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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.

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.

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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.

France

Leonardo da Vinci: Why he still fascinates 500 years after his death

The Italian artist, scientist and engineer died on May 2, 1519. His influence is still being felt today.

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France

France and Italy commemorate Da Vinci's 500th anniversary

Rome and Paris are setting aside recent tensions this Thursday to honour the memory of the Renaissance genius in the town where he spent his final years.

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Italy's Berlusconi misses campaign event due to severe kidney pain

The former Italian Prime Minister was admitted to hospital on Tuesday morning but has since said he is "fit and ready for this election campaign."

Italy

Trieste marathon excludes African runners, then backtracks amid outcry

Trieste half marathon organisers backtracked on their controversial decision to close the May 5 race to African athletes amid accusations of racism.

Italy

Kissing girls photobomb Salvini in protest over anti-LGBT conference

The two 19-year-old students are not a couple but wanted to make a statement against the minister's conservative agenda.

Italy

Watch: Leonardo da Vinci renaissance as painter is ploughed in field

Dario Gambarin used a tractor to furrow lines forming a 27-sq-km representation of da Vinci's face in a field.

World

Italian coalition partners fail to agree on Rome bailout

A tense meeting between Italy's coalition partners on Rome's crippling debt has broken up without a final resolution. The capital's €12 billion shortfall - dating back more than a decade - must be restructured to avoid defaulting.

Italy

Italy's coalition parties struggle to restructure Rome's huge debts

The foundations of Italy's warring coalition parties are being shaken by the huge debt being faced by Rome and the urgent need for a financial bailout

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Pedalling teenagers power stage during Greta Thunberg speech

Around 128 bicycles were rigged up to a dynamo and generator in Piazza del Popolo.

World

Road Trip Europe Day 26 Taranto: 'You don't sleep anymore'

The final story on the Italian leg of our Road Trip comes from Taranto, where Europe’s biggest steel plant covers the city in a fine toxic dust.

Ecotech

Meet the entrepreneur who will save Italy’s south with green cars

Paolo Scudieri, founder of Adler Group, has a dream: to rescue Italy’s poorer south with green cars and smart cities.

World News

Barbecue-turned-forest fire could cost two young Italians €27 million

An Italian students' end-of-the-year barbecue, which turned into a forest fire, could result in a €27 million fine for damages.

World

Road Trip Europe Day 25: The hard realities in the suburbs of Naples

We’re talking to people across Europe about the issues that affect them ahead of May’s European Parliament Elections on our EU road trip which has arrived in Naples. Euronews correspondents Jack Parrock and Elena Cavallone have been speaking to some locals in the suburbs of the Italian city.

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Road Trip Europe Day 24: Caserta/Naples - "Commuters should be given some dignity"

Our team continues their journey across the continent ahead of the European Elections - today, they took a train with commuters from Cassino to the city of Naples.

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Road Trip Europe Day 23: Collepardo - "I hope the EU helps Italy"

Our team has landed in the hillside town of Collepardo, where an ancient monastery is to be converted into an academy for nationalists by former Donald Trump adviser, Steve Bannon.

Italy

Road Trip Europe Day 22: L'Aquila – 'I'm voting to say thank you'

Today we are in L'Aquila, the city devastated by an earthquake exactly ten years ago. Reconstruction is still ongoing, and has in large part been funded by EU money.

Italy

Italian man claims €137,000 by faking disability for over 10 years

An Italian man has been arrested by police for fraud after falsely claiming €137,000 in benefits by pretending to be disabled.