Cinema

Italian film director Vittorio Taviani dies at 88

Alongside his brother Paolo, Taviani made more than 20 films including "Padre Padrone", which took top honors at the 1977 Cannes film festival and Docudrama Caesar Must Die won the Golden Bear prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 2012.

15/04/2018

Italy

Italy's political parties fail to end stalemate. Persident Sergio Mattarella says forming a coalition government is a matter of urgency

Efforts to break the deadlock stalled on Friday after two days of talks ended in failure

13/04/2018

Spain

Spain beats Italy, France as world's biggest wine exporter

Spain exported the most wine of any country in 2017, beating its main competitors France and Italy.

09/04/2018

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Trade tremors, solving Syria's war

06/04/2018

Italy

Italian anger at French border police intrusion over migrants

Italy's Foreign Ministry has summoned the French ambassador to explain why armed French border police entered a clinic that cares for migrants. Claims that doctors and lawyers were intimidated.

01/04/2018

Italy

Moroccan terror suspect detained in Italy

Italian police detain a 19-year-old Moroccan man in the latest in a string of terror-related operations.

30/03/2018

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Young cancer survivor gets ride in Popemobile

While receiving treatment for leukemia, Peter Lombardi saw the Pope on television and said he wanted to meet him.

30/03/2018

Italy

2,000 candidates apply for five jobs in Italy's public sector

Would you travel for over 13 hours to apply for a job if you knew you'd be one of 2,000 candidates? That's what thousands of people do in Italy every month.

29/03/2018

Italy

Italian police arrest citizens with suspected to links to ISIL terrori

Charges include teaching children extremist and violent interpretations of Islam. Properties in eight cities across Italy were searched as part of the probe

28/03/2018

Italy

Italy's election winners join forces to elect parliamentary speakers

Italy's rival parties had to put their differences aside in order to choose leaders of both houses of parliament

24/03/2018

Italy

Women feel Italy's north-south divide with lack of access to epidurals

Italy is a country split in two when it comes to accessing pain relief during childbirth. In the south, less than 10 percent of women can opt for an epidural.

22/03/2018

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Pope Francis prayed before the body of Saint Pio at San Giovanni Roton

It was Pope Francis’ first visit as Pope to the hill town in southern Italy where the bearded Capuchin monk spent most of his life

17/03/2018

Europe News

Italian right-wing leader slams EU 'destroyers' in Strasbourg

Matteo Salvini denounced the European Union as “destroyers” for policies he said robbed citizens of the right to hope.

13/03/2018

Economy

The Brief: The future of eurozone reforms and a meat scandal in Belgium

12/03/2018

Economy

French eurozone plans to hit German speed bump

The currency bloc's reform faces complications, as the new German government needs time to settle in and resistance is building among northern countries.

12/03/2018

Italy

Watch: covert camera catches carers ‘abuse elderly woman’

The footage, released by police in Italy, appears to show carers slap the woman and then spit in some food.

11/03/2018

Business Planet

One of a kind medical devices... and how to get them financed

This week Business Planet travelled to Rome where an innovative young company Echolight has developed a new way to help Europe's ageing population with the help of EU funding.

09/03/2018

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Trump trade turmoil and what next for Italy?

09/03/2018

World News

Davide Astori funeral: fans and football stars bid farewell

Thousands of fans and players from the world of Italian football pay tribute to defender who died suddenly on Sunday.

08/03/2018

Europe News

Italy's election earthquake shakes Brussels

"They do not wish the EU to continue in this way of a federal Europe or united states of Europe," says one Conservative MEP.

06/03/2018