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Stunning photographs unveil four decades of Palermo under mafia rule

Five photographers, five ways of seeing the city of Palermo, Sicily.

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Get paid to move to this art-filled Italian city

Authorities say they will accept around 100 applications a year for the grants.

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Heatwaves followed by storms and high winds across Europe

Summer has only just officially started but already heatwaves are sweeping across Europe including Italy, Hungary and Slovenia, leading to high winds and thunderstorms in places.

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Anger Games: Your mission is to destroy everything in the room!

Italian rage room franchise “Anger Games” recently opened in Rome. The facility offers soundproof rooms where people pay to violently smash objects while listening to their favorite music.

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Take the train to these 5 beaches in Europe

Italy, France, Spain and the UK all have coastlines on a rail network.

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Silvio Berlusconi: A cultural 'cancer' or 'revolution' for Italy?

From normalising populist rhetoric to objectifying women on TV, Euronews Culture takes a look at how the 'Cavaliere' transformed Italy’s cultural and social landscape.

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A dormant supervolcano in Italy is in an ‘extremely dangerous’ state

The volcano last erupted in 1538 but is now at a greater risk of rupture than ever.

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WATCH: Pope Francis leaves hospital after abdominal surgery

Pope Francis, who is 86, was discharged on Friday from a hospital in Rome after undergoing abdominal surgery.

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Italy: Five-year-old boy killed during YouTube driving challenge

The accident occurred when a Lamborghini SUV crashed into a family car in Rome on Wednesday evening. The YouTubers were attempting to drive for 50 hours straight,

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Italy: 'Pirate hijackers' were distressed, malnourished migrants

Last weekend, Italy's defence minister said that the country's special forces were rescuing a cargo ship hijacked by armed pirates. The reality was something quite different.

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JR focuses on child refugees in acclaimed Turin show

Turin's branch of Gallerie D'Italia plays host to the celebrated French photographer's exhibition, which runs until next month.

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Meal of the Week: Mulingiani Chjini - a Calabrian aubergine favourite

Italy is famous for its aubergine-based recipes - but have you tried this delicacy from the south?

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Watch: Berlusconi's coffin enters cathedral

Most Italians identify Silvio Berlusconi - media mogul, football entrepreneur and three-time former premier - as the most influential figure in Italy over recent decades.

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Berlusconi’s death: How will Italy’s real-life Succession play out?

Berlusconi had two kids from his first wife, and three from his second. They will all inherit the empire the media tycoon built from scratch.

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Berlusconi’s death draws tributes from around the world

Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died on Monday aged-86.

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Euroviews. Berlusconi's death is Europe's first populist's final triumph

Unlike today's autocrats who make grim threats against the institutions of the rule of law, Berlusconi brushed them aside in a light-hearted and smiling manner, with jokes, silk neckerchiefs, and catchy ditties — an authentic made-in-Italy product, ready to be exported, Giorgio Fruscione writes.

Travel News

Italy proposes new law to clamp down on short-term accommodation lets

A proposed new law to clamp down on tourism accommodation rentals in Italy has triggered a heated debate with some saying it does not go far enough while others demand more fairness.

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Berlusconi's 10 most memorable moments

From criticising Finnish cuisine to the Bunga Bunga tapes, the life of the ex Italian prime minister was marked by his sayings as much as by his politics.

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Trials, showbiz and football: How Berlusconi changed Italian politics

Often regarded as the first populist, Berlusconi brought showbiz communication methods into politics, becoming the most polarising figure in the country.

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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dies aged 86

His death has been described in the Italian press as the "end of an era".