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Italy's second-biggest reception centre for asylum seekers closed

With 48 hours of notice being given, a reception centre housing around 350 asylum seekers was closed yesterday. The migrants will now be moved to other centres scattered around Italy.

Italy

France summons Italian ambassador over deputy PM's Africa comments

Di Maio accused France of manipulating African countries and exacerbating the European migration crisis, in comments made over the weekend

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Europe briefing: six stories to know about today

Here is our round-up of stories to know about from Europe today.

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Salvini asks Macron to arrest Italian 'assassins' hiding in France

Italy's Interior Ministry said it is looking for 30 criminals wanted in their native country but hiding abroad.

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Matera, Capital of Culture 2019: watch the opening ceremony

In partnership with Matera 2019

Matera kicked of its year as the European Capital of Culture 2019 with an impressive opening ceremony that showed off everything the city has to offer.

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Euroviews. The EU’s policies in the central Mediterranean are all at sea | View

Keen to block migration, European governments invented a work-around to circumvent their legal obligations: they gave the Libyan Coast Guard support to intercept people at sea and return them to Libya.

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What's behind the newly approved Italian welfare reforms?

The Italian government has approved welfare and pension reforms that were the main pledge of the Five Star Movement campaign.

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Record Super Cup win for Juventus amid backdrop of controversy

Juventus secured a record winning title in the Italian Super Cup on Wednesday evening amid a backdrop of controversy over where the final match was held

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Di Maio: "Strasbourg is a waste of money"

Italian Five-Star populists kicks off EU election campaign with an long-debated issue

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Italian fugitive Battisti extradited to Italy after arrest in Bolivia

Officials confirmed that Cesare Battisti had been put on a plane and sent directly to his home country.

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In Naples, students look to the future in the world’s oldest public university

In partnership with the European Commission

The Federico II University in Naples is the world’s oldest public university. It also hosts the Developer Academy where students learn to develop apps for iphones.

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Five Star Movement founder signs 'pact for science' in complete u-turn

Beppe Grillo has fueled conspiracy theories and pseudoscience claims for years. Now, he's signing a pro-vaccination pact for science

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Raw Politics debates possible anti-EU pact between Italy and Poland

Will Warsaw and Rome find common ground on opposing the EU?

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Europe's political parties look for new alliances ahead of election

Populists try to join forces transnationally to beat the establishment

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European party politics in turmoil before EU elections

Cross-country alliances want to rock the boat - can they?

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Salvini: Poland and Italy will be part of the new spring of Europe

Italy’s far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was in Warsaw on Wednesday to discuss the formation of a eurosceptic alliance with the leader of Poland’s ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski

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Democracy in Europe 'has declined more than any other region'

Democracy in Europe has 'declined more than any other region,' signalling a 'democratic malaise,' the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index has found.

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Italian band performs in igloo with instruments made of ice

The Ice Music festival began on Saturday evening in Italy's Val di Sole ski resort.

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Avalanche warnings issued across Alps region after deadly weekend

Further avalanche warnings have been issued across the Alps region after a weekend of deadly snow fall

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Italian populist leader di Maio shows support for Yellow Vest movement

"Yellow vests, don't give up!", wrote Five Star Movement leader and Italian vice-PM Di Maio in an open letter to the French grassroots movement.