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Venice's La Fenice opera house reinvents itself for post-lockdown era

Musicians played where once the audience would have sat.

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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.

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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.

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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”.

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Stranded Ocean Viking migrants still waiting to disembark in Sicily

Most of them have been at sea for more than a week.

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'We are ready': Salvini calls for election in anti-government protest

The anti-government rally was joined by League's allies Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia.

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Ship declares state of emergency after six migrants attempt suicide

The rescue ship Ocean Viking has declared a state of emergency. There are 180 rescued migrants on board.

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'World's largest seizure': Italy finds haul of ISIS-made amphetamines

The haul is worth about €1 billion and came in the form of 84 million Captagon tablets

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Migrant rescue ships facing new challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic

Vessels have been forced to introduce radical changes in a bid to contain the virus among those rescued at sea.

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Rope-climbing workers help restore Rome landmark

They climbed the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven to renovate its wooden roof beams after rain and wind damage.

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Could COVID-19 change Rome’s economic reliance on tourism?

For years the Italian capital economy has relied on tourism - a sector eviscerated by the coronavirus pandemic. Some locals in Trastevere think it’s time for a rethink.

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Paralympic champion and former F1 driver "stable" after crash

The condition of Alex Zanardi remains "serious". He underwent brain surgery following a crash with a lorry on Friday.

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COVID-19 may have been present in Italy as early as December 2019

An Italian National Institute of Health study has found that traces of coronavirus were present in wastewater samples from December 2019 in Turin and Milan.

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Milan won't remove statue of journalist who had Eritrean child bride

Black Lives Matters protesters in Italy have targetted the statue of the late Indro Montanelli.

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Italian farmers pay for workers' flights

Farmers in Italy have been paying for seasonal workers to return from abroad to harvest crops or risk bankruptcy

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Coronavirus: Tourists back in Venice for Doge's Palace reopening

Souvenir shops and restaurants have largely reopened and the tourists are back on the gondolas, but authorities call for a more sustainable tourism model.

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Entire ancient Roman town mapped out by radar technology

Researchers think the new technique could revolutionize the study of ancient settlements.

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Italy reopens borders - but will tourists travel there?

Italy reopened its borders to European travellers on Wednesday, as the country attempts to rescue its tourist industry.

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Europe divided on pace of lockdown easing says Euronews poll

The desire to ease restrictions in Italy, France and Germany is tempered by anxieties about the ongoing risk of coronavirus infection, an exclusive Euronews survey shows.

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Italy's archaeological site Pompeii reopens - but with restrictions

There were strict measures in place including temperature checks, one-way paths and spaced-out circles to keep people in queues apart.

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