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Venice expects 130cm 'acqua alta' peak

A 120-cm peak of the acqua alta (high water) was reached in Venice on Saturday and a 130-cm peak is announced for Sunday.

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Italy's 'sardines' have bigger fish to fry

They call themselves the sardines and have taken to the streets of Italy in mass protests. We find out who they are and where they are heading.

Egypt

Prosecutor says Egypt of deliberately hiding cause of PhD's death

The 28-year-old researcher was found dead in a ditch by the side of the road in Cairo in February 2016

Europe Decoded

Serie A sorry for “inappropriate” paintings in anti-racism campaign

Italian clubs AS Roma and AC Milan say they were “very surprised" by the lack of communication and do not believe "this is the right way" to tackle racism. Serie A later apologised for the "inappropriate" paintings.

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Italy

Italy approves €900 million rescue for bank Popolare di Bari

The Italian government bailed out Popolare di bari for €900 million on Sunday.

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Riccardo Muti conducts Christmas concert in Italian Senate

Christmas Concert in the Italian Senate with world-famous director Riccardo Muti conducting the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra.

Italy

Italy: 54,000 Brindisi residents evacuated as WWII bomb defused

More than 54,000 residents were evacuated from the southern Italian city of Brindisi as experts defused a British bomb dropped during WWII.

Italy

Thousands of Italy's anti-Salvini "sardines" protest in Rome

They have no party symbols, mottos or flags. They are mainly young people, and in only a month they have filled Italy's major squares to protest against far-right leader Matteo Salvini.

Iran

Foreign football coaches in Iran are collateral damage to US sanctions

Hundreds protested in Tehran on Monday after Italy's Andrea Stramaccioni quit as manager of Esteghlal FC because US sanctions prevent him from getting his salary.

Italy

King Kong, ET and the Alien on display at Carlo Rambaldi exhibition

Special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi was awarded Oscars for all three creatures, after learning how to make his first mechanised dummies at his father's bicycle repair shop.

Italy

Are Uefa and FIGC fit to tackle racism without any black executives?

In the two most important football institutions in Italy and Europe, which claim to want to fight racism on the pitch, those who make the most important decisions are almost always white.

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Rare sighting for coastguards as orcas visit Italian coastal waters

The group – three adults and a calf – were seen swimming just a few hundred meters from the Ligurian shore

Italy

University condemns professor's 'shameful' pro-Nazi tweets

The university rector had said the tweets were expressed in a "personal capacity" before releasing a revised statement denouncing the tweets.

Economy

Italy's Di Maio says Rome must delay approval of ESM reform

The head of Italy's ruling 5-Star Movement said on Saturday the government should not sign off on a reform of the euro zone's bailout fund until plans for a wider banking union became clearer.

Italy

Mafia crook among 19 suspects in plot to form Italian Nazi party

Italian police carried out a number of raids on Thursday as part of a two-year investigation into far-right extremists suspected of planning a new Nazi party in Italy.

Italy

Watch: Italian MP proposes marriage during debate in parliament

Romantic hotspots of Italy: Florence, Venice and... the parliament?

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Migrants tell of their 'Libyan hell' as they arrive in Europe

The testimony of the 79 people rescued by the Aita Mari match with those of human rights organisations working in Libya: detention centres are places for torture and extortion. "You get arrested just because you are black," Ismail explained.

Italy

Watch: Dramatic footage shows diver rescuing baby girl from frozen sea

Dramatic footage shows the coast guard rescuing a baby from the waves, after a shipwreck left dozens of migrants stranded in the open sea off Lampedusa

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Watch: Shocking footage shows girl rescued by divers off Italian coast

The coastguard saved 149 people, including 13 women and three children, from a ship that sank on Saturday.

Italy

Watch: Youth boxing at Naples church keeps boys from life of crime

In a neglected Naples neighbourhood, this church has been transformed into a boxing ring. There is 40% youth unemployment here and one of the few organisations with jobs on offer is the mafia.

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