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Syria

Italian man freed after three years of imprisonment in Syria

Alessandro Sandrini, 32, has been freed after almost three years as a prisoner in Syria.

22/05/2019

Italy

Italian unions refuse to load Saudi ship carrying weapons to Yemen

The ship was previously prevented by protestors from being loaded in a French port.

21/05/2019

Italy

Salvini and Le Pen rally to unite European nationalists in Milan

Headlining the event was Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen of France's National Rally (RN). The two populists are eager for their Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group to become the third largest party in Brussels.

18/05/2019

World

Raw politics in full: EU spitzenkandidat debate and Huawei ban

Watch the full episode here.

16/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Sphinx room accidentally unearthed at Nero's Golden House

The Sphinx Room features lavish frescoes of panthers, centaurs and, of course, a sphinx. Experts chanced upon it while doing restoration work on the vault of a neighbouring part of the building.

16/05/2019

Italy

‘Think ahead’: Italy MPs get incontinence warning over tampon tax

How one MP tried to convince others to back lowering Italy's tampon tax: "This does not only concern your wives and children. You will realise when you'll get to 60, I'm speaking to my male colleagues, you'll realise you'll need panty liners for incontinence or prostate problems, think ahead!"

15/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Spot the artist in Milan exhibition by the Invisible Man

Photographs by an artist renowned for disappearing into his artworks have gone on display. Chinese performance artist Liu Bolin, known as the Invisible Man, began this series in 2005.

15/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Alpine festival shines a light on climate change

Mountain water melting from glaciers is crucial to the areas's ecosytem but is now in jeopardy.

13/05/2019

Italy

Pope Francis aide 'climbs down manhole to restore power for homeless'

Pope Francis' aide restored electricity for hundreds of people by crawling down a manhole in Rome.

13/05/2019

Spain

Police in Spain seize 2.7 tonnes of hashish

A three-year joint operation by Spanish and Italian police has resulted in the seizure of 2.7 tonnes of hashish in the Spanish region of Andalusia.

11/05/2019

Cult

Venice Biennale 2019: Art show reflects on our 'precarious existence'

The 58th International Biennale Arte in Venice opened this weekend under the title "May You Live In Interesting Times"

11/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Artists address climate change and populism at Venice Biennale

The 58th Biennale, entitled May You Live In Interesting Times, opens tomorrow and runs until 24 November.

10/05/2019

Italy

Self-proclaimed fascist banned from Turin book fair after boycott call

Publishing house Altaforte, which was links to the neo-fascist Italian party CasaPound, has been banned from the Turin book fair after several authors joined a call to boycott the event.

09/05/2019

World

Matteo Salvini ally sacked from Italy's cabinet amid corruption probe

Armando Siri stands accused of taking bribes. He denies the allegations.

09/05/2019

Italy

Holocaust museum joins book fair boycott over 'fascist' publisher

Turin's book fair is under fire over links to Altaforte, the publisher of a book of interviews with right-wing populist Matteo Salvini.

07/05/2019

World

Libyan Prime Minister brings message of migration increase to Europe

Libya's UN-backed prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj will hold talks in Rome today with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, amid a deadly military escalation in Tripoli.

07/05/2019

Italy

Salvini claims he is saving Europe from Islam, what are the facts?

While visiting Hungary on Thursday, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini from the far-right League party gave a controversial interview to the Hungarian national television. Euronews has fact-checked some of his contentious assertions.

03/05/2019

World News

Watch again: EU leaders discuss State of the Union ahead of elections

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini discuss the State of the Union ahead of European Union Elections.

03/05/2019

Hungary

Hungary PM seeks immigration cooperation with Italy's Salvini

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who leads the far-right League party in his home country, met Hungary's leader Viktor Orban on Thursday for talks dominated by immigration and political alliances ahead of EU elections later this month.

02/05/2019

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Orban and Salvini inspect Hungary's border fence with Serbia

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini took a helicopter from Budapest during his visit to Hungary on Thursday (May 2) to visit Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the fence on the country's southern border with Serbia.

02/05/2019