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Italian cuisine makes UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list

Italian cooking and its biocultural diversity has been recognised by UNESCO on its list of intangible cultural heritage, in a world first. The move rewards how the country celebrates cuisine as a communal activity and applauds its anti-waste approach to recipes.

10 December 2025

Europe News

Two Russian shadow fleet tankers on fire off Turkiye's coast

Two sanctioned oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, have caught fire in the Black Sea a few dozen nautical miles off the Turkish coast. Their crews are safe as the causes of the explosions are being investigated.

28 November 2025

Business

UniCredit challenges Italian government veto of Banco BPM takeover

The Milanese bank lodged an appeal with Italy's top legal authority after a Lazio court validated the government's partial veto on the acquisition of Banco BPM.

11 November 2025

Food and Drink

UNESCO: First 'yes' to Italian cuisine for Intangible Heritage status

The UNESCO technical committee of experts has given an initial sign of approval for Italian cuisine to be inscribed in the UN body's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The final decision is expected in December.

11 November 2025

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Economy

Rome clears EU-bound budget draft with healthcare trims

With the EU’s filing deadline looming, Rome approved its draft budget plan on Tuesday and will reconvene this Friday to lock in the tax cuts and funding. That's before sending the full budget bill to parliament by 20 October.

15 October 2025

Europe News

Three Italian police killed in apparently deliberate house explosion

The two-storey farmhouse had been filled with gas and the explosion was set off when authorities opened the door, regional governor Luca Zaia told Sky TG24.

14 October 2025

Gaza

Second drone attack hits Gaza flotilla's boat in Tunisia, activists sa

Projectiles on fire fell on the deck of the Alma vessel overnight on Wednesday, exploding and starting a blaze but the crew says no one was harmed in the incident.

10 September 2025

Culture news

Giorgio Armani: an icon of fashion, film and sport 'Made in Italy'

As the world pays hommage to Giorgio Armani and his 50 years of success from the catwalks to the silver screen to the playing fields, Gabriele Barbati delves into the past of the man who helped put Milan on the map of fashion capitals and ensured 'Made in Italy' became a global symbol

7 September 2025

Business

MPS relaunches bid for Mediobanca takeover

Monte dei Paschi raises its offer for the acquisition of Mediobanca, adding €0.9 in cash per share and lowered the threshold for the validity of the takeover bid to 35%. The offer is now worth a total of €13.5 billion. Piazza Affari reacts with falls for both stocks.

2 September 2025

Economy

Rome denies French PM Bayrou's 'unfounded' tax dumping claims

Francois Bayrou, in an interview with French media on Sunday, accused Italy of fiscal dumping. The Italian government denied it, while members of the key parties criticised the attack, defending the soundness and attractiveness of their tax system.

1 September 2025

Economy

Von der Leyen defends agreement with Trump on duties

Ursula von der Leyen has reiterated that the agreement on tariffs between the EU and the US was a 'conscious decision' that avoided a trade war.

Europe News

Salvini attacks Macron over Ukraine: France summons ambassador

Ambassador Emanuela D'Alessandro, was summoned by the government in Paris for clarification on statements made by the deputy prime minister. To the French president's invitation to the allies to provide troops for Ukraine, Salvini had commente on Thursday 'to stick to the tram' and go there himself.

Business

Carrefour sells Italian supermarkets to NewPrinces for €1 billion

The Reggio Emilia-based group that owns several food brands makes the leap into large-scale distribution with the purchase of around 1,000 retail outlets across the country.

Health news

Italy reports 32 cases, including 2 deaths, from West Nile virus

Most cases have been identified in the province of Latina, about 100 kilometres south of Rome.

World News

US envoy Witkoff lands in Sardinia ahead of Gaza ceasefire talks

The close Trump ally is expected to meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and the Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer.

Europe News

Exclusive: EU delegation ejected from Libya after diplomatic 'trap'

A diplomatic row in Benghazi may have been part of a calculated move by Libya's Khalifa Haftar to pressure the EU into recognising the eastern government, a source familiar with the matter revealed to Euronews.

Culture news

Bezos-Sánchez wedding: Who's on the star-studded guest list?

Stars flooded the City of Canals on Thursday as they arrived to attend Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' wedding. The star-studded guest list included everyone from retired talk show host Oprah Winfrey, to socialites, athletes and Blockbuster Hollywood names.

USA

EU 'strongly regrets' Trump's 50% steel and aluminium tariff hike

During a rally at a steel plant the US president announced that he will double tariffs on steel imports. Afterwards, he announced the same for aluminium. The measure, which would hit Europe hard, is supposed to come into force on 4 June.

Europe News

Nine EU countries seek human rights convention's rethink on migration

In an open letter spearheaded by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen, nine leaders have called for a reinterpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV calls for world peace in first blessing as pontiff

Pope Leo XIV gave his first blessing as pontiff this Sunday. In his speech, he called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

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