Italy How did Italy manage to build a replacement Genoa bridge so quickly? The new San Giorgio bridge in Genoa was built in just 15 months — quite an achievement in Italy where such work usually takes more than a decade. 03/08/2020
Italy Watch: Italy opens new Genoa bridge two years after fatal collapse Almost two years since Italy's Genoa bridge collapsed, killing 43 people, a new structure opens in its place on Monday. 03/08/2020
world news Europeans endure hellish holiday journeys out of the city Europeans took to the continent's motorways on Saturday, the first day of August, and for most of them the first day of their summer holiday. 01/08/2020
world news France, Italy agree to unify border forces to fight people smuggling Both countries' guards and officials will operate under one command to make them more effective. 01/08/2020
world news Amid intense heat, Europeans flock to beaches ignoring COVID warnings Swathes of Western Europe is wilting under intense heat, with socially-distanced crowds seeking relief in fountains and pools as authorities warn of COVID-19 and wildfire risks. 01/08/2020
World European countries tighten controls amid COVID-19 second wave fears Local councils in the UK are introducing measures at the local level to curb the spread of the virus after spikes in infections. 28/07/2020
Italy Italy sends military to Sicily as hundreds of migrants flee quarantine Officials have said that the migrants were found and tested negative for the coronavirus. 28/07/2020
Italy Italian police station shut amid 'torture' and 'drug-dealing' charges "Nothing happened there was licit', the prosecutor of Piacenza said. 22/07/2020
no comment An artist in Italy has carved this huge portrait of Joe Biden A land artist is helping to cultivate support for US presidential hopeful Joe Biden after carving a picture of him in an Italian field. 20/07/2020
Italy Rescue operations underway to save sperm whale trapped in fishing net Authorities blamed the incident on unlawful fishing, as they seized over 100 km of illegal fishing nets since January. 19/07/2020
Libya EU countries threaten sanctions against foreign interference in Libya Chancellor Angela Merkel, president Emmanuel Macron and prime minister Giuseppe Conte issued a joint declaration on Saturday as they met in Brussels to discuss the coronavirus recovery package. 18/07/2020
Italy Rome honours Oscar-winning soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone The City Council voted to rename one of its concert halls after Morricone as his soundtrack to the film Once Upon A Time in America was played. 18/07/2020
Italy Italian police intercept coffee beans stuffed with cocaine The package, sent from Colombia, contained 500 beans that had been cut open, stuffed with cocaine powder and carefully fastened closed with dark brown tape. 17/07/2020
no comment Dozens swim to safety after floods trap cars in Palermo underpass Mud and water swept away the vehicles and left them blocked in a highway underpass. 16/07/2020
brussels bureau EU leaders meet ahead of crunch summit to agree on COVID recovery plan The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, met with Italian premier Guiseppe Conte Monday, ahead of the EU summit on Friday, but said that the positions of the member states remain apart. But she urged her counterparts to consider the bigger picture. 14/07/2020
France Banksy painting, stolen from the Bataclan, to be returned to France Depicting a sad looking girl, the artwork was a tribute to the victims of the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. 14/07/2020
Italy 'Dream come true': Italy's gesture 100 years after fascist arson The Narodni dom was a state-of-the-art cultural building. Italian fascists burnt it down in 1920 amid tensions between Italy and Yugoslavia. 13/07/2020
Unreported Europe How the Italian mafia is cashing in on COVID-19 In this week's Unreported Europe, Monica Pinna goes to Naples to find out how Camorra is capitalising on the social and economic crisis caused by Covid. 10/07/2020
Italy COVID-19 travel: Italy bans arrivals from 13 'at risk' countries As the hospital in Italy's first hotspot declares itself COVID-free for the first time, authorities are taking cautious action to avoid a second wave of coronavirus. 10/07/2020
no comment Italy's La Scala opera house reopens with social distancing Milan's 842-year-old La Scala opera house reopened on Monday evening after a 4-month shutdown amid Covid-19 pandemic. 07/07/2020
Italy Ocean Viking: 180 migrants begin disembarking rescue ship in Sicily After over a week at sea, the first individuals began disembarking the Ocean Viking aid vessel at a Sicilian port late on Monday night. 07/07/2020
no comment Venice's La Fenice opera house reinvents itself for post-lockdown era Musicians played where once the audience would have sat. 06/07/2020
Italy Pink ice spotted in Alpine glacier fuels concerns over melting Scientists are investigating the appearance of pink ice in an Alpine glacier in northern Italy – looking at the relationship between algae growing inside it and climate change. 06/07/2020
Outdoor Pink snow in the Italian Alps could be linked to global warming Ice could be melting faster in the Alps due to a peculiar plant causing the mountains to go from white to pink. 06/07/2020
Italy The Good, the Bad and the Ugly composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91 He composed the famous coyote-howl theme for the iconic film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. 06/07/2020
Italy Stranded Ocean Viking migrants still waiting to disembark in Sicily Most of them have been at sea for more than a week. 05/07/2020
