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Pope comforts survivors of Italy's earthquakes

During an audience of 800, the Pope listened attentively to survivor accounts and promised a fresh visit, as the region continues to be battered by aftershocks

Sport

Moelgg ends eight-year victory drought

Manfred Moelgg was all smiles on Thursday as the Italian ended an eight year wait for another win on the Alpine skiing world cup circuit.

Italy

Quake-damaged Norcia Basilica is made safe

Fireman have erected a second protective metal cage to support the facade of Norcia Basilica in central Italy.

France

French farmer on trial for transporting migrants across French-Italian border

Cédric Herrou faces an eight-month suspended sentence and driving restrictions for the aid he has given to African migrants.

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Cinema

The Italian laboratory restoring the films of Charlie Chaplin

Eighty years after Charlie Chaplin made the movie classic ‘Modern Times’, the great clown’s movies are being restored at a laboratory in northern Italy.

Business Series

Shipbuilder STX France's future hangs in the balance

Italian shipyard Fincantieri has been approved as the preferred bidder for cruise-ship builder STX France, but politics could yet scupper the deal.

Italy

Calm restored after riot at migrant reception centre in Italy

The unrest in Conetta comes amid signs that Italy is toughening its stance on migrants, with more deportations and an increased number of reception centres.

Sport

People 'don't trust' Italian football, says corruption-tainted former Juventus chief

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Italy

Police officer loses hand and eye in Florence bomb blast

A police officer has been seriously injured while trying to defuse a bomb in the Italian city of Florence.

Sport

Diving me mad: the New Year plunges into Rome's Tiber

Making a New Year splash in Rome's Tiber

Italy

Kinder Surprise creator William Salice an eggsample to us all

Kinder Surprise creator William Salice an eggsample to us all

Italy

Berlin attack: Anis Amri 'probably radicalised after entering Italy in 2011'

Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni says Berlin market attacker Anis Amri was most likely radicalised after his arrival in Italy in 2011.

Italy

Three dead as yacht catches fire in Italy

Three Germans have died after a yacht moored in Italy caught fire.

Sport

Alpine skiing: Jansrud continues perfect super-G start with Santa Caterina win

There have been three men’s super-G races so far this World Cup season and Norwegian star Kjetil Jansrud has now won them all.

Tunisia

Three arrests made in connection with Berlin attack

Three men have been arrested in Tunisia, in connection with Monday’s lorry attack in Berlin.

Sci-Tech

Making plastics from natural products, not oil

Italian chemists have found a way to make a widely-used industrial chemical from natural, not oil-based products.

Italy

Berlin truck attack: body of Italian victim returns home

The body of Fabrizia di Lorenzo, the Italian victim of the Berlin Christmas market attack, has arrived in Rome.

Italy

Fake prosecco: put a cork in it!

‘Tis the season to be jolly and bottles of fizz are being bought and popped by many of those who celebrate Christmas across Europe.

World News

Record 5,000 migrants drown in Mediterranean in 2016

More than 5,000 migrants are thought to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016, a record figure described as “a devastating milestone” by the UN refugee agency…

Italy

Berlin suspect's EU journey heaps pressure on open borders

The fact the main suspect in the Berlin attack ended up in Milan while an international manhunt for him was underway is bound to fuel more criticism over Europe's open borders and police cooperation.

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