rumours after it was revealed that he's gone into hiding with family by South Korea's intelligence agency

03/01/2019

Italy

Ciao, textbooks! How robots are helping teach at one school in Italy

Ciao, textbooks! How robots are helping teach at one school in Italy

02/01/2019

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Was joining a circus in the Pope’s New Year’s resolutions?

Pope Francis impressed everyone on Wednesday (January 2) with his footballball twirling skills, helped by a group of Cuban circus performers who joined him at his weekly general audience in the Vatican.

02/01/2019

Italy

Italy's Uffizi Gallery demands Germany return painting stolen by Nazis

The painting, stolen by Nazi troops in 1943, is now in the hands of a German family who demands payment for its return.

02/01/2019

Italy

Italian ban on plastic cotton buds comes into effect

At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, Italy said goodbye to cotton buds, as the New Year ushered in the country's latest push to eliminate single-use plastic products.

01/01/2019

Italy

Paying to enter Venice

Daytrippers as well as overnight guests will soon have to pay to visit the Italian city of Venice

30/12/2018

Italy

Italian government gets 2019 budget through parliament

The budget fixes the deficit at 2%, but lacks innovation and runs scared of EU spending limits, while some say despite the government's claims of reforms, it is business as usual.

30/12/2018

Economy

Italian government easily defeats vote of no-confidence

Shrugs off criticisms to pass 2019 budget that bows to Brussels and does not go nearly as far with public spending increases as first planned.

29/12/2018

Italy

Italy's parliament approves 2019 budget in confidence vote

The Italian parliament passed the government's 2019 budget following last week's deal with the European Union, averting sanctions and fines on Rome.

29/12/2018

Italy

Watch: Budget battle as scuffles erupt in Italian parliament

A session in the Italian parliament's lower house was marred by scuffles between MPs over the 2019 budget bill.

28/12/2018

Focus

Solving the planet's plastic problem by closing the recycling loop

The 2018 Innovation Radar Prize has been won by an Italian startup project that seeks to recycle a much greater proportion of plastic waste

28/12/2018

Italy

Rome zoo's drive to pick up Penguin populations

18 African penguins get a new home at Rome zoo

28/12/2018

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Aerials of Mount Etna erupting and damaged village

A huge plume of smoke continued to rise from Mount Etna on Wednesday (December 26) after an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 hit an area north of Catania, damaging buildings and injuring about 30 people.

27/12/2018

Italy

Man dies after being hit by an SUV amid football clashes in Milan

A man died after being hit by an SUV amid clashes between fans ahead of a football match in Milan, Italy on Wednesday evening

27/12/2018

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Quake from Mount Etna volcano jolts Sicily

An earthquake triggered by Italy's Mount Etna volcano jolted eastern Sicily, slightly injuring 10 people and prompting frightened Italian villagers to flee their homes

27/12/2018

Italy

Euronews reports from the heart of Europe's migration crisis | Review 2018

Euronews’ Anelise Borges was the only TV journalist on board the rescue vessel Aquarius when it found itself at the centre of one of the most divisive crises Europe had faced in 2018.

26/12/2018

Italy

2018 review: Genoa still suffering from Morandi bridge tragedy

2018 review: Genoa still suffering from Morandi bridge tragedy

26/12/2018

Italy

2018 review: EU and Rome at loggerheads over budget and debt

2018 review: EU and Rome at loggerheads over budget and debt

26/12/2018

Italy

Earthquake hits Sicily after Mount Etna eruption

The 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck shortly after 3 am.

26/12/2018

Italy

Toddler dies after botched circumcision in Italy

US citizen of Libyan descent arrested in Italy for manslaughter after death of toddler following botched circumcision

24/12/2018

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Mount Etna erupts with reports of more than 130 earthquakes

The Mount Etna observatory on Monday said that lava and ash are spewing from a new fracture on the active Sicilian volcano amid an unusually high level of seismic activity.

24/12/2018

Italy

Pompeii petrified horse found frozen and ready for action

In AD79 the ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed by an eruption that killed more than 2,000 people. The city’s ruins have become one of the most visited archaeological sites in the world.

24/12/2018

Italy

Italy 2019 budget: Proposals for 6,000 euro green car subsidy approved in upper house

There are plans for a 6,000 euro subsidy for green cars. Larger vehicles running on traditional fuel will be slapped with higher taxes.

23/12/2018

Italy

The miracle of Matera: city prepares for year of culture

In partnership with Matera 2019

Euronews' Marta brambilla Pisoni reports from Matera as the city gears up for its opening ceremony as European Capital of Culture 2019.

19/12/2018

Living

The old silk factory using Da Vinci's 500-year-old machine design

A small but historical workshop is going centuries back in time to make silk.

19/12/2018