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Cruise ships restart in Venice; protesters decry their risks

The first cruise ship leaving Venice since the pandemic is set to depart on Saturday amid protests by activists demanding that the enormous ships be permanently rerouted.

Italy

Tourists fined €3,000 for stealing sand, shells from Italian beach

The tourists had planned to sell the contraband on the internet.

Sport

EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to Italy

After failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, Italy have come roaring back. In qualifying, at least. Can they take their hot form into EURO 2020?

My Europe Series

Naples' murals are a battleground for justice and a brighter future

Parents of children allegedly killed by police or the local mafia have been using street art to campaign for justice and warn other youngsters to steer clear of crime.

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Italy

Outrage in Italy as notorious mafia killer released early from prison

The news of Giovanni Brusca's early release after 25 years in jail sparked a wave of emotion in Italy. The 64-year-old man is believed to have taken part in hundreds of murders for the Sicilian mafia.

Italy

Judge finds technician responsible for Italy cable car disaster

The devastating incident in the Piedmont mountains last Sunday, which killed 14 people, was caused by the disabling of an emergency brake.

Italy

First European female astronaut to command International Space Station

Samantha Cristoforetti was the first Italian woman in space and only the third woman in the world to have spent time on the station.

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

The key stories of the week, captured by photographers around the world.

Brazil

'King of cocaine': Italian mafia boss arrested in Brazil

Italian mafia leader Rocco Morabito was one of the top ten most wanted men in the world.

Italy

Giulio Regeni: Italy awaits court hearing on student's murder case

Italy is investigating four high-ranking Egyptian security officials in the 2016 kidnapping, torture and killing of an Italian student doing doctoral research in Cairo.

World News

Eurovision winner did not take drugs during final, inquiry concludes

Italian rock band Maneskin had strongly refuted allegations of drug use after a moment caught on camera raised eyebrows.

Italy

Three arrested in Italy cable car crash as new details emerge

Police in northern Italy have made three arrests in the cable car crash that killed 14 people after investigators revealed the brake was deliberated deactivated to keep the funicular working.

Italy

Italy's poet Dante Alighieri given symbolic re-trial 700 years on

The author of the Divine Comedy left Florence in 1302 never to return.

Italy

Fourteen people die in cable car accident in northern Italy

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi sends his condolences after 14 people including a child die in a cable car accident in northern Italy

France

Albanian man accused of aiding Nice terror attack extradited to France

Endri Elezi is suspected of aiding Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who rammed a truck into a crowd in the French coastal city on July 14, 2016.

World News

G20 leaders at Rome summit pledge more vaccines for poorer countries

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced 1.3 billion doses of vaccine will be delivered by Europe alone to low-income countries

World

'Rethink or avoid international travel' says WHO, despite vaccinations

EU travellers will be allowed to get a travel certificate if they can prove they had been vaccinated, tested negative for the virus or have proof they've recovered from it. But despite the boost given by Brussels, the WHO is warning people to rethink or avoid international travel.

World

LGBT activists urge Italian government to approve anti-homophobia law

Italy is close to approving a law punishing misogyny and hate crimes against LGBT people. But right-wing politicians oppose the measures.

Kosovo

Italian, Albanian and Kosovan police seize more than 400kg of cocaine

Italian police estimated that the seized drugs had a European market value of more than €100 million, a record for Kosovo.

My Europe Series

Meet the Italian 'put behind bars' in UK amid post-Brexit confusion

Marta Lomartire, from Puglia, is one of dozens of EU nationals to be detained and deported from the UK over visa misunderstandings. We hear her story,

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