Italy Tens of thousands demonstrate in Rome against neo-fascists The protest comes a week after right-wing extremists forced their way into the headquarters of Italy's most powerful labour confederation. 16/10/2021
No Comment Protest against green pass in Italy Protests erupted in Italy on Friday as a new anti-coronavirus measure went into effect requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get into their place of employment. 15/10/2021
Travel News France makes COVID-19 travel tests chargeable from October 15 PCR tests will cost €44 for unvaccinated adults without a prescription and antigen tests will be charged between €22 or €25. 15/10/2021
Italy Protests across Italy as COVID pass becomes mandatory for workers Thousands have demonstrated over COVID passes being made mandatory for employees to enter their workplaces. 15/10/2021
Italy Italian judge halts Giulio Regeni trial, orders police to find accused The judge said it was not clear that the police officers accused of killing Regeni knew that they were on trial. 15/10/2021
Italy Italy ship captain convicted after sending migrants to Libya in 2018 The verdict is the first of its kind in Italy and has been welcomed by the human rights group, Amnesty International. 14/10/2021
Italy Four Egyptian police officers on trial over murder of Giulio Regeni Four high-ranking Egyptian security officers are being tried in absence of the 2016 murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo. 14/10/2021
Travel News 'Arrivederci': Final flight for Italy's troubled airline Alitalia The final flight, from Rome to Cagliari, brings to an end the company's financially troubled history. 14/10/2021
Italy EU humanitarian aid package 'not enough' for Afghanistan, NGO says On Tuesday the European Union announced a revamped humanitarian aid package worth €1 billion to deal with the aftermath of the Taliban takeover. 13/10/2021
Green News Can we survive extreme temperatures of -40 and +60 Celsius? A research centre in Italy is testing how humans react to climate conditions like blizzards and heat waves, with everything being produced artificially. 13/10/2021
Italy Italian church oratory thief was inspired by 'Lupin' TV series A young man in Italy has admitted to stealing from a church oratory, saying he had "learned techniques" from the popular French TV series "Lupin". 12/10/2021
The Kitchen Barbra Streisand inspires Nino Mosca's pasta recipe | The Kitchen Chef Nino Mosca shares with The Kitchen his recipe for Tagliolini in Salsa di Pomodoro Ciliegino, a much-loved dish of his, commissioned and inspired by American superstar Barbra Streisand. 11/10/2021
Italy Far-right leaders arrested at large protest in Italy over COVID passes The demonstration was against moves to extend Italy's COVID pass to all workplaces from October 15. 10/10/2021
Italy Street cinema is taking off in Milan What started as a few friends wanting to watch a movie together outside during the pandemic has grown into a popular regular feature 09/10/2021
Italy Italy marks 20 years since Linate airport plane accident in Milan A total of 118 people were killed when two planes collided at Milan airport in Italy's worst-ever air disaster. 08/10/2021
Italy St Ambroeus: Milan football club integrating migrants into society St Ambroeus is the first football team in Milan made up of refugees and migrants from outside the EU, and affiliated with the Italian Football Federation. 07/10/2021
My Europe Series Is Italy set for a vote on decriminalising cannabis? A petition collected half a million signatures in support of a referendum on decriminalising cannabis. Now Italy's Supreme Court will decide if it can go ahead. 06/10/2021
Italy Mussolini's granddaughter wins most votes in Rome municipal elections The granddaughter of the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was the most municipal popular candidate in Rome, according to a near-final tally. 06/10/2021
Climate Pope Francis and religious leaders call for action over climate change "We have inherited a garden, we must not leave a desert to our children." 05/10/2021
Italy Italy's Five Star Movement set to lose power in Rome and Turin MS5 leader Guiseppe Conte declined to form an alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) in Rome. Exit polls put the PD in the lead. 04/10/2021