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Genoa residents still dealing with bridge tragedy four months on

Four months ago, the city’s main motorway bridge collapsed – killing 43 people and leaving many of those who lived in the vicinity homeless.

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Italy 2019 budget: Proposals for 6,000 euro green car subsidy approved in upper house

There are plans for a 6,000 euro subsidy for green cars. Larger vehicles running on traditional fuel will be slapped with higher taxes.

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The miracle of Matera: city prepares for year of culture

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Euronews' Marta brambilla Pisoni reports from Matera as the city gears up for its opening ceremony as European Capital of Culture 2019.

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On a crisp winter’s day, locals gather in a Southern Italian piazza, in the shadow of a 13th century convent, to raise a visionary new architectural structure. It takes a village to hoist the spired earth-toned building — though it’s made of cardboard.

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Arrest of Italian fugitive Battisti ordered by Brazilian judge

A judge from the Brazilian Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of Italian former left-wing guerrilla Cesare Battisti, opening the way for his extradition, according to reports.

Italy

Black acrid smoke spreads across Rome after a fire in a rubbish dump

As twelve teams of firefighters battle to put out the blaze, critics have slammed the capital's beleaguered waste manager and warned of a growing garbage ‘crisis’ in the capital.

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Italy fines Facebook €10m over data misuse

An Italian watchdog fines Facebook €10million for misleading users of its data practices. In addition, the authority demanded the company state how it uses data on its website and app.

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Italy: Six dead and dozens injured in nightclub stampede

Six people have died and dozens were injured after a stampede broke out in a small town on Italy's Adriatic coast.

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Nativity figures of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un popular in Italy

Italian families are displaying figurines of Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un and Cristiano Ronaldo next to Jesus' crib in nativity scenes this Christmas. There's even space for Silvio Berlusconi

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Vehicle tax drives budget fallout among Italy's ruling populists

The ruling Five Star Movement and its coalition partner, the League party, look to have had a falling out over the budget.

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Scores arrested in massive EU crackdown on organised crime network

Members of the 'Ndranghatea Italian mafia group have been arrested in a massive swoop.

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Is Rome on course for 'ugliest Christmas tree' for second year?

Romans are not pleased with this year's Christmas tree, which arrived in the city on Monday, as locals say they are experiencing de ja vu of the 'ugliest Christmas tree' of yesteryear

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New mafia boss Settimo Mineo arrested in raid

The new 'godfather' of the Sicilian mafia, Settimo Mineo, was arrested on Tuesday along with 45 other suspected mobsters.

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'Old age' to begin at 75 for Italians

Thanks to the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG) in Rome, citizens in Italy will now only be considered 'elderly’ after the age of 75.

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What you need to know about Italy's new security decree

After the Italian parliament approved Matteo Salvini's new immigration-security decree, what can we expect to change for asylum seekers in Italy?

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Italy's Senate finance committee stick to high-spending budget plans

However, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has suggested the government might be willing to reduce the deficit target to end the stand-off with the EU.

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Italian Interior Minister Salvini launches destruction of Mafia villa

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday personally launched the demolition of a luxury villa illegally built in Rome by its most infamous and entrenched Mafia clan, the Casamonica.

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Mafia villas in Rome demolished in effort to rout organised crime from city

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is behind a crackdown on "illegal" villas inhabited by members of the Casamonica mafia clan - an organised crime group with Romani roots.

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Big Brother Bologna? City set to test surveillance drones

Is the dystopian nightmare of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four about to become a reality in Bologna or is the Italian city just making innovative use of the latest technology?

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Chinese retailers boycott Dolce & Gabbana after 'racist' ads

Chinese retailers from Land Crawford to JD.com have dropped the Italian luxury brand Dolce and Gabbana after it ran ads deemed 'racist.'

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