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Economy

EU warns Spain, Portugal over spending

EU finance ministers say Spain and Portugal have broken the bloc’s budget rules and have not done enough to reduce their deficits.

Italy

Twenty dead and more injured as passenger trains collide in southern Italy

Reports from Italy say at least 20 people have died, and more have been injured, after two passenger trains collided in the Puglia region in the south of the…

Italy

Twenty dead after head on train collision in southern Italy

Reports from Italy say at least 20 people have died, and more have been injured, after two passenger trains collided in the Puglia region in the south of the…

Cult

Italian 'poet chef' named world number one

Three Michelin-starred Massimo Bottura has come out on top in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list – the creme de la creme, produced by a British magazine.

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Italy

Man arrested on suspicion of murder of Nigerian asylum seeker in Italy

Italian police have arrested a man suspected of killing a Nigerian asylum seeker.

Economy

Italian banking crisis looms

A mountain of bad debts and a lack of capital reserves are fueling an Italian banking crisis, which has been thrown into sharp focus by Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

World News

Asylum seeker is murdered in Italy

A 36-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker has become one more victim in the migration crisis.

Italy

Eleven arrested for getting fat on fraud at Milan's 2015 Food Expo

Milan’s Universal Expo 2015 was themed around food, and now it seems plenty filled their plates with lavish kickbacks, tax fraud, money laundering and criminal…

Italy

Berlusconi leaves hospital after heart operation

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has left hospital in Milan following heart surgery, the replacement of an aortic valve.

Italy

Italian police arrest suspect in murder of American student

Italian police have arrested a homeless man on suspicion of robbery and murder after the discovery of the body of missing American student Beau Solomon in the river Tiber in…

Italy

Italy smashes ruthless migrant-trafficking gang

Italian police have smashed a major people smuggling and drug trafficking ring.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh mourns after suspected Islamist militants storm upmarket cafe in the capital

Bangladesh has begun two days of mourning after suspectic Islamist militants stormed an upmarket restaurant in the capital, Dhaka.

France

German fans exultant, Italians despondent after penalty rollercoaster ride

Happy German fans celebrated after their national team knocked Italy out of Euro 2016.

Bangladesh

Italy mourns at least nine nationals killed in Bangladesh terror attack

Italy is mourning nine of its nationals killed in Friday’s militant attack on a café in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.

Sport

Germany reach Euro 2016 semis after penalty shoot-out win over Italy

Germany finally broke their Italian hoodoo at major tournament finals by beating the Azzurri 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2016.

World News

German and Italy fans face off in Bordeaux

German and Italian football fans are out in force in Bordeaux tonight ahead of their countries’ Euro 2016 quarter-final.

Bangladesh

Renzi and Abe condemn "despicable act of terrorism"

Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi condemned the attack and vowed not to give in terrorism.

Bangladesh

Islamist gunmen kill 20 hostages, mainly foreigners, in Bangladeshi capital

The victims include at least nine Italians and possibly Japanese nationals.

Italy

Colosseum makeover gets the thumbs up from Italian PM Renzi

Italy has portrayed the latest phase of the restoration of Rome's Colosseum as the standard bearer for the protection of the country's vast cultural heritage.

World News

Italy elected to UN Security Council in 2017 after Dutch deal

The United Nations General Assembly has elected Italy to fill next year’s final seat on the Security Council.

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