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Italy: 2,700 migrants rescued in 24 hours

Some 2,700 migrants were plucked from the Mediterranean and brought to Italy in the space of 24 hours between July 15 and 16, 2015. The Italian coast

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Curbing 'globalisation of indifference': MOAS rescues 414 migrants

Migrants Offshore Aid Station has rescued 8,595 people from the Mediterranean since it began operations. Around 414 mainly sub-Saharan Africans were

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Italy: More than 1,600 migrants brought to shore in two days

More than 1,600 migrants were brought to shore on Friday and Saturday in a number of operations in the Mediterranean coordinated by the Italian

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Italian cyclist Luca Paolini fails dope test in Tour de France

Luca Paolini is on his way home and out of the Tour de France. The Italian cyclist has been provisionally suspended after he failed a dope test. The

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Toxic waste: An international business which benefits the Eco-Mafia

Many of these companies who are working illegaly in these areas are also working for famous Italian brand names

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Berlusconi sentenced in bribery case, unlikely to serve time

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to three years in prison for bribing a senator in 2006 in an effort to topple the

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Massive seizure of property by anti-mafia police in Sicily

Some 1.6 billion euros worth of assets have been seized from a Sicilian family suspected of links to the local Cosa Nostra mafia. Among the property

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The buzz about the business of government surveillance - after the Hacking Team hack

An Italian company called Hacking Team that specialises in producing surveillance software used by governments to tap into phone and computers has

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Italy coach Conte could face match-fixing trial

Italy coach Antonio Conte has been called to face trial for his alleged involvement in match-fixing in 2011. Conte has already served a ban handed

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Italian police carry out anti-jihadi sweep in Pisa

Italian police are said to have carried out an anti-Islamist sweep in the central city of Pisa following the arrest of a Moroccan suspect. Jalal El

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The Two Worlds Festival: Affordable art in Spoleto

The 58th edition of the Two Worlds Festival has got underway in Spoleto. Many people consider this event to be one of the cultural highlights of the

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Status approved, but nowhere to go: refugees form makeshift camp in Italy

Home is where you lay your head, or so it seems for a group of people in southern Italy. Dozens have set up camp near the Crotone railway station in

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Italian police find fake euros worth millions

Police in the southern Italian city of Naples have uncovered a factory used for making fake euro notes. The forgers had already make some nine

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Mihajlovic presented as AC Milan coach

Sinisa Mihajlovic was officially unveiled as the new coach of AC Milan on Friday as the club looks to turn the tides on a shocking slump in form. The

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Battle for Italy's olive trees: deadly bacteria devastating groves in Apulia

The spectre of an agricultural catastrophe hangs over southern Italy with the spread of a bacteria that is devastating olive tree groves. Xylella

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Migrant deaths at sea plummet after rescue resources improved

Crisis-rocked Greece has overtaken Italy as the main maritime gateway for migrants trying to reach Europe, new figures have revealed. The UN’s

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Scotland hotter than Greece: Heatwave to bring record temperatures

It’s not often the weather makes the headlines in Scotland for being on the warmer end of the scale. However, this week will see a heatwave in

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Catania supporters protest match-fixing

Some 3,000 supporters for the Sicily-based football club Catania have held street demonstrations amid allegations of match fixing. It is alleged the

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Migration: Divisions emerge over EU deal

Details are emerging of strong differences of opinion between Europe’s leaders as they try to address the problems caused by soaring numbers of

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Italy: regional leaders refuse to take more migrants

Nearly 500 more migrants arrived in Sicily on Thursday after being picked up by a Swedish boat in the Mediterannean. One of them died on the journey

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